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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2021
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Kohei Kirita, Aki-gun, JP;
Shinji Yamauchi, Aki-gun, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A support structure is provided for a vehicle component disposed inside a power-unit chamber where a powertrain unit of the vehicle is disposed. The support structure includes the power-unit chamber including a side frame extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, and a suspension tower housing formed overlapping with a part of the side frame in a plan view seen from above the vehicle. The vehicle component is disposed at a location where the vehicle component overlaps with the side frame in the plan view and forward of the suspension tower housing in the vehicle front-and-rear direction. The vehicle component is supported by one of the side frame, and a support member coupled to an inward side surface of a closed-cross-section member connected to the side frame at a location forward of the suspension tower housing in the vehicle front-and-rear direction.