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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Takuma Inami, Hiroshima, JP;
Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroshima, JP;
Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Hirakawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Hideaki Hoshuyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Takayuki Kimura, Hiroshima, JP;
Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
To increase the stiffness of a floor panel while maintaining a large foot space for a rear-seat passenger. A vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor provided with front-row and rear-row seats, and a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. A recessed portion having a bottom surface on which the feet of a passenger sitting on the rear-row seat can be placed is formed at the floor panel. The floor panel includes a cross member extending in a vehicle width direction at a rear portion of the recessed portion. A rear portion of the center frame is connected to the cross member.