VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: TANAKA HIROSHI, HASHIGUCHI HIRONOBU, FUKUDA TAKAO, HIRAMATSU MASAYA, FUKUSHIMA MASANOBU, TODA ISAO, OE HARUO, KAMEI TAKEHIRO, KIMURA TAKAYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.10.2022
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING,OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODSSPACES OF VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To provide a vehicle body structure which avoids increase in a size of an air conditioning unit body to increase a passenger compartment internal space while securing a sufficient amount of backward stroke of a power train during a front collision and improving occupants' safety.SOLUTION: A dash panel 3 includes an expansion part 30 which expands to the vehicle rear. An air conditioner 60 includes: an air conditioning unit body 61 disposed at the side of the expansion part 30; and a passage formation member 62 connected to the air conditioning unit body 61. At least a part of the passage formation member 62 is disposed on an upper surface of the expansion part 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】前方衝突時にパワートレインの後退ストローク量を十分に確保して乗員の安全性を向上させながら、空調ユニット本体部の大型化を回避して車室内空間を広くする。【解決手段】ダッシュパネル３は、車両後方へ向かって膨出する膨出部３０を備えている。空調装置６０は、膨出部３０の側方に配置される空調ユニット本体部６１と、空調ユニット本体部６１に接続される通路構成部材６２とを備えている。通路構成部材６２の少なくとも一部は、膨出部３０の上面の上方に配置されている。【選択図】図５