Vehicle rear body structure and method of mounting same

Details Vehicle rear body structure and method of mounting same Vehicle rear body structure and method of mounting same

1996-01-31

1998-11-03

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

296 29, B62D 2520

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058298240

ABSTRACT:
A rear body structure of a vehicle is disclosed which comprises a pair of right and left rear wheel houses and a reinforcing cross member extending between the rear wheel houses, wherein the cross member is comprised of a lower cross member located below a floor panel of the vehicle and an upper cross member located above the floor panel, and wherein the lower cross member, the floor panel and the upper cross member are weld connected together. As a result, the rigidity of the cross member is increased, whereby drumming arising from the vibrations transmitted from suspensions to areas about a bulkhead of the rear body structure may be avoided, and the time required for luggage loading and unloading operations with respect to a luggage compartment may be shortened. Since the upper cross member is designed to have a small height, it also becomes possible to load long articles spanning from the luggage compartment to a rear part of a passenger compartment.

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