Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Manabu Nakayama

Masaaki Tatsuwaki

Mikihito Nei

Kota Shimosato

Masato Wakai

Daisuke Tokumoto

Yukihiro Ohki

Terukazu Ebisawa

Kazuki Yoshida

Yosuke Saito

The moldability of a flange part in a terminal angle part of the flange part is improved. A panel joining structure in which one side of a roof panel of a vehicle body and one side of a side panel are continuously joined at a side-edge flange part extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein: the roof panel and the side panel have vertical wall parts that spread downward from side parts extending in a vehicle width direction in a panel main body; and in a terminal angle part of the continuously joined side-edge flange part, a notch is provided to the vertical wall part of at least one of the roof panel and the side panel.

Vehicle body structure of roof panel and side panel that are joined

A rear body structure is provided that forms a design face of a rear pillar nicely and gives sufficient rigidity to the rear pillar. The rear body structure has a rear pillar at a rear of a vehicle body. The rear pillar includes an outer rear pillar that is arranged on an outside in a lateral direction to form an exterior face of the rear pillar, and an inner rear pillar that is arranged inside in the lateral direction of the outer rear pillar. The inner rear pillar has a protrusion that protrudes toward the outer rear pillar. The protrusion is formed continuously in a vertical direction of the rear pillar.

Rear body structure

A vehicle body includes: an opening that is formed in the rear surface; a rear panel assembly having a closed cross-sectional shape and being located at the lower edge of the opening and extending in the width direction of the vehicle; left and right rear wheel wells located in front of the rear panel assembly; and left and right gussets for panels, the gussets connecting the left and right rear wheel wells and the rear panel assembly. Each of the rear wheel wells forms a portion of each of the inner walls of the vehicle body side sections, and the rear wheel wells have support sections for supporting rear dampers for the left and right rear suspensions.

Structure for rear part of vehicle body

A side structure for a vehicle body, the side structure having: a side rail and a pillar that are provided at sides of door openings; and trim members that are provided to the side rail and the pillar. In the side structure, a pillar inner member is provided to the side rail while the upper end of the pillar inner member overlaps a joint of the side rail, and this forms intersections at which rail flanges and pillar flanges cross. At the intersections, stepped sections are formed at the pillar flanges, and in the rail flanges, recesses are formed at portions corresponding to the stepped sections.

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Wako, Japan

Manabu Nakayama