Patent ID: 8303015
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A lower structure of a vehicle body rear portion of a vehicle body, comprising: a pair of side frames spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction; a spare tire housing formed in a rear floor of the vehicle body rear portion, and arranged between the pair of side frames; a rear cross member which joins the pair of side frames, and which is arranged at a location forward of the spare tire housing; a hook reinforcement for a tow hook, extending in a vehicle front and rear direction and being arranged at a center, in the vehicle width direction, of a bottom surface of the spare tire housing; and a bumper member provided at a rear end of the vehicle body; wherein a front end of the hook reinforcement is attached to the rear cross member; wherein the hook reinforcement forms a closed cross section in cooperation with the rear floor; wherein the closed cross section becomes larger along a vehicle longitudinal direction from a vehicle front end to a vehicle rear end; wherein the hook reinforcement includes a reinforcement front portion which is arranged rearward, with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction, of the rear cross member, and a reinforcement rear portion which is arranged rearward relative to the reinforcement front portion, a rear end of the reinforcement front portion being connected to a front end of the reinforcement rear portion at a connecting part therebetween, the connecting part being arranged so as to correspond to a center location, with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction, of a spare tire housed within the spare tire housing; and wherein an upper side of a rear end of the reinforcement rear portion is arranged below a portion of the bumper member and is overlapped by said portion of the bumper member as seen along the vehicle width direction from a side surface of the vehicle.