Structure for vehicle body rear portion

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8517455
APP PUB NO 20120153677A1
SERIAL NO

13392690

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A structure for a vehicle body rear portion, absorbing an impact load applied to the vehicle body rear portion. The structure for a vehicle body rear portion includes: left and right girder sections (42) which rise upward from a rear panel (22) provided at the vehicle body rear portion and which are deformable by an impact load applied to the rear panel; and left and right upper girder sections (43) which are connected to the upper ends (42b) of the lower girder sections (42), extend toward the front of the vehicle up to left and right roof side rails (14), are configured to have higher strength than the lower girder sections, and transmits the impact load to the roof side rails. Left and right girder stiffeners (45) are provided so as to reinforce the girder joint sections (48) between the lower girder sections and the upper girder sections.

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HONDA MOTOR CO LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kikuchi, Kazuhiro Tochigi, JP 26 193
Machida, Syouji Tochigi, JP 1 7
Matsuura, Norikazu Wako, JP 10 57

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