Vehicle body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518441-B2
Application number	US-202117198288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2021
Priority date	Mar 17, 2020
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

The vehicle body includes: a pair of left and right rear side members extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and a rear bumper beam which extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle body to be coupled to each rear side member at both ends, and bulges rearward toward a center of the left-right direction. The rear bumper beam has an intermediate body extending in the left-right direction at the center of the left-right direction, and inclined bodies which are displaced forward as expanding to the left and right toward the respectively corresponding rear side member from both ends of the intermediate body. A rearward surface of the intermediate body includes a vertical surface, and an inclined surface which is continuous from at least either an upper end or a lower end of the vertical surface and is displaced forward as separating from the vertical surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body, which is a vehicle body ( 11 ) comprising: a pair of left and right rear side members ( 12 ) extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and
a rear bumper beam ( 14 ) which extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle body to be coupled to each rear side member ( 12 ) at both ends and bulges rearward toward a center of the left-right direction, wherein
the rear bumper beam ( 14 ) comprises an intermediate body ( 15 ) extending in the left-right direction at the center of the left-right direction, and
inclined bodies ( 16 ) which are displaced forward as expanding to the left and right toward the respectively corresponding rear side members ( 12 ) from both ends of the intermediate body ( 15 ), wherein
a rearward surface of the intermediate body ( 15 ) comprises a vertical surface ( 32 a ), and an inclined surface ( 33 a ) which is continuous from at least either an upper end or a lower end of the vertical surface ( 32 a ) and is displaced forward as separating from the vertical surface ( 32 a ).

2. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the rear bumper beam ( 14 ) comprises a beam main body ( 17 ) which is formed by an extrusion molded body in which an extrusion direction is aligned to the left-right direction of the vehicle body, and a reinforcing member ( 18 ) which is coupled to the beam main body ( 17 ) from the rear and forms the vertical surface ( 32 a ) and the inclined surface ( 33 a ).

3. The vehicle body according to claim 2 , wherein on a rear surface of the beam main body ( 17 ), a concave portion ( 27 ) is arranged which is recessed forward from upper and lower ends of the inclined surface ( 33 a ), extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle body and is closed by the reinforcing member ( 18 ).

4. The vehicle body according to claim 3 , wherein in the concave portion ( 27 ), a ridge line ( 28 c ) extending in the left-right direction of the vehicle body is defined between an upper end and a lower end of the concave portion ( 27 ).

5. The vehicle body according to claim 2 , wherein at each of left and right ends of the beam main body ( 17 ), a crushing region ( 17 b ) is shaped which is formed in a corrugated shape having a generatrix in the left-right direction of the vehicle body by crushing the extrusion molded body in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and is coupled to the rear side member ( 12 ) from the rear.

6. The vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the rear bumper beam ( 14 ) has a rectangular closed cross section longer in a front-rear direction than in an up-down direction.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Atsushi
• Tsuji Keiichiro
• Fujii Takayuki
• Matsuura Norikazu
• Miura Yusuke
• Shimizu Tomohiro

Classifications

• B60R19/18

  {characterised by the cross-section;} Means within the bumper to absorb impact · CPC title

• B62D21/152 Primary

  Front or rear frames · CPC title

• B62D25/087 Primary

  Luggage compartments · CPC title

• B60R19/26

  comprising yieldable mounting means ({B60R19/38 takes precedence;} springs, shock absorbers, or means for damping vibrations per se F16F) · CPC title