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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Keisuke Ebisumoto, Aki-gun, JP;
Takeshi Nakamura, Aki-gun, JP;
Hirotaka Natsume, Aki-gun, JP;
Yuki Kataoka, Aki-gun, JP;
Manabu Tatsuda, Aki-gun, JP;
Ippei Kuroda, Aki-gun, JP;
Satoshi Nakamura, Aki-gun, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A front vehicle-body structure includes a front wheel including a wheel; and a side sill that extends in a front-rear direction on a rear side of the front wheel and has side sill inner and outer portions positioned on vehicle-width-direction inner and outer sides, respectively. Vehicle-width-direction end portions of the inner and outer portions are joined at a joined portion formed by the vehicle-width-direction end portions abutting against each other. The inner portion has a higher buckling strength in the front-rear direction than the outer portion. The joined portion has a second joined portion extending inclined to the vehicle-width-direction outer side toward a rear side, and a first joined portion bent from the second joined portion, extending to a front side, and positioned on a front-end portion of the side sill closer to the vehicle-width-direction inner side than a center line of the wheel in the vehicle width direction.