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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2019
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakai, Wako, JP;
Tadashi Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Takashi Yamada, Wako, JP;
Satoru Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Seiichi Kato, Wako, JP;
Kanji Kaneko, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle body rear structure includes: a pair of left and right rear side frames extending in a fore-and-aft direction in a rear part of a vehicle; a rear subframe attached to the rear side frames; and a pair of left and right shock-absorbing structures respectively provided at rear ends of the rear side frames and extending rearward. The rear subframe includes a pair of left and right rear subframe longitudinal members extending in the fore-and-aft direction and a rear subframe cross member extending laterally and joined to the left and right rear subframe longitudinal members. The rear subframe cross member includes a protrusion that protrudes rearward in a laterally central part thereof. A rear end of the protrusion is positioned more rearward than the rear ends of the rear side frames and more forward than rear ends of the shock-absorbing structures.