Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a radiator panel frame, front side frames in a pair, sub frames, upper frame reinforcing members in a pair, radiator panel reinforcing members, and joint members. The radiator panel frame includes projections protruding toward the vehicle rear side. The front side frames are joined to the radiator panel frame at front ends. The sub frames are joined to the radiator panel frame at front ends. The upper frame reinforcing members are bent downward toward the vehicle front side to have slope parts and are joined to the radiator panel frame at lower front ends. The radiator panel reinforcing members respectively have first ends joined to an upper side member of the radiator panel frame and second ends joined to upper front sides of the slope parts. The joint members respectively join the upper frame reinforcing members and the front side frames.

Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a radiator panel frame, front side frames in a pair, sub frames, an inverter unit, a front cross member, upper frame reinforcing members in a pair, and radiator auxiliary frames. The radiator panel frame forms a framework at a front side of a vehicle. The front side frames are joined to the radiator panel frame. The front side frames have recessed slide grooves. The sub frames are joined to lower outer parts of the radiator panel frame. The inverter unit is disposed between the front side frames. The front cross member is joined to the front side frames. The upper frame reinforcing members are bent downward and are joined to the front side frames and the sub frames. The radiator auxiliary frames are bent inward at lower ends and include projections that slidably engage with the slide grooves in the front side frames.

Abstract: A rear-seat airbag is configured to expand and deploy from a lower portion of a center console of a vehicle toward a center portion of a row of rear seats. The rear-seat airbag includes a first airbag and a second airbag. The first airbag is configured to restrain an upper body of a passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats. The second airbag is configured to restrain a lower body of the passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats. The first airbag is coupled to the second airbag such that, when the rear-seat airbag expands and deploys, the first airbag covers a half or more of the second airbag.

Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes: a radiator panel frame, front side frames; an inverter unit; a front cross member extending in the vehicle width direction ahead of the inverter unit; upper frame reinforcing members in a pair extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction on an upper side of the vehicle; and radiator panel reinforcing members forming a V shape pointing in the vehicle longitudinal direction. In each radiator panel reinforcing member, an apex is joined to an outer part of an upper end of the radiator panel frame; a rear end of an upper side member is joined to a front side part of a bent part of the upper frame reinforcing member; and a rear end of a lower side member is joined to an upper surface of the front side frame ahead of a joint part joining the front cross member and the front side frame.

Abstract: A rear-seat airbag is configured to expand and deploy from a lower portion of a center console of a vehicle toward a center portion of a row of rear seats. A point of intersection of virtual loci of forward movements of a head, a chest, and knees of a passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats in response to an impact generated by a collision of the vehicle coincides with a center of gravity of the rear-seat airbag when the rear-seat airbag expands and deploys.

Abstract: A vehicle-body front structure includes front side frames in a pair, sub-frames in a pair, lower arms, and action members. Each sub-frames is provided with first and second coupling portions, an action-member fixation portion, and a recess. The coupling portions rotatably fix a corresponding one of the lower arms. The action-member fixation portion is provided between the coupling portions and rotatably fixes a corresponding one of the action members on the vehicle upper side of each sub-frame. The recess is fitted to the corresponding action member. The fixation portion of each action member is fitted to the recess of the corresponding one of the sub-frames. Each action member is fixed at the action-member fixation portion and the second coupling portion to the corresponding sub-frame and is fixed at the second coupling portion to the corresponding sub-frame by being fastened together with the corresponding lower arm.

Abstract: A front frame structure for an electric vehicle includes a front side frame having a wall-shaped portion having a wall shape with a dimension in a height direction from a bottom portion to an upper portion of a motor room, and an arm-shaped portion protruding from an upper portion of a front end portion of the wall-shaped portion; and a sub-frame joined to a bottom portion of the wall-shaped portion and a front end portion of the arm-shaped portion and having an annular opening between the sub-frame and the arm-shaped portion. An inner peripheral surface of the annular opening includes a first inclined surface disposed on a bottom surface of a rear portion of the arm-shaped portion and a second inclined surface disposed on an upper surface of a front portion of the sub-frame. The first and second inclined surfaces are inclined forward at elevation angles equal to each other.

