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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Kenji Nonaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichiro Shibata, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshinobu Nishida, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshimine Morino, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a vehicle-seat storing structure having in combination an instrument panel disposed in the front end zone of a cabin space of a vehicle along the width direction of the vehicle, and a seat disposed opposed to the instrument panel. A concave portion is formed in the surface of the instrument panel opposed to the seat so as to receive therein at least a part of the seat in a seat position where a seat cushion is slidingly moved to a given position in the front end zone of the cabin space and a seatback is inclined frontwardly by a given angle. Further, the instrument panel defines an inside space having a given zone containing an air-conditioning unit for controllably adjusting cabin air and outside air to provide a desired cabin-air condition. The given zone is located approximately centrally in the width direction of the vehicle, and the concave portion is formed in a region of the instrument panel where it does not overlap the air-conditioning unit in the width direction of the vehicle.