# US 2023/0264757 A1 · Vehicle-body front structure including a reinforcement structure and a floor reinforcement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0264757 A1 - Document ID: US20230264757A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/108,662 - Filed: 2023-02-13 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-24 - Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation - Applicants: Mazda Motor Corporation - Inventors: Yoshikazu NISHIMURA; Yasuaki SETOH; Taiki YOTSUYANAGI; Yoshihiro MIYAMOTO; Akiko KAWAMOTO; Satoshi NAKAMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230264757A1 ## CPC - B62D 25/085: {Front-end modules} - B62D 25/20: Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} - B60K 1/00: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60N 2/015: Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis - B62D 21/152: {Front or rear frames} - B62D 24/00: Connections between vehicle body and vehicle frame (B62D23/00, B62D33/077 take precedence) - B62D 25/081: {Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28)} - B62D 25/082: {Engine compartments} - B62D 25/14: Dashboards as superstructure sub-units (other dashboard aspects B60K) - B62D 25/2018: {the subunits being front structures} - B60K 2001/0416: {Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle} - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - B60L 50/60: using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) - B62D 25/16: Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S) - B62D 25/2036: {the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars (B62D21/157 takes precedence)} - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle-body front structure includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a space inside a vehicle cabin, a motor arrangement portion which is formed by causing a part of the partition wall portion to bulge to an inside of the vehicle cabin and in which at least a part of a traveling motor is capable of being arranged, a reinforcement member which is inclined to be positioned lower toward vehicle rear, and a floor reinforcement which extends in a vehicle front-rear direction. A closed cross-section is configured with the motor arrangement portion, the reinforcement member, and the floor reinforcement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle-body front structure for an electric vehicle in which a traveling motor is installed in a vehicle front portion, the vehicle-body front structure comprising: a partition wall portion which is provided to extend in a vehicle width direction in the vehicle front portion and demarcates a vehicle cabin inside space; a motor arrangement portion which is formed by causing a part of the partition wall portion to bulge to an inside of a vehicle cabin and in which at least a part of the traveling motor installed on an outside of the vehicle cabin inside space is capable of being arranged; a reinforcement structure which extends from an upper portion of the motor arrangement portion to vehicle rear and is inclined to be positioned lower toward the vehicle rear; and a floor reinforcement which extends in a vehicle front-rear direction below the reinforcement structure and along a floor panel, wherein a first closed cross-section is configured with the motor arrangement portion, the reinforcement structure, and the floor reinforcement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 1, wherein a connecting structure, which couples a front portion of the reinforcement structure and a front portion of the floor reinforcement together in an up-down direction, is provided in the vehicle rear of the motor arrangement portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 2, wherein a second closed cross-section is configured with the connecting structure and the motor arrangement portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 3, comprising a cross structure which is fixed to the floor panel on a vehicle rear side of the motor arrangement portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, wherein a rear portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with an intermediate portion of the cross structure in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 4, wherein a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 1, comprising a cross structure which is fixed to the floor panel on a vehicle rear side of the motor arrangement portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, wherein a rear portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with an intermediate portion of the cross structure in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 1, wherein a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 2, comprising a cross structure which is fixed to the floor panel on a vehicle rear side of the motor arrangement portion and extends in the vehicle width direction, wherein a rear portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with an intermediate portion of the cross structure in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 2, wherein a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The vehicle-body front structure according to claim 3, wherein a front portion of the floor reinforcement is connected with a lower portion of the motor arrangement portion.