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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawai, Hiroshima, JP;
Masanori Taguchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Eiji Okada, Hiroshima, JP;
Junko Karube, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Yamato Matsuda, Hiroshima, JP;
Yohichi Yanagi, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kazuki Hikawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Junko Nakamura, Hiroshima, JP;
Koji Miyamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Atsuo Iwabuchi, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Hidehiko Soda, Hiroshima, JP;
Ryoichi Hashimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A center console structure includes a columnar part erected on a vehicle interior floor surface between a driver seat and a passenger seat and extends upward to the vicinity of the cushion surfaces of the seats and an upper body that is disposed above the columnar part, extends in a front-rear direction, has an upper surface part forming a center console surface, and accommodates a shift operation mechanism, in which the upper body extends forward of the columnar part that is cantilevered and has an extension part that is bent and then rises forward and obliquely upward in the front part thereof, a surface part of the extension part close to a sitting occupant forms an outer surface continuous with the center console surface and a portion of the extension part close to the front of the vehicle is locked to a rear projecting part of an instrument panel.