Mazda Motor Corporation

Susumu Kuroda

Tsutomu Watanabe

Motoharu Sato

Yuji Nakanishi

Ryouji Funahashi

Shigeaki Watanabe

Kuniyoshi Tashiro

Kazuki Yamauchi

Takayuki Nakamae

Hiroshi Sogabe

Toshio Sakamoto

Masatoki Kito

Shunsuke Hirai

Yasunori Kageyama

Reiko Yoshiura

Minoru Sunada

Hayato Miyazaki

Ryo Asahi

Qiang Wang

Kazumichi Takeshige

Tomohiro Shimada

Ryuichi Takahashi

Toshihiro Nakaza

Satoru Eguchi

Hiroki Fujii

There is provided a bracket which connects an apron reinforcement provided below a bonnet and an upper portion of a fender provided on an outward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the bonnet. The bracket comprises a fender fixing portion fixed to a flange portion of an upper end portion of the fender, a body portion extending downwardly from the fender fixing portion and positioned on the outward side of the apron reinforcement, and an apron-reinforcement fixing portion extending from an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, of the body portion toward the apron reinforcement and fixed to the apron reinforcement. The body portion is provided with a curved part which is configured to be curved outwardly in the vehicle width direction.

Front vehicle-body structure of vehicle

There are provided a cowl provided to support a front windshield in an inclined state where a rear side of the front windshield is located at a higher level than a front side of the front windshield and forming a lower edge of an opening portion for arranging the front windshield and a bonnet provided in front of and above the cowl. An upper portion of the cowl comprises a first face portion to which the front windshield adheres and an inclined second face portion which extends obliquely rearwardly-and-downwardly from the first face portion, and a front end of the first face portion is positioned on a rearward side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of a rear end of the bonnet.

A pedestrian protecting device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a right air bag device, a left air bag device, G sensors (collision position detector), a vehicle speed sensor (vehicle speed detector), a steering angle sensor (steering angle detector), and an ECU (controller) configured to control operations of the air bags. The air bags and include respective tip end portions which vertically overlap each other at a middle portion of the vehicle when the air bags and are deployed. The ECU estimates a movement direction of a pedestrian who has collided with the vehicle. Based on a result of this estimation, the ECU determines an operation target from the air bag devices and an operation timing of the operation target. Based on a result of this determination, the ECU controls operations of the air bag devices.

Pedestrian protecting device

A pedestrian protecting device that includes a right air bag device, a left air bag device, G sensors, and an ECU. The air bags include respective tip end portions which vertically overlap each other at a middle portion of a vehicle when the air bags are deployed. The ECU executes a time difference deployment control operation of: when a pedestrian collision position is located at a left side of the middle portion of the vehicle, operating the air bag devices such that a deployment of the right air bag is completed before a deployment of the left air bag is completed; and when the collision position is located at a right side of the middle portion of the vehicle, operating the air bag devices such that the deployment of the left air bag is completed before the deployment of the right air bag is completed.

A pedestrian protecting device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a right air bag device including a right air bag configured to be deployed at a right region of the windshield; and a left air bag device including a left air bag configured to be deployed at a left region of the windshield. A wiper device includes a right wiper and a left wiper including a turning fulcrum located closer to a middle portion of a vehicle than a turning fulcrum of the right wiper. The right and left air bags and include respective tip end portions that vertically overlap each other at the middle portion of the vehicle. The right air bag of the air bag device is deployed before the left air bag of the air bag device is deployed.

A front structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising a shroud having a shroud upper, shroud lower, and a pair of shroud sides, a bumper face, and a plate member, a front end of which extends to a position near a back face of the bumper face and a rear end of which is attached to the shroud lower, wherein protruding portions are provided at both-side ends of the plate member so as to protrude outward respectively in a vehicle width direction from both-side ends of the shroud lower, and projecting portions are provided at the protruding portions so as to project rearward respectively along side end portions of the shroud lower. Accordingly, the prevention of pedestrian dragging against the vehicle frontal oblique crush can be improved.

Front structure of automotive vehicle

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Higashihiroshima, Japan

Susumu Kuroda