Vehicle-body structure with air conditioner
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsTakuma Inami, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshi Tanaka
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Abstract
A vehicle-body structure may include a floor panel, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel, and an air-conditioning device. The air-conditioning device may include an air distribution portion that is positioned higher than a front portion of the center frame and distributes generated air-conditioned air to each portion of an occupant space, and under-feet ducts that guide air-conditioned air to a lower side. The under-feet ducts each may extend downward from the upper side of the center frame through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the center frame.
Claims17
A vehicle-body structure of an automobile, the vehicle-body structure comprising:
- a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space including a seat on which a passenger sits;
- a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending from a front side of an occupant space to a rear side of the occupant space in a vehicle front-rear direction;
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- an air-conditioner for sending air-conditioned air to the occupant space, wherein
- the air-conditioner includes an air distribution structure that is positioned higher than a front portion of the center frame and distributes generated air-conditioned air to each portion of the occupant space, and an under-feet duct that guides, to a lower side, air-conditioned air sent from the air distribution structure,
- the under-feet duct extends downward from an upper side of the center frame through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the center frame,
- the front portion of the center frame is constituted by a left-side frame structure and a right-side frame structure that are provided at an interval in a vehicle width direction,
- the under-feet duct includes a left-side under-feet duct extending downward from an upper side of the left-side frame structure through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the left-side frame structure, and a right-side under-feet duct extending downward from an upper side of the right-side frame structure through a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the right-side frame structure,
- wherein the center frame includes a front-side frame structure extending in the front-rear direction, a rear-side frame structure disposed on the vehicle rear side of the front-side frame structure and extending toward the rear side, and a connection structure connecting a rear portion of the front-side frame structure and a front portion of the rear-side frame structure, and
- wherein the front-side frame structure is tilted at a first tilt angle relative to a horizontal plane and extends straight, and the rear-side frame structure is tilted at a second tilt angle smaller than the first tilt angle relative to the horizontal plane and extends straight.
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