Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Junya Harada

Masaaki Tatsuwaki

Shinji Kumagai

Hideki Tai

Yoshihiro Kobayashi

Shouji Yamazaki

Yoshikazu Inoue

Daisuke Matsunaga

Tomoya Yabu

Yoshihisa Sugamata

Tatsuya Ishizaki

Akihiro Shibuya

Hiroyuki Mae

Keita Ishihara

Kazuhiro Daido

Takashi Sasamoto

A pressure sensor layout structure includes: a bumper beam; an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam; a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber; a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube; and a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber, wherein the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction.

Pressure sensor layout structure

A vehicle body structure includes an extension to be held between a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and a side frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. The extension includes: a fixing plate made of a plate member and fixed to a projecting end of the side frame so as to face in the vehicle front-rear direction; a crushing body arranged on the fixing plate; and a coupling strip made of a plate member, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and coupling an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the fixing plate with an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the bumper beam so as to integrally continue to the fixing plate and the bumper beam.

Vehicle body structure

A vehicle rear structure includes a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body, and an on-board component disposed between the rear side frames. Each rear side frame includes a protecting part arranged side by side with the on-board component in a vehicle width direction, and a rear extending part extending rearward from the on-board component. A cross member is provided to connect the rear extending parts to each other at positions each located away from a front end and a rear end of the corresponding rear extending part.

Vehicle rear structure

A vehicle rear structure includes: a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body; side sills connected to front parts of the rear side frames and extending on the right and left sides of the vehicle body, respectively; and an on-board component, at least part of which is arranged side by side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction. Each side sill includes a weak part located ahead of the on-board component and having a lower strength than a strength of a region of the rear side frame arranged side by side with the on-board component.

To protect a battery pack supported in a rear end part of a vehicle body at the time of a rear end crash, the vehicle body rear structure comprises: a pair of left and right rear side frames () extending in a fore and aft direction in a laterally spaced apart relationship; a rear floor panel () attached to the rear side frames () and defining a battery receiving space () for receiving a battery pack therein; and a load transmitting member () having a front end (A) fixedly secured to a structural member () of the vehicle body and extending to a rear end (B) thereof located behind the battery receiving space.

Vehicle body rear structure

A vehicle body rear structure includes: a pair of left and right rear side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a vehicle-mounted component provided between the pair of rear side frames; and a pair of support members for supporting the vehicle-mounted component. The support members respectively extend along the rear side frames and in the vehicle front-rear direction, and are respectively arranged side-by-side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction and inwardly of the rear side frames in the vehicle width direction.

A vehicle front structure includes a front frame member, a bumper beam () disposed at a front section of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a crush box () fixed to a rear surface of the bumper beam () and having a rear end portion coupled to a front end portion of the front frame member, and a corner reinforcement member () disposed at a corner portion formed between the rear surface of the bumper beam () and the side surface of the crush box (), wherein an outer surface of the corner reinforcement member () is joined in a state in which the outer surface abuts the rear surface of the bumper beam () and the side surface of the crush box ().

Vehicle front structure

A vehicle bumper structure includes a bumper beam and an absorber. The bumper beam includes an upper absorber support surface and an upper reinforcing rib. The upper reinforcing rib includes an upper rib body portion and a pair of right and left upper rib bend portions extending from right and left ends of the upper rib body portion so as to bend toward a vehicle inner side. The absorber includes an absorber body, a pair of right and left upper absorber support legs extending from the absorber body across the upper reinforcing rib, and a pair of right and left contact portions extending outward in a vehicle width direction from the upper absorber support legs so as to be in contact with the right and left upper rib bend portions from the vehicle inner side.

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