US 12,403,734 B2
Vehicle rear structure and trailer coupling structure of vehicle
Akira Furuya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,819.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-151856 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086462 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60D 1/48 (2006.01)
CPC B60D 1/485 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rear structure of a vehicle, the rear structure comprising:
an interposed member disposed at a center area in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle under a floor panel of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and interposed between at least one under-floor component of the vehicle and the vehicle body; and
an attachment part for a hitch member for a trailer, the attachment part being disposed at a rear end of the interposed member and at a center area of the interposed member in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the attachment part extends parallel to a bottom surface of the interposed member and a top surface of the interposed member.