Vehicle-body structure of vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorNobuya Nishio
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Abstract
A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle of the present invention comprises a bumper support portion provided at a vehicle body of the vehicle to support to bumper, a connection portion connecting the bumper and the bumper support portion and supporting the bumper, and a slide allowance portion configured to allow the bumper to slide in a vehicle longitudinal direction relative to the bumper support portion when a longitudinal load having a specified magnitude or larger is applied to the bumper from a vehicle outside, wherein the connection portion is provided on an upper face of the bumper support portion, and the slide allowance portion is configured to allow the longitudinal sliding of the bumper independently from the supporting of the bumper by the connection portion.
Claims19
A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper provided at a front face and/or a rear face of the vehicle;
- a bumper support portion provided at a vehicle body of the vehicle to support the bumper;
- a connection portion connecting the bumper and the bumper support portion and supporting the bumper;
- and
- a slide allowance portion configured to allow the bumper to slide in a vehicle longitudinal direction relative to the bumper support portion when a longitudinal load having a specified magnitude or larger is applied to the bumper from a vehicle outside,
- wherein said connection portion is provided on an upper face of said bumper support portion,
- wherein the support provided by the bumper support portion and the slide allowed by the slide allowance portion are separately provided, and
- wherein said connection portion is capable of sliding in the vehicle longitudinal direction relative to said bumper support portion, said slide allowance portion comprises a clip member which is capable of sliding in the vehicle longitudinal direction together width the connection portion and a pin member which is fixed to said bumper support portion so as to engage with said clip member, and said clip member is configured such that when the longitudinal load having the specified magnitude or larger is applied to the bumper from the vehicle outside, said engaging of the clip member with the pin member fixed to the bumper support portion is released according to the sliding of said connection portion.
A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper provided at a front face and/or a rear face of the vehicle;
- a bumper support portion provided at a vehicle body of the vehicle to support the bumper;
- a connection portion connecting the bumper and the bumper support portion and supporting the bumper;
- and
- a slide allowance portion configured to allow the bumper to slide in a vehicle longitudinal direction relative to the bumper support portion when a longitudinal load having a specified magnitude or larger is applied to the bumper from a vehicle outside,
- wherein said connection portion is provided on an upper face of said bumper support portion,
- wherein the support provided by the bumper support portion and the slide allowed by the slide allowance portion are separately provided, and
- wherein a slant portion which is configured to protrude obliquely upwardly toward a vehicle rearward side and contact said connection portion when the connection portion slides rearwardly by a specified distance is provided at the upper face of said bumper support portion.
A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper provided at a front face and/or a rear face of the vehicle;
- a bumper support portion provided at a vehicle body of the vehicle to support the bumper;
- a connection portion connecting the bumper and the bumper support portion and supporting the bumper;
- and
- a slide allowance portion configured to allow the bumper to slide in a vehicle longitudinal direction relative to the bumper support portion when a longitudinal load having a specified magnitude or larger is applied to the bumper from a vehicle outside,
- wherein said connection portion is provided on an upper face of said bumper support portion,
- wherein the support provided by the bumper support portion and the slide allowed by the slide allowance portion are separately provided, and
- wherein the vehicle comprises a crash can which is provided at a tip portion of a front side frame and a bumper reinforcement which is connected to said crash can, and said bumper support portion is located at a position which is upwardly spaced apart from said crash can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.