Vehicle body structure
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorHiroyuki KATSUYAMA
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes a rear floor panel having a right-rear frame and a left-rear frame each extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, and a recess formed between the right-rear frame and the left-rear frame. The vehicle body structure further includes a die-cast structure joined to the rear floor panel. The rear floor panel includes a first frame joined to the right-rear frame, and a second frame joined to the left-rear frame. The die-cast structure further includes a curved wall that is continuous with the recess of the rear floor panel, a first rib that joins the curved wall and the first frame, and a second rib that joins the curved wall and the second frame.
Claims5
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a rear floor panel comprising a right-rear frame and a left-rear frame each extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, and having a recess formed between the right-rear frame and the left-rear frame;
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- a die-cast structure joined to the rear floor panel and comprising a first frame joined to the right-rear frame, and a second frame joined to the left-rear frame,
- wherein the die-cast structure comprises a curved wall that is continuous with the recess of the rear floor panel, a first rib that joins the curved wall and the first frame, and a second rib that joins the curved wall and the second frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.