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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Iwao Koizumi, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kenji Nonaka, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kouji Kishino, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Masayoshi Sannomiya, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Tsuneaki Zenitani, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Iwao Koizumi, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kenji Nonaka, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kouji Kishino, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Masayoshi Sannomiya, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Tsuneaki Zenitani, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle body structure which has a sub-window plate and a front fender each disposed at the rear of a headlamp lens on a sidewall of a vehicle body. In the vehicle body structure, a longitudinally-extending concave portionis defined between the front fenderand a combination of a front pillarand a hood. The concave portionhas at least a frontward region partly receiving therein a headlamp lensand a rearward region receiving therein the sub-window plateat the rear of the headlamp lens, whereby a plurality of components including at least the headlamp lensand the sub-window plateare received in the concave portionto form a belt-line surface module F which continuously covers the concave portionto define a transparent or semi-transparent exterior surface on the sidewall of the vehicle body. The vehicle body structure of the present invention makes it possible to further effectively utilize a sidewall surface of the vehicle body so as to desirably enhance a function of the sidewall surface as a whole.