Vehicle body rear structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki Muramatsu, Tsutomu Fukutomi, Masahito Murota
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Abstract
A vehicle body rear structure includes a lower cross member joined to the lower surface of a rear floor panel, and an upper cross member joined to the upper surface of the rear floor panel along the lower cross member. The lower cross member forms a closed section together with the rear floor panel, and is connected to front mounting portions on both sides. The upper cross member forms a closed section together with the rear floor panel. A rear flange of the lower cross member and a front flange of the upper cross member are joined to be overlaid via the rear floor panel.
Claims9
A vehicle body rear structure comprising:
- rear frames extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body on both sides in a vehicle width direction;
- mounting portions respectively provided in lower portions of the rear frames;
- a sub-frame mounted on the mounting portions;
- a rear floor panel arranged between the rear frames above the sub-frame;
- a vehicle accessory arranged below the rear floor panel;
- a lower cross member connected to the mounting portions on both sides in the vehicle width direction while being joined to a lower surface of the rear floor panel, and configured to form a closed section together with the rear floor panel;
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- an upper cross member joined to an upper surface of the rear floor panel along the lower cross member, and configured to form a closed section together with the rear floor panel,
- wherein the lower cross member and the upper cross member are arranged at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and
- a rear flange portion of the lower cross member and a front flange portion of the upper cross member are joined to be overlaid via the rear floor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.