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US 6,802,558 B2Granted
Rear body structure for vehicle body
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorHidenori Matsuoka
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Abstract
A rear body structure comprises a floor tunnel extending in a lengthwise direction from the front to the back of the vehicle body at a middle of a floor panel in a transverse direction, a floor tunnel reinforcement disposed along the floor tunnel so as to form a closed cross section between them, and a generally V-shaped gusset secured between the floor tunnel reinforcement and a package member interconnecting side walls between which a compartment is formed in the rear body.
Claims7
A structure of a rear body for a vehicle body comprising:
- a floor tunnel extending in a lengthwise direction from the front to the back of the vehicle body at a middle of a floor panel in a transverse direction of the vehicle body;
- a floor tunnel reinforcement disposed along the floor tunnel so as to form a closed cross section between them;
- a package member extending in the transverse direction so as to interconnect side walls between which a compartment is formed in the rear body;
- a gusset secured to the floor tunnel reinforcement and the package member so as thereby to interconnect the floor tunnel reinforcement and the package member;
- a bracket secured to the floor tunnel reinforcement;
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- a cross member forming a closed cross section extending in said transverse direction;
- wherein said gusset is secured to the floor tunnel reinforcement through said bracket and said cross member is secured to the floor tunnel reinforcement.
5 more elements
A structure of a rear body for a vehicle body comprising:
- a floor tunnel extending in a lengthwise direction from the front to the back of the vehicle at a middle of a floor panel in a transverse direction of the vehicle body;
- a floor tunnel reinforcement disposed along the floor tunnel so as to form a closed cross section between them;
- a package member extending in the transverse direction so as to interconnect side walls between which a compartment is formed in the rear body;
- a bracket secured to the floor tunnel reinforcement;
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- a gusset secured to the floor tunnel reinforcement through said bracket and the package member so as thereby to interconnect the floor tunnel reinforcement and the package member;
- wherein said gusset is generally V-shaped and has a gusset reinforcement running the entire length thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.