Mazda Motor Corporation

Yuzo Jp Sato

Toshinori Sakamoto

Kazuhiro Tanaka

Masaki Nakaura

Hirotaka Kusu

Hiroshi Saito

A slide door is provided to be movable between a closed position to cover a side opening formed at a vehicle-body side face and an open position. The slide door is configured to move outward and subsequently slide rearward along a rear vehicle-body outer face when the slide door moves from the closed position to the open position. There is provided a detection sensor to detect a foreign matter in coming into a gap from a vehicle-compartment inside. A drive of the slide door is stopped in case the detection sensor detects the foreign matter in coming into the gap when the slide door moves toward the open position. Thereby, any foreign matter can be prevented from being pinched in the gap formed between the slide door and the rear edge portion of the side opening.

Pinch prevention structure of slide door

In a windshield defroster system for a vehicle, the lower edge of the windshield is fixed to the upper side of the front portion of a cowl box disposed in front of the passenger compartment, and a defroster duct extends along the upper side of the cowl box from the rear side of the same to a position near the lower edge of the windshield and has an air plenum on the front edge portion thereof.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yuzo Jp Sato