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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2023
Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Kenta Tachibana, Hiroshima, JP;

Takashi Narahara, Hiroshima, JP;

Yasushi Ishikawa, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A front side frame has a first deformation promotion portion to bend and deform a front side frame inwardly in a case where a collision load is applied to a vehicle from a vehicle front side, a front vehicle-body structure further comprises a load transmission portion positioned in front of a suspension housing between the front side frame and an apron reinforcement so as to transmit the collision load to the suspension housing, the load transmission portion being provided to connect the front side frame and the apron reinforcement so as to transmit a tensional load applied in a vehicle width direction between the front side frame and the apron reinforcement, and the load transmission portion has a second deformation promotion portion positioned in the vicinity of the first deformation promotion portion and promoting the bending/deforming of the front side frame.


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