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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Takayuki Souma, Hamamatsu, JP;
Norio Nishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takayuki Souma, Hamamatsu, JP;
Norio Nishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoken-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A lower structure of a vehicle body rear part includes a spare tire housing formed on a rear floor, a rear cross member disposed in front of the spare tire housing to connect side frames, and a hook reinforcing member disposed in the center in the vehicle width direction on the lower surface of the spare tire housing and extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The front end portion of the hook reinforcing member is connected to the rear cross member, and the rear end portion thereof extends to the rear end portion of the rear floor. The side frame at the vehicle rear of the rear cross member is divided into a frame front part and a frame rear part in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the hook reinforcing member is divided into a reinforcing member front part and a reinforcing member rear part in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The frame front part has a rigidity higher than that of the frame rear part, and the reinforcing member rear part has a rigidity higher than that of the reinforcing member front part, and the two division positions coincide with each other in the longitudinal direction.