Patent ID: 9637075
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60R,B62D

Claim:
1. A vehicle lower section structure comprising: a rocker that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outer side of a floor section of a vehicle compartment; a tunnel section that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction at a central portion of the floor section in the vehicle width direction, and that projects toward the upper side in a vehicle up-down direction; a pair of dash cross members that extend in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dash panel provided at a front portion of the floor section in the vehicle front-rear direction, that are separated by the tunnel section, and that couple together the rocker and the tunnel section; and tunnel reinforcement that is disposed at a lower side of the floor section in the vehicle up-down direction and at an outer side of the tunnel section in the vehicle width direction, and that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction, wherein a first front flange is formed at a front end of the dash cross member in the vehicle front-rear direction, and is joined to either the dash panel or the floor section, and wherein a second front flange is formed at a front end of the tunnel reinforcement in the vehicle front-rear direction, and is joined to either the dash panel or the floor section at a position opposing the first front flange across the dash panel or the floor section.