| US 7,552,963 B2 | ||
| Vehicle body rear structure | ||
| Toshizumi Yamaguchi, Wako (Japan); Satoru Kawabe, Wako (Japan); and Takumi Tsuyuzaki, Wako (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 18, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/16,581. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-010064 (JP), filed on Jan. 19, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0252104 A1, Oct. 16, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—187.08 [296/203.04] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle body rear structure, comprising:
rear frames disposed on both sides of a rear portion of a vehicle;
a rear floor cross member bridged between the rear frames and jointed to each of the rear frames;
a middle floor cross member which is disposed ahead of the rear floor cross member to extend in a vehicle width direction;
a stiffening panel covering a lower side of a fuel tank which is disposed in a space surrounded by the rear frames, the rear
floor cross member, and the middle floor cross member;
a spare pan frame; and
a rear floor end cross member,
wherein the spare pan frame is jointed to the rear floor end cross member and the rear floor cross member, and
wherein the stiffening panel has a thickness which transmits a load upon a rear-end collision to a framework member in front
of the stiffening panel.
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