Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yuki Matsubara

Satoshi Saito

Kazuya Kimura

Kanji Kaneko

A vehicle rear body structure includes left and right rear pillars extending forward and upward from rear lower ends of left and right rear side frames, left and right rear wheel houses provided between the left and right rear side frames and the left and right rear pillars, and left and right damper bases provided at upper parts inside the left and right rear wheel houses. Left and right spaces between left and right top plates of the left and right rear wheel houses and the left and right rear pillars are closed by left and right gussets. The left and right rear pillars, the upper parts of the left and right rear wheel houses, and the left and right gussets are combined in closed cross-sections. The left and right damper bases are surrounded by the left and right gussets through the left and right rear wheel houses.

Vehicle rear body structure

A rear sub-frame supporting a portion of left and right suspension devices on the rear side is connected to left and right rear side frames. A pair of left and right braces, the front end portions of which are joined to side sills and the rear end portions of which are joined to a middle area of the rear sub-frame in the vehicle width direction, are provided. Support recesses that swingably support control arms of the suspension devices are provided on the rear sub-frame. Intermediate areas of the left and right braces are each connected to a corresponding one of the left and right support recesses.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yuki Matsubara