Title:
VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008155830
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To expand a gap between an internal combustion engine and a hood in a vehicle provided with a vertically installed internal combustion engine, more particularly, a gap between a front end of the internal combustion engine and the hood.
The internal combustion engine 7, a generator 8, an inverter unit 9 and a main battery 10 are disposed in a wheel base. The inverter unit 9 and the main battery 10 are disposed at mutually overlapped locations in side view. In an engine room 7, the vertically installed internal combustion engine 7 is mounted at a front inclined attitude so that the front end may be lower than the rear end. As a result, the gap S between the front end of the internal combustion engine 7 and the hood 52 can be expanded.
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Inventors:
TAGUCHI TOMOO
SAKAMOTO TOSHINORI
FURUSAWA TORU
KUNIKI HIDEO
SAKAMOTO TOSHINORI
FURUSAWA TORU
KUNIKI HIDEO
Application Number:
JP2006348586A
Publication Date:
July 10, 2008
Filing Date:
December 25, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MAZDA MOTOR
International Classes:
B60K5/02; B60K6/40; B60K6/46; B62D25/20
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0970105A | 1997-03-11 | |||
JPH03258613A | 1991-11-18 | |||
JP2004357432A | 2004-12-16 | |||
JP2003002249A | 2003-01-08 | |||
JP2002301939A | 2002-10-15 | |||
JPH05207610A | 1993-08-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masashi Hirai
Kozu Sako
Kozu Sako