Mazda Motor Corporation

Y-tec Corporation

Yukihito Itami

Masaaki Tanaka

Katsuyuki Komiya

Tomonori Ohtsubo

Tomoo Taguchi

Shin Murata

Hirokazu Yamasaki

Takeshi Nakano

Norihisa Adachi

Hitoshi Nagai

Disclosed is a suspension subframe structure of a vehicle, which is capable of improving the overall rigidity of a suspension subframe to effectively receive input loads from suspension arms, while reducing the overall weight of the suspension subframe. The suspension subframe structure for supporting a plurality of suspension armsof a multi-link suspension system comprises first and second lateral memberseach extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, a pair of longitudinal members each extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and right and left inclined memberseach having one end which is located on the side of a respective one of right and left ends of the first lateral member and provided with an upper-arm support portion and a lower-arm support portion, wherein each of the right and left inclined members extends obliquely relative to the lateral direction in top plan view to connect the upper-arm support portion and the lower-arm support portion with a laterally intermediate portion of the second lateral member.

Suspension subframe structure of vehicle

When ingress intention of a passenger who is supposed to sit on a second seat is predicted, a distance between a first seat and the second seat is expanded automatically. Accordingly, taking time for access to the second seat can be avoided, thereby decreasing necessary time for having access and improving accessibility to the second seat. When a full-open mode is selected (Yes in S); the passenger does not sit on the third-row seat (Yes in S); the passenger does not sit on the second-row seat (Yes in S); and a child seat is not installed on the second-row seat (Yes in S), a second-row seat sliding motor is driven and a first-row seat driving mechanism operates. Accordingly, forward sliding of the second-row seat starts (S), and a sliding door is driven backward to open fully.

Seat control device for vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yukihito Itami