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Granted Patent B2
US 12,221,171 · App. 17/860,122 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Vehicle body rear portion structure

Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Nitta (Tokyo, JP); Toshihiro Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62D43/10B60K15/063
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Patent No.
US 12,221,171
App. No.
17/860,122
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body rear portion includes a vehicle body floor and a fuel tank. The vehicle body floor has a tire storage area that is hollowed downward. The fuel tank is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area. A stiffener is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area. The stiffener extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor.

Claims (41)

1. A vehicle body rear portion structure, comprising:

a vehicle body floor having a tire storage area that is hollowed downward in a recess shape; and

a fuel tank that is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area,

wherein a stiffener that extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area, and

a rear end of the stiffener extends to a vehicle body rearward position beyond a rear end of the fuel tank.

2. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vehicle body floor comprises:

a tire pan having the tire storage area, and

a rear floor panel that extends forward from a front portion of the tire pan,

wherein a front end of the tire pan and a rear end of the rear floor panel are joined to each other, and

wherein the rear end of the stiffener is joined to a joint portion of the tire pan and the rear floor panel.

3. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein a piping insertion hole through which a piping that extends from the fuel tank is inserted is formed on the rear floor panel, and

wherein a front end of the stiffener extends to a position that overlaps with the piping insertion hole in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction.

4. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stiffener comprises:

a forward/rearward extension portion that extends substantially horizontally along the vehicle body forward/rearward direction, and

an inclination portion that extends to be inclined downward toward a vehicle body forward side from a front end of the forward/rearward extension portion.

5. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein a stiffener reinforcement bead along an extension direction of the inclination portion is formed on the inclination portion.

6. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stiffener is arranged further inward in a vehicle width direction than an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the tire storage area.

7. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cross member that extends along a vehicle width direction is joined to an upper surface of the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area, and

wherein the stiffener is joined to a lower surface of the vehicle body floor at a position that intersects the cross member.

8. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 7 ,

wherein a bulkhead member that reinforces, from an inside, a closed cross-section along the vehicle width direction formed of the vehicle body floor and the cross member is attached to the closed cross-section at a position that intersects the stiffener, and

wherein an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the cross member is joined to a reinforcement member that extends upward along a rear wheel house.

9. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein a floor reinforcement bead that extends along the vehicle body forward/rearward direction to a vicinity of a rear end of the stiffener is formed on the vehicle body floor between a front edge of the tire storage area and a rear end position of the stiffener.

10. The vehicle body rear portion structure according to claim 9 ,

wherein a step portion having an upper surface that is higher than a bottom wall of the tire storage area is provided on a front edge of the tire storage area.

11. A vehicle body rear portion structure, comprising:

a vehicle body floor having a tire storage area that is hollowed downward in a recess shape; and

a fuel tank that is supported by a lower surface of the vehicle body floor on a forward side of the tire storage area,

wherein a stiffener that extends along a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and reinforces an upper region of the fuel tank of the vehicle body floor is attached to the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area,

wherein a cross member that extends along a vehicle width direction is joined to an upper surface of the vehicle body floor at a forward position of the tire storage area,

wherein the stiffener is joined to a lower surface of the vehicle body floor at a position that intersects the cross member,

wherein a bulkhead member that reinforces, from an inside, a closed cross-section along the vehicle width direction formed of the vehicle body floor and the cross member is attached to the closed cross-section at a position that intersects the stiffener,

wherein an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the cross member is joined to a reinforcement member that extends upward along a rear wheel house, and

wherein an anchor bracket that supports a seat belt anchor is attached to the cross member at a vehicle body forward side of a position that intersects the stiffener.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: HAYAKAWA, HIROTAKA; NITTA, TAKASHI; YAMAGUCHI, TOSHIHIRO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060751/0432 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-117084 · Jul 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230015322A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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