Mazda Motor Corporation

Takao Fukuda

Hiroshi Tanaka

Isao Toda

Takayuki Kimura

Masaya Hiramatsu

Takehiro Kamei

Masanobu Fukushima

Hironobu Hashiguchi

Haruo Ohe

Hiroyuki Baba

Toshihiro Ishikawa

Kazutaka Ishikura

Hiroyuki Matsumoto

Masayuki Kage

Naoki Okano

A bulge portion bulging rearward is provided at a dash panel. A reinforcement is fixed to an inner surface of the bulge portion. A rear end wall portion of the bulge portion is positioned at the rear of a center portion of a rear end portion of a cowl panel in a vehicle width direction.

Vehicle body structure

A vehicle structure includes side sills, pillars, a first battery arrangement portion provided inside the vicinity of the pillars in a vehicle width direction below a floor panel, and a second battery arrangement portion provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel in a region inside an outer portion of the first battery arrangement portion in the vehicle width direction.

A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel provided on a vehicle front side and a rear floor panel provided at the rear of the front floor panel. The front floor panel is positioned higher than the rear floor panel. A first battery arrangement portion is provided long in a vehicle front-rear direction at a center portion of the front floor panel in the vehicle width direction. A second battery arrangement portion is provided outside the first battery arrangement portion in a vehicle width direction below the front floor panel. An upper portion of the first battery arrangement portion is positioned higher than an upper portion of the second battery arrangement portion.

A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel and a rear floor panel provided at the rear of the front floor panel. The front floor panel is positioned higher than the rear floor panel. A front battery that supplies electric power to the traction motor is arranged below the front floor panel.

The vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel, a rear floor panel positioned lower than the front floor panel, and a connection panel extending from a rear portion of the front floor panel to a front portion of the rear floor panel and inclined or curved so as to be positioned downward toward a rear side. At least the front portion of the connection panel is positioned at the front of the front portion of the front seat.

A headrest movable frame ( ) has an upper frame ( ) which is arranged on the upper end face of a seatback and extends in the widthwise direction of the vehicle body, and side frames ( ) which are arranged on the side end faces of the seatback and extend in the up-and-down direction. A lower frame ( ) is axially supported on the side frames ( ) at a position below the upper frame ( ). Guide holes ( ) linearly move a headrest ( ) upward and forward by a backward load acting on the lower portion of the lower frame ( ) of the headrest movable frame ( ) in a rear impact collision.

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Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Takao Fukuda