Patent ID: 7063355

Claim:
A fuel tank mount structure to place a fuel tank of a vehicle beneath a rear area of a floor of the vehicle, the fuel tank mount structure comprising: a first tank frame holding the fuel tank which is mounted to a below area of rear side members placed on left and right sides of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; a rear suspension member disposed rearward of the fuel tank and which comprises a front suspension cross member formed so as to extend in a vehicle widthwise direction from the one rear side member to the other rear side member, a rear suspension cross member disposed rearward of the front suspension cross member so as to extend in the vehicle widthwise direction from the one rear side member to the other rear side member, and suspension side members disposed along a vehicle longitudinal direction and connecting the rear suspension cross member and the front suspension cross member and formed in a double cross shape; wherein the front suspension cross member is contoured along a rear profile of the fuel tank; and wherein a rear side of the first tank frame is mounted to the vehicle body at an area between the front suspension cross member and the rear suspension cross member.