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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Fumio Okana, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Noritaka Sakiyama, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yukiichirou Shimada, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Shigeyuki Mori, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Fumio Okana, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Noritaka Sakiyama, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yukiichirou Shimada, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Shigeyuki Mori, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an underbody structure for an automobile, which comprises a pair of laterally-spaced floor framesdisposed to extend longitudinally in such a manner as to interpose a tunnel regiontherebetween and joined to a bottom surface of a front floor portion. Each of the floor frameshas a rear end located in the vicinity of a rear kick-up portionextending upward from a rear end of the front floor portion. The rear kick-up portionand each rear end region of the floor framesare connected to one another from the exterior side of the automobile through an end gusset(). The end gusset() may be designed to define a closed section in cooperation with the rear kick-up portion, or to extend laterally outward so as to be connected to a front end region of a rear frame. The underbody structure of the present invention can prevent or suppress a rearward movement of each rear end of the floor frames during a head-on collision.