Patent ID: 6824168
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
A rear part structure of a vehicle body, comprising:a left rear frame and a right rear frame extending longitudinally of the vehicle body; a support frame of rectangular frame shape attached to the left and right rear frames from below, the support frame having a left frame member and a right frame member extending longitudinally of the vehicle beneath the left and right rear frames, respectively; at least one cylindrical fuel tank carried on the support frame and having a pipe system connected to an end of the cylindrical fuel tank; and left and right front brackets disposed vertically between front ends of the left and right rear frames and left and right front ends of the support frame and left and right rear brackets disposed vertically between rear ends of the left and right rear frames and left and right rear ends of the support frame, so as to define between the left and right rear frames and the left and right frame members of the support frame a pair of laterally aligned openings generally corresponding in position to the axis of the cylindrical fuel tank, the pipe system of the fuel tank being accommodated within one of the pair of laterally aligned openings.