US 11,807,300 B2
Cross member structure of vehicle body
Tomoya Takeda, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/941,572.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-142032 (JP), filed on Aug. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031834 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/02 (2013.01) [B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cross member structure of a vehicle body, comprising:
a floor panel provided below a vehicle interior in the vehicle body;
side sills that are provided on both sides of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction and extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body;
a cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction and connects the side sills to each other; and
a reinforcement that is provided between the cross member and the floor panel and extends in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the cross member includes a curved portion that is curved to at least one side in a vertical direction of the vehicle body outward from the reinforcement in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the reinforcement is provided above the cross member,
wherein the curved portion is curved to protrude upward,
wherein the cross member includes
an extension portion that is connected to the curved portion and extends outward from the curved portion in the vehicle width direction, and
a main body portion that is connected to the curved portion and extends inward from the curved portion in the vehicle width direction, and
wherein a lower surface of the extension portion is located at a position above a lower surface of the main body portion.