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Granted Patent B2
US 12,545,333 · App. 18/374,247 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Rear vehicle body structure of vehicle

Inventor: Hikaru Miura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B62D25/2027B62D21/03
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Patent No.
US 12,545,333
App. No.
18/374,247
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle includes: a rear floor panel provided below a rear seat; a rear cross member to which a rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled; a tunnel-shaped raised part that is provided by bending the rear floor panel at a center region in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and extends in a forward-rearward direction of a vehicle's body; and a flange that is provided by bending the rear cross member at a center region in the vehicle width direction, and protrudes toward a forward side of the vehicle body from a front wall of the rear cross member. The rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled to the rear cross member, in a state where left and right side walls on a rear end side of the raised part are abutted on the flange.

Claims (12)

1 . A rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle, the rear vehicle body structure comprising:

a rear floor panel provided below a rear seat;

a rear cross member to which a rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled;

a tunnel-shaped raised part that is provided by bending the rear floor panel at a center region in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and extends in a forward-rearward direction of a vehicle body of the vehicle; and

a flange that is provided by bending the rear cross member at a center region in the vehicle width direction, and protrudes toward a forward side of the vehicle body from a front wall of the rear cross member, wherein

the rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled to the rear cross member, in a state where left and right side walls on a rear end side of the raised part are abutted on the flange.

2 . The rear vehicle body structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 further comprising:

a protruding plate that protrudes toward a rearward side of the vehicle body from a rear end of an upper part of the raised part; and

a recess part disposed in an upper wall at the center region of the rear cross member in the vehicle width direction, wherein

the protruding plate is coupled to the recess part in an overlapping manner.

3 . The rear vehicle body structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the raised part is shaped as a recessed curved surface curved along the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle body.

4 . The rear vehicle body structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the raised part has a uniform width along the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: MIURA, HIKARU
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065093/0737 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-164720 · Oct 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240124071A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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