Mazda Motor Corporation

Yukio Nakamura

Isao Toda

Isao Tohda

Katsumasa Sogame

Haruo Ohe

Masayoshi Sannomiya

Kouji Iwasaka

Shigeyuki Mori

Osamu Kishi

Kouichi Nakano

Taichi Kobayashi

Shiro Nakatani

Satoru Hashimoto

Yasuyuki Andou

Yasuhiro Kouhara

A roof is split into plural parts, a front roof and a rear roof. A roof-storage space is formed between a passenger's seat and a rear bulkhead which forms a rear end of a vehicle compartment, in which the roof is stored when the roof is open. There is provided a support mechanism which substantially horizontally supports the roof which is stored in the roof-storage space so that an upper space of the roof-storage space between the passenger's seat and the bulkhead is covered with only one of the plural parts of the roof.

Roof opening structure for vehicle

Disclosed is a rear-seat occupant protection apparatus, which is designed to protect, during a frontal collision of a vehicle, a rear-seat occupant (B) seated in a rear seat () located behind a front seat () equipped with a seat belt () having a load limiter function. The rear-seat occupant protection apparatus comprises a collision detection device () adapted to detect the frontal collision of the vehicle, and a seat-back displacing mechanism adapted, when the frontal collision of the vehicle is detected by the collision detection device, to permit a seat back () of the front seat () to be displaced frontwardly at a given timing consecutive with a frontward displacement of a front-seat occupant (A) seated in the front seat (). The rear-seat occupant protection apparatus of the present invention can adequately protect a head of the rear-seat occupant during the frontal collision of the vehicle.

Rear-seat occupant protection apparatus

In a vehicle, a cowl portion for supporting a front end of a windshield is disposed above the dash panel so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, an instrument panel member is located backward away from the cowl portion so as to extend in the width direction of the vehicle above the dash panel, a recess portion is formed in such manner that a central portion of the dash panel in the width direction of the vehicle is recessed backward from the cowl portion to the instrument panel member, and the driving device for the vehicle is disposed in the recess portion such that the driving device is located in front of and close to the instrument panel member.

Layout structure of driving device for vehicle

An engine positioning structure is used for a rear wheel drive automobile, with an engine mounted in an engine compartment driving the rear wheels. In the automobile having a passenger compartment and the engine compartment, where the two compartments are separated by a dash panel, the engine is positioned so that a rotation axis of the engine is at a position higher than the height of a floor panel of the passenger compartment, and a rear end part of the engine is positioned behind a general plane defined by a position corresponding to the position of a passenger relative to a dash panel. The engine positioning structure enables a retreated layout of the engine to be obtained. It also reduces Yaw moment of inertia, and improves the steering stability.

Engine positioning structure for an automobile

A pedestrian protective front body structure for a vehicle includes a front spoiler provided with desired aerodynamic characteristics and disposed with a separation above from a nose front end of the vehicle body and is provided with a buffer which buffers an impact against the front spoiler from above upon an occurrence of a frontal clash with a pedestrian.

Structure for front body of vehicle

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yukio Nakamura