Abstract: A front frame structure for an electric vehicle includes a front side frame having a wall-shaped portion with a dimension in a height direction from a bottom portion to an upper portion of a motor room, and an arm-shaped portion that protrudes from an upper portion of a front end portion of the wall-shaped portion; a sub-frame that is joined to a bottom portion of the wall-shaped portion and a front end portion of the arm-shaped portion and that has an annular opening between the sub-frame and the arm-shaped portion; and a load transmission member disposed in the annular opening. The load transmission member includes two or more diagonal members coupled to each other. The load transmission member is joined to at least the front end portion of the arm-shaped portion, a rear end portion of the arm-shaped portion, and an intermediate portion of the sub-frame.

Abstract: A front frame structure for an electric vehicle includes: front side frames extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body and disposed on both sides in a vehicle width direction of a motor room in a front portion of the vehicle body; impact absorbing members disposed at front ends of the front side frames; a bumper beam coupling the impact absorbing members; and a lower frame disposed in a lower portion of the motor room and having both sides supported by the front side frames. The front side frames are in extra spaces each defined with a side wall of the motor room and a side surface a power control unit. A frame-shaped rigid member is disposed in an extra space in a front of the motor room. The front side frames and the impact absorbing members are coupled respectively to rear and front surfaces of the rigid member.

Abstract: A front frame structure for an electric vehicle includes front side frames disposed in extra spaces between left and right side walls in a vehicle width direction of a motor room and side surfaces of a power control unit; a frame-shaped rigid member disposed in an extra space in a front portion of the motor room; left and right impact absorbing members coupled to a front surface of the frame-shaped rigid member at positions directly facing the front side frames; a bumper beam coupling the impact absorbing members; a lower frame disposed in a lower portion of the motor room; and upper reinforcements coupled to upper surfaces of the front side frames. Outer side surfaces in the vehicle width direction of the upper reinforcements gradually protrude outward in the vehicle width direction from front ends toward rear ends of the upper reinforcements in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body.

Abstract: In a front frame structure for an electric vehicle, front side frames disposed in extra spaces between side walls of a motor room and side surfaces of a power control unit include a wall-shaped portion in a rear region and an arm-shaped portion in a front portion. A first inclined surface portion is formed in a lower portion of the wall-shaped portion to extend forward from a rear portion. A second inclined surface portion is formed on a bottom surface of the arm-shaped portion to extend forward from an end of the first inclined surface portion. Lower side frames of the lower frame and the front side frames are joined while being reinforced via front reinforcements. Side surfaces of an upper valley line portion joining the inclined surface portions and side surfaces of the lower side frame facing a lower side of the line portion are coupled via rear reinforcements.

Abstract: An airbag device includes a far-side airbag and a first deployment controller configured to control deployment of the far-side airbag. The far-side airbag is provided in a seat backrest of the seat at a location adjacent to a center console, and includes shoulder and head protection air chambers configured to protect respectively a shoulder and a head, of an occupant. The shoulder protection air chamber includes air chamber elements configured to deploy in a vertical tubular shape. The head protection air chamber is configured to deploy in a semicircular shape. A base fabric of the far-side airbag in a deployed state is longer at a side adjacent to the center console than at a side adjacent to the seat. The shoulder protection air chamber is provided with a restraining tether configured to squeeze the shoulder protection air chamber toward the seat when the shoulder protection air chamber is deployed.

Abstract: An agent apparatus includes a shift position detector and an agent controller. The shift position detector is configured to detect a shift position of a vehicle. The agent controller is configured to control a personified agent. The agent controller is configured to cause the agent to face a driver of the vehicle in a case where the shift position is in a parking range. Upon communicating information, the agent controller is configured to cause the agent to output the information using voice and a movement of arms of the agent.

