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.
Claims20
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;
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- 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, and said slide allowance portion is configured to allow said longitudinal sliding of the bumper independently from said supporting of the bumper by the connection portion.
8 The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 7, wherein the vehicle further comprises a bracket to fix said bumper support portion to said bumper reinforcement, and said bumper support portion is provided via said bracket so as to be located at said position which is upwardly spaced apart from the crash can.
The vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 8, wherein said bumper support portion is provided with a guide portion which is configured to extend in the vehicle longitudinal direction and guide rearward sliding of said connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.