Patent ID: 7677651
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A rear vehicle body for a vehicle using a torsion beam suspension system, comprising: a pair of rear side frames extending longitudinally in a rear end of a vehicle body; a rear floor panel attached to the rear side frames and including a spare tire pan defining a recess for receiving a spare tire in a rear end up slanted orientation, the spare tire pan including a vertical front wall; a rear end cross member extending laterally between the rear side frames and attached to a rear part of the spare tire pan; a front floor panel defining a floor of a passenger compartment, and provided with a raised rear end connected to an upper end of the vertical front wall of the spare tire pan so that a laterally extending slot is defined between the vertical front wall and raised rear end of the front floor panel, wherein the slot receives a torsion beam of the torsion beam suspension system; and a center floor extension extending longitudinally from a rear end of the front floor panel and opposing the torsion beam at a rear end thereof at a certain distance.