Abstract: An occupant knee support device provided in a vehicle includes a knee outer side surface support member and a knee lower surface support member. The knee outer side surface support member is disposed in a side part of the seat surface part in a stored state, protrudes forward and upward beyond the seat surface part in a support state to support an outer side surface of a knee of the occupant. The knee lower surface support member is, in the stored state, provided in a vicinity of a front end part of the seat surface part and separated from a lower surface of the knee of the occupant. The knee lower surface support member is configured to support the lower surface of the knee of the occupant in the supported state.

Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes front side frames in a pair extending in a vehicle front-rear direction respectively at both sides of a front part of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction; a radiator support that is disposed between the front side frames, rectangular-frame-shaped in front view, and coupled to the front side frames respectively at both sides thereof in the vehicle width direction; a cross member extending between the front side frames in the vehicle width direction and disposed closer to a rear end of the vehicle than the radiator support; an electrical device disposed closer to the rear end than the cross member; radiator-support reinforcements in a pair respectively coupling outer ends of the radiator support in the vehicle width direction to the cross member; and a support member provided on the cross member and supporting respective rear ends of the radiator-support reinforcements from below.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes an airbag configured to be deployed forward of a vehicle body front of the vehicle, a collision determiner configured to establish a pre-crash determination in a case where a collision probability with a human body or an object other than a human body is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, and an airbag deployment controller configured to deploy the airbag in response to the pre-crash determination. The airbag includes a slit portion formed by recessing a front surface rearward of the vehicle, and branches divided by the slit portion. The airbag apparatus further includes a coupling member configured to couple the branches to each other, and a coupling member disabling unit configured to break coupling of the branches by the coupling member in a case where a collision with the human body is predicted.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a paddle switch, a traveling mode selection unit, and an electronic control unit. The paddle switch is provided on each side of a steering wheel in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle. The paddle switch is configured to allow for a shift change operation or a traveling speed increasing and decreasing operation. The traveling mode selection unit is configured to allow a driver who drives the vehicle to select a desired traveling mode from traveling modes. The electronic control unit is configured to change an operation mode of the paddle switch to the shift change operation or the traveling speed increasing and decreasing operation based on information supplied from the traveling mode selection unit, and is configured to control corresponding one of a shift change and a traveling speed based on an operation performed on the paddle switch.

Abstract: An exterior protection apparatus includes an exterior airbag device, a collision detector, a controller, and engaging members. The exterior airbag device includes a bag body, and an inflator that expands the bag body rearward from a front part of a vehicle body of a vehicle so as to overlie a hood of the vehicle body. The collision detector predicts or detects contact between the vehicle body and a movable body. The controller causes the exterior airbag device to be expanded when the collision detector predicts or detects the contact. The engaging members are disposed in a vehicle width direction at the front part. The engaging members engage with the expanded bag body. At least the engaging members at both ends in the vehicle width direction are disengageable from the bag body when a load component in the vehicle width direction acts on the bag body.

Abstract: A pedestrian protection airbag apparatus includes an exterior front side airbag, and an exterior rear side airbag. The exterior front side airbag is disposed in a front portion of a side sill of a vehicle, and configured to, upon being supplied with gas, be expanded and deployed along a side surface of the vehicle. The exterior rear side airbag is disposed in a rear portion of the side sill of the vehicle, and configured to, upon being supplied with gas, be expanded and deployed along the side surface of the vehicle. An upper end portion of the exterior front side airbag is disposed lower than an upper end portion of the exterior rear side airbag.

Abstract: A rear-seat airbag configured to expand and deploy inward of a vehicle from a door trim beside a rear seat includes a first expansion air chamber and a second expansion air chamber. The first expansion air chamber is configured to expand and deploy to a space facing leg parts of a passenger in the rear seat that are above knees of the passenger. The second expansion air chamber is configured to expand and deploy to a space between the first expansion air chamber and the passenger in the rear seat.