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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ryuichi Toba, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Hanyu, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 ; B60K 3/700 ; B60N 2/06 ; B60N 3/00 ; B60R 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 ; B60K 3/700 ; B60N 2/06 ; B60N 3/00 ; B60R 2/700 ;
Abstract
A rear body of an automotive vehicle which includes three parts: a front body structural element, an intermediate body structural element, and a rear body structural element which are made of casts and joined together. The rigidity of the rear body is increased from the rear body structural element to the front body structural element, thereby facilitating the ease of a collapse of the rear body structural element in response to input of a rear-end collision impact for ensuring a protective structural area at a front side of the rear body.