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US 12,428,072 B2Granted
Vehicle lower structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHidefumi Nihei
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Abstract
A lower structure of a vehicle is configured to include a floor panel, an exhaust member arranged below the floor panel, and a cover member provided between the floor panel and the exhaust member and attached to the floor panel. The cover member includes front fixation portions provided on the front side and fixed to the floor panel and a bead portion arranged behind the front fixation portions and extending in a vehicle width direction.
Claims4
A lower structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body floor, the vehicle body floor including
- a floor panel which forms a floor surface of a vehicle body,
- a pair of left and right rear side members which is provided on a lower surface of the floor panel and extends in a vehicle front-rear direction, and
- a rear cross member which is provided on the lower surface of the floor panel and extends in a vehicle width direction;
- an exhaust member arranged below the floor panel;
- and
- a cover member provided between the floor panel and the exhaust member and attached to the vehicle body floor,
- wherein
- the cover member includes
- a plurality of front fixation portions provided on a front side of the cover member and fixed to the vehicle body floor,
- a rear fixation portion which is fixed to the vehicle body floor and is provided at a rear side of the plurality of front fixation portions, and
- a bead portion arranged behind the plurality of front fixation portions and extending in the vehicle width direction, and
- at least one of the plurality of front fixation portions and the rear fixation portion are provided overlapped with one of the pair of left and right rear side members and the rear cross member in an up and down direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.