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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2008
Masaki Izutsu, Wako, JP;
Kanji Fujii, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Kobashi, Wako, JP;
Hidenori Matsumoto, Wako, JP;
Katsuya Hishiki, Wako, JP;
Masami Yaguchi, Wako, JP;
Masaki Izutsu, Wako, JP;
Kanji Fujii, Wako, JP;
Yutaka Kobashi, Wako, JP;
Hidenori Matsumoto, Wako, JP;
Katsuya Hishiki, Wako, JP;
Masami Yaguchi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an automotive rear vehicle body structure which increases the amount of energy that can be absorbed, improves the safety of the vehicle occupant and protects a fuel tank in a reliable manner at the time of a rear end collision while allowing a spare tire to be placed within a cabin. In an automotive rear vehicle body structure having a H-type torsion beam wheel suspension system () pivotally supported by side sill extensions () on either side of the vehicle body, the wheel suspension system including a pair of trailing arms () and a torsion beam () connecting intermediate parts of the trailing arms with each other, a pair of rear side frames () extend rearwardly from side sills (), and a spare tire pan () is defined by downwardly bulging a part of a rear floor panel () located between the rear side frames (). A pair of rear center frames () extending in a fore-and-aft direction are located behind the torsion beam () and attached to the lower surface of a bottom wall () of the spare tire pan ().