Patent ID: 7025412

Claim:
A vehicle body structure comprising: a floor panel having a floor tunnel formed at a transversal center and extending longitudinally of a vehicle body; left and right floor frame members provided on opposite sides of the floor tunnel in spaced relation to each other and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body; left and right front side frame members extending toward a front part of the vehicle body from front ends of the left and right floor frame members, respectively; and, left and right side sills disposed outside the floor frame members and extending toward a rear part of the vehicle body from rear ends of the front frame members, the floor panel being placed on and joined to the left and right floor frame members and having a plurality of beads extending substantially parallel, in top plan view, and obliquely rearward from each of the left and right floor frame members toward the floor tunnel, the rear ends of the floor frame members being curved toward and joined to the respective side sills.