Body structure of vehicular rear lamp attachment portion
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshimitsu Yokoi, Kohei Miyazaki
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Abstract
A body structure of a vehicular rear lamp attachment portion includes a drawing structural surface of a side outer panel and a housing panel. The drawing structural surