Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Takashi Sera

Hiroyuki Sakai

Takeshi Sakurai

Shinichi Murakami

Shiyouhei Okuzumi

Tomio Hasegawa

A structure for a vehicle body rear portion has a rear pillar (), a rear wheel arch (), a damper stiffener () which is connected so that the load of the damper () transmitted through the rear wheel arch () is dispersed to the rear pillar (), and a brace () which is connected from the rear wheel arch () to the rear pillar (). The brace () has a front surface section () which faces forward, a side surface section (), and a rear surface section () which faces the front surface section (). A front ridge line section () and/or a rear ridge line section () reaches the rear pillar () from the rear wheel arch ().

Structure for vehicle body rear portion

A press forming die assembly for press forming a blank material includes a draw forming portion that the blank material flows and a draw bead for controlling the amount of the blank material flowing into the draw forming portion. A first draw bead is provided at a periphery of the draw forming portion in a direction substantially parallel to an outer peripheral shape of the draw forming portion. A second draw bead extends from the first draw bead toward the outside of the draw forming portion in a direction intersecting the first draw bead. The blank material includes a thick sheet portion having a greater thickness than the other portion or a high rigidity portion having a higher rigidity than that of the other portion. The second draw bead is provided at a portion corresponding to the thick sheet portion or the high rigidity portion of the blank material.

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Wako, Japan

Takashi Sera