Mazda Motor Corporation

Yuji Okazaki

Masanori Honda

Takashi Sasaki

Eiji Murasawa

Tetsunori Hada

Keisuke Yamakawa

Shoji Okano

Akihiro Nishikawa

A vehicle-body bottom portion comprises a noise-insulation inferior part and a noise-insulation superior part provided adjacently to a periphery of the noise-insulation inferior part. Between the vehicle-body bottom portion and a floor carpet are provided a sound-absorbing member which is arranged between the noise-insulation inferior part and the floor carpet, a cross member which connects the noise-insulation superior part and the floor carpet and seals a gap between the vehicle-body bottom portion and the floor carpet, and a noise insulation space which is adjacent to the sound-absorbing member and the cross member and enclosed by the sound-absorbing member and the cross member.

Noise insulation structure of automotive vehicle

An impact absorbing structure for a vehicle side door which opens and closes an opening formed in a side part of a vehicle, the side door including: a door main body which has a door inner panel and a door outer panel joined to the door inner panel; and a door sash portion which extends upward from the door main body and supports a door window member, in which: a sash-side door trim which covers the door sash portion is provided in the door sash portion on the inside of a vehicle cabin; and an impact absorbing portion which absorbs an impact load when an occupant comes into contact with the sash-side door trim from the inside of the vehicle cabin is provided in a front longitudinal-side part of the sash-side door trim.

Impact absorbing structure for a vehicle side door

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yuji Okazaki