Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Daisuke Ebihara

Yukinobu Nakanishi

Hiroyuki Sakai

Seiichi Kato

Tomofumi Ichinose

Kazunori Hida

A vehicle body reinforcement structure includes an elongated hollow structure formed by jointing an outer panel and an inner panel with each other, and a reinforcement member configured to partition the hollow structure into a lower closed cross section and an upper closed cross section. At inside of at least one of the lower closed cross section and the upper closed cross section, at least a pair of bulkheads extending so as to cross the closed cross section are disposed so as to be separated with each other in a direction in which the closed cross section is extending. A space between the pair of bulkheads is made as a filler chamber which is filled with filler. A filling opening for the filler is provided on the inner panel so that the filling opening is in communication with the filler chamber.

Vehicle body reinforcement structure

Provided is a vehicle body front structure including a front hood () provided in a front part of a vehicle body (), and a port device () mounted to the vehicle body and positioned under the front hood. The front hood includes an outer panel (A) and an inner panel (B) attached to a back side of the outer panel, the outer panel and the inner panel defining a port opening () facing the port device and passed through the outer panel and the inner panel in a thicknesswise direction thereof, and being welded to each other along a peripheral edge () of the port opening, and a garnish () is provided on an outer surface of a peripheral part of the outer panel surrounding the port opening, and a lid () for selectively closing the port opening is provided on the vehicle body.

Vehicle body front structure

Provided is a vehicle front body structure comprising a port device () received in a housing () and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (). A lid () is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening () in the front hood, the lid being provided with a lid plate () that selectively closes the port opening, and a hinge arm () extending from the lid plate into the housing and rotatably connected to the housing via a hinge shaft () extending laterally.

A vehicular roof structure has a roof side rail joined to a roof panel. The roof panel includes an inclined joining section, a vertical section and a horizontal joining section. The inclined joining section has an outer side portion of the roof panel that is bent inward in a vehicle width direction, and the roof side rail is joined thereto. The vertical section is provided on the inclined joining section on a rearward side of the vehicle body, and the outer side portion of the roof panel is bent vertically. The horizontal joining section protrudes outward from the vertical section in the vehicle width direction. A tail gate hinge is attached to the horizontal joining section.

Vehicular roof structure

A vehicle body rear structure is provided with a rear panel stiffener including a stiffener L-shaped sectional portion, a rear girder including an inner L-shaped sectional portion, and a corner panel configured from an upper stiffener extension and a rear panel side extension. The stiffener L-shaped sectional portion has a first ridge line, and the inner L-shaped sectional portion has a second ridge line. The upper stiffener extension is provided with an upper L-shaped sectional portion that is continuous with the respective L-shaped sectional portions, and has a third ridge line that is contiguous with the respective ridge lines. The rear panel side extension is provided with a bulkhead that partitions a corner closed sectional portion.

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Wako, Japan

Daisuke Ebihara