| US 7,540,559 B2 | ||
| Rear structure of vehicle body | ||
| Yasuhisa Egawa, Sakura (Japan); Shigeto Yasuhara, Shioya-gun (Japan); and Yuji Matsuura, Shioya-gun (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 22, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/107,429. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-123385 (JP), filed on May 08, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0277968 A1, Nov. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—203.04 [29/37.2; 29/204; 29/187.11] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A rear structure of a vehicle body comprising:
a left-and-right pair of rear frames which extend along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body;
a spare tire pan which is supported between the rear frames;
an arc-shaped frame which forms an arc-shape opening forward of the vehicle body as seen in a plan view;
a rear panel which forms a rear wall of the vehicle body; and
a pair of side sills which is provided on both sides of the vehicle body, wherein:
the arc-shaped frame is fixed at a middle portion along an extending direction thereof to the rear panel, and has first reinforcing
portions in which both ends along the extending direction, which extend along the longitudinal direction, and which have cross
sections opening toward the corresponding rear frames;
each of the rear frames is fixed at a rear end thereof to the rear panel, is fixed at a front end thereof to the corresponding
side sill, and has a second reinforcing portion which extends along the longitudinal direction and which has a cross section
opening toward the corresponding first reinforcing portion; and
the first reinforcing portions and the corresponding second reinforcing portions are fixed to each other interposing side
flanges of the spare tire pan therebetween.
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