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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kyosuke Yamakita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Kamata, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Miura, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle body rear section includes a rear floor pan (), a floor pan reinforcement member (), and a towing load receiving section. The rear floor pan () has an upper surface to which the spare tire () is fixed. The floor pan reinforcement member () is fixed to a lower surface of the rear floor pan (). The towing load receiving section protrudes downward from a rear section of the rear floor pan (). The floor pan reinforcement member () extends at least partially from a support position of the towing load receiving section toward a front side of a fixed position of the spare tire (). An easy-deformable portion () with lower bending strength than that of front and rear regions is provided in front of the fixed position of the spare tire () in a reinforcement region of the rear floor pan ().