US 12,330,715 B2
Vehicle body structure
Mikio Hatakeyama, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,232.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-021359 (JP), filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257040 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 43/10 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 43/10 (2013.01) [B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 16/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a rear floor panel on which a spare tire is placed at a predetermined position;
an electric component fixed on the rear floor panel; and
a cover member that is fixed on the rear floor panel and covers the electric component;
wherein the cover member includes an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the rear floor panel so as to collide with the spare tire pushed out from the predetermined position,
wherein load durability of the rear floor panel is lower than load durability of the cover member, and
wherein a space into which the electric component is pushed is provided below the electric component with the rear floor panel interposed between the space and the electric component.