US 11,702,145 B2
Vehicle body structure
Gregory Byrne, Novi, MI (US); Jeffrey Pencak, Cass City, MI (US); Seth Grant, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Brian Salazar, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,810.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001989 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 33/02 (2006.01); B62D 33/06 (2006.01); B60R 13/04 (2006.01); B62D 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 27/04 (2013.01) [B60R 13/04 (2013.01); B62D 33/02 (2013.01); B62D 33/06 (2013.01); B62D 33/0604 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure, comprising:
a vehicle frame structure;
a cabin structure installed to a forward portion of the vehicle frame structure and defining a passenger compartment, the cabin structure having a rearward wall;
a cargo area structure installed to a rearward portion of the vehicle frame structure, the cargo area structure having a forward wall spaced apart from the rearward wall of the cabin structure; and
an elastic bumper element installed to one of the rearward wall or the forward wall such that in response to flexing of the vehicle frame structure, the elastic bumper element can contact the other of the rearward wall or the forward wall thereby restricting direct contact between the rearward wall and the forward wall, the elastic bumper element including two spaced apart bumper elements installed proximate opposite upper ends of the forward wall of the cargo area structure.