Patent ID: 8708079

Claim:
A vehicle body structure comprising: a vehicle body member; a left wheel well disposed on a first side of the vehicle body member, the left wheel well having an inward protrusion bulging in a curved fashion inward with respect to the vehicle body; a right wheel well disposed on a second side of the vehicle body member, the right wheel well having an inward protrusion bulging in a curved fashion inward with respect to the vehicle body; a charger including an upper end portion and a lower end portion, with the lower end portion of the charger being supported on the vehicle body member; and a structural support member extending in a widthwise direction of the vehicle body structure in a position rearward of the upper end portion of the charger and adjacent the upper end portion of the charger, the structural support member connecting the left wheel well and the right wheel well together, the structural support member having a first end attached to the inward protrusion of the left wheel well and a second end attached to the inward protrusion of the right wheel well.