Rear vehicle body structure

US8991906B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8991906-B2
Application numberUS-201214003866-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 2, 2012
Priority dateMar 10, 2011
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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Abstract

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A rear structure of a car body includes: a rear pillar extending vertically at the rear part of the car body; a member extending from a vertically middle position of the rear pillar to the front side of the car body; a rear wheel housing disposed at a lower side of the member; and a stiffener having a lower end coupled to the rear wheel housing and an upper end coupled to the member. At least in a rear part of the member to which the upper end of the stiffener is coupled, a rear lower end of the rear part is sloped so that the rear lower end can be higher than a front lower end of the rear part.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A rear vehicle body structure, comprising: a rear pillar extending in a vertical direction at a rear portion of the vehicle body; a member extending from a certain point, in the vertical direction, of the rear pillar toward a front side of the vehicle body; a rear wheel house disposed lower than the rear member; and a stiffener joined at an lower end thereof with the rear wheel house and joined at an upper end thereof with the member, wherein t…

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  • B62D25/087Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B62D25/08Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8991906B2 cover?
A rear structure of a car body includes: a rear pillar extending vertically at the rear part of the car body; a member extending from a vertically middle position of the rear pillar to the front side of the car body; a rear wheel housing disposed at a lower side of the member; and a stiffener having a lower end coupled to the rear wheel housing and an upper end coupled to the member. At least i…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Shimizu Natsumi, Horiguchi Jun, Honda Motor Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B62D25/087. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).