Patent ID: 7717496

Claim:
A rear crash load absorption structure of a vehicular body, the vehicular body having a side member at a bottom of the vehicular body extending in a forward-rearward direction and a pillar extending in an upward-downward direction, the structure of the vehicular body comprising: a side body bar located upward from the side member at a side portion of the vehicular body, the side body bar extending in the forward-rearward direction and being adapted to transfer a portion of a rear crash load to the pillar; an end cross member extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle and connecting a rear end of the side member with a rear end of a second side member extending in the frontward-rearward direction on an opposite side of the vehicle; a side door disposed rearward of the pillar, the side body bar including a side door bar disposed within the side door and extending in the frontward-rearward direction when the side door is in a closed state; and a connecting bar that extends upwardly and forwardly with respect to the side member to connect the side member and the side body bar, the side member and the connecting bar being connected via the end cross member, such that the connecting bar is adapted to transfer a portion of the rear crash load to the pillar via the side body bar.