Patent ID: 8439430

Claim:
A vehicle body structure, comprising: a pair of front side frames each extending in a fore and aft direction; a floor panel having a front end connected to rear ends of the front side frames and extending rearward from the front end thereof in a substantially horizontal direction; a first middle cross member extending laterally in a rear end of the floor panel; a pair of floor frames attached to a lower surface of the floor panel, and each provided with a front end connected to a rear end of the corresponding front side frame and a rear end reaching at least to an intermediate part of the floor panel in the fore and aft direction; a pair of side beads each having a front end connected to a rear end of the corresponding floor frame and extending rearward therefrom in the fore and aft direction to the first middle cross member; a pair of side sills extending in the fore and aft direction along either side edge of the floor panel; a center frame extending in the fore and aft direction along a longitudinal center line of the floor panel; and a pair of connecting members each having a front end connected to a rear end of the corresponding front side frame and a pair of bifurcated rear ends connected to a front end of the corresponding side sill and a front end of the corresponding center frame, respectively; wherein a crotch portion of each connecting member is connected to a front end of the floor frame, and each front side frame and the corresponding floor frame are connected in mutual alignment in the fore and aft direction in plan view via the corresponding connecting member.