A partition arrangement for a self-supporting body of a motor vehicle has a partition which is arranged at the forward end of a rear space and extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle and along a portion of its height between rear wheel houses of the motor vehicle. The arrangement is detachably fastened to boundary walls of the rear space. The partition extends along almost the entire height of the rear space and is arranged approximately in an upright transverse plane of the vehicle. ...

Safety of a vehicle is improved by employing a rear side member in a generally straight line shape in parallel with a side sill. Connecting and combining overlapped areas between the side sill and the rear side member with multiple closed cross-section structures provides even stronger support against an impact delivered from behind a vehicle. Furthermore, the structure effectively disperses the delivered impact.

Provided is an automotive rear body structure which can effectively increase the torsional and bending rigidity of a rear part of the automotive body. A damper stiffener 21 is attached to an outer wall of each wheel house inner 15a so as to jointly define a closed cross section. A floor cross member 22 is attached to the outer walls of floor frames 14 and a rear floor panel 6 so as to jointly define a closed cross section. Each damper stiffener 21 extends to such an extent that its lower end ove...

A separated-panel structure of a vehicle body panel including: a first panel, forming a part of an outer shape of a vehicle, including an outer face, a first flange face formed at the rear end of the outer face, and a second flange face formed an end of said outer face to face the trunk opening; a second panel, arranged at the rear of said first panel, including a first bottom face, a first wall face connected to said first bottom face and overlapping said first flange face, and a third flange f...

The body of a notchback motor vehicle, having at the rear, a rear load floor to which are fixed two lateral members each having a wheel housing and a lateral quarter pillar forming one part of one side of the passenger compartment. The two lateral quarter pillars are held together at the top by a cross member known as the rear window cross member, which supports the roof. Stiffening at least one lateral member in such a way as to transfer the forces exerted on the bottom of the body when the veh...

A framing structure for the rear portion of an automotive, including a pair of spaced and generally vertically oriented suspension strut towers each tower fixed at lower and upper end portions to a lower cross beam and an upper cross beam respectively and with each cross beam extending the full width of the vehicle and with each beam having a closed cross-sectional configuration to providing a high degree of structural rigidity as a mounting platform for the left and right rear wheel suspensions...

In a vehicle frame structure, an upper edge of a frame member is fixed to a lower face of a substantially flat panel, and a bottom wall of an upper stiffener fixed to an inner face of an upper part of a curved portion of the frame member and a bottom wall of a lower stiffener fixed to an outer face of a lower part of a region between two inflection points of the curved portion are arranged in an X shape relative to a top point of the curved portion. Therefore, when a compressive load in the long...

A rear end cross member reinforcement structure of automobile constructed to have respective members forming a rear end cross member join together to form a closed cross-sectional shape such that an external force applied from outside can be effectively diffused, and to have a structure at a joined portion between both tip end portions of the rear end cross member and a quarter panel changed to reinforce a structural strength relative to the rear end cross member, such that the rear end cross me...

A reinforcement structure for rear wheel housing of vehicle wherein a wheel housing inner panel and wheel housing cover of rear wheel housing are respectively coupled by a plurality of reinforcement members to further reduce vibration levels at intermediate and high speed booming domains, such that noise generated by resonance with exciting frequency input from road surface while a vehicle is running can be greatly decreased, the rear wheel housing including a wheel housing cover and a wheel hou...

A separating arrangement for the self-supporting bodywork of a motor vehicle has a partition which is arranged at the front end of a rear compartment, extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle and over part of its height between rear wheel houses of the motor vehicle and is fastened to boundary walls of the rear compartment. The separating arrangement is designed as a supporting device which strengthens the bodywork against distortion. The separating arrangement is curved in relation to...