Vehicle rear body structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKanji Fujii, Toshiki Takahashi, Takaya Okuyama, Yoshimi Mizutani
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Abstract
In a vehicle rear body structure in which a muffler is disposed below a rear cross member disposed to extend transversely below a rear part of the body of a vehicle, a lower end portion 10 of the rear cross member 7 extends downwardly to substantially the same height of that of a lower end portion 4c of a rear bumper face 4a disposed rearward of the rear cross member. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the generation of heat deformation by protecting from heat related effects from a muffler a lower end portion of a rear bumper which tends to easily heat deform.
Claims10
A vehicle rear body structure comprising:
- a rear cross member extending in a vehicle transverse direction and disposed at a lower portion of a rear part of a vehicle body;
- a rear bumper face disposed rearward of said rear cross member;
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- a muffler disposed adjacent to said rear cross member,
- wherein said rear cross member has a lower end portion that extends downwardly to reach substantially the same height as that of a lower end portion of said rear bumper face,
- wherein the lower end portion of the rear cross member is not connected to the rear bumper face and a gap exists between the lower end portion and the rear bumper face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.