Vehicle body rear portion structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHirotaka Hayakawa, Takashi Nitta, Toshihiro Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A vehicle body rear portion includes a vehicle body floor and a fuel tank. The vehicle body floor has a tire storage area that is hollowed downward. The fuel tank is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area. A stiffener is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area. The stiffener extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor.
Claims11
A vehicle body rear portion structure, comprising:
- a vehicle body floor having a tire storage area that is hollowed downward in a recess shape;
- and
- a fuel tank that is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area,
- wherein a stiffener that extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area, and
- a rear end of the stiffener extends to a vehicle body rearward position beyond a rear end of the fuel tank.
A vehicle body rear portion structure, comprising:
- a vehicle body floor having a tire storage area that is hollowed downward in a recess shape;
- and
- a fuel tank that is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area,
- wherein a stiffener that extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area,
- wherein a cross member that extends along a vehicle width direction is joined to an upper surface of the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area,
- wherein the stiffener is joined to a lower surface of the vehicle body floor at a position that intersects the cross member,
- wherein a bulkhead member that reinforces, from an inside, a closed cross-section along the vehicle width direction formed of the vehicle body floor and the cross member is attached to the closed cross-section at a position that intersects the stiffener,
- wherein an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the cross member is joined to a reinforcement member that extends upward along a rear wheel house, and
- wherein an anchor bracket that supports a seat belt anchor is attached to the cross member at a vehicle body forward side of a position that intersects the stiffener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.