Mazda Motor Corporation

Daikyonishikawa Corporation

Tadashi Udo

Seita Kanai

Naoto Takata

Nobuhiro Araki

Hayatsugu Harasaki

Kunio Takahashi

Naoki Nagano

Kazuma Kondou

Masanori Ogawa

Makoto Ikegami

Takahide Ohhira

In the case of mounting a liquid storage tank or an intake air resonator on a substantially frame-shaped resin shroud panel () with an opening () in which a radiator () is disposed, the shroud panel () is integrally formed at its both lateral sides with body fastening parts () which will be fastened to right and left front side frames (), respectively, and the body fastening parts () are integrally formed on their outsides in the vehicle width direction with casing placement parts () on which will be placed a casing () for a liquid storage tank and a casing () for an intake air resonator in proximity to the body fastening parts (), respectively.

Vehicle front end structure

A vehicle rear suspension system having a vergically swingable arm connected at the front end swingably to the vehicle body and secured at the rear end to a wheel carrying member which carries a rare wheel for rotation. Three lateral links are provided and have inward ends pivotably connected to the vehicle body and outward ends pivotably connected to the wheel carrying member. The points of connection of the three lateral links to the wheel carrying member are not aligned in a straight line so that the orientation of the wheel carrying member can appropriately be controlled under bump and rebouncing movements of the rear wheel and under side and longitudinal forces acting on the rear wheel.

Vehicle rear suspension system

A front body construction of a vehicle includes a lengthwise front side frame welded to the lower periphery of each of left and right wheel houses in the form of a substantially quatered spherical segment. Inner and outer extension frames different in length extend from the front side frame and are laterally spaced apart from each other. To the outer extension frame an apron frame welded to an outer edge of the wheel house is welded at its lower end. A frontal impact force is received by the inner and outer extension frames, specifically by the longer one at first and, then, by the shorter one when a buckling or crushing is caused in the longer one due to frontal impact force.

Front body construction

A vehicle rear suspension system having a vertically swingable arm connected at the front end swingably to the vehicle body and secured at the rear end to a wheel carrying member which carries a rear wheel for rotation. Three lateral links ar provided and have inward ends pivotably connected to the vehicle body and outward ends pivotably connected to the wheel carrying member. The points of connection of the three lateral links to the wheel carrying member are not aligned in a straight line so that the orientation of the wheel carrying member can appropriately be controlled under bump and rebouncing movements of the rear wheel and under side and longitudinal forces acting on the rear wheel.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Tadashi Udo