Patent ID: 6976731
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: B60N,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a pair of side members extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; and a floor panel forming an accommodation concavity disposed between said pair of side members, said side members and said floor panel being joined together, wherein said side members each are U-shaped, with an opening of the U-shape facing upward, and having a pair of substantially vertical first side surface portions, wherein said floor panel has a bottom surface portion serving as a bottom surface of said accommodation concavity, and substantially vertical second side portions extending in a substantially vertical direction from said first bottom surface portion and placed adjacent to said first side surface portions, and wherein the substantially vertical first side surface portion of said pair of side members facing opposite to each other and positioned nearest to each other are positioned adjacent to and joined to said substantially vertical second side portions.