US 12,434,771 B2
Vehicle body rear structure
Shungo Chino, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,802.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-012364 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0242182 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/08 (2013.01) [B62D 25/16 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 25/2027 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body rear structure comprising:
a floor panel;
a rear frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on a vehicle width direction end side of the floor panel and having an upper portion in which an opening is formed;
a rear wheel house extending upward from a vehicle width direction outer portion of the rear frame;
a rear cross member located on a vehicle width direction inner side of a lower portion of the rear wheel house and disposed extending in a vehicle width direction on the floor panel;
a wheel house reinforcing member extending in an up-down direction along the rear wheel house; and
an upper stiffener extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and covering the opening,
wherein the upper stiffener comprises a forward stiffener and a rearward stiffener, the forward stiffener and the rearward stiffener being formed as separated members and aligned in a front-rear direction,
wherein the wheel house reinforcing member has a lower portion connected to the upper stiffener and to the rear cross member, and
wherein the forward stiffener and the rearward stiffener are connected to each other at a first connecting portion located offset in the front-rear direction from a second connecting portion at which the upper stiffener and the wheel house reinforcing member are connected to each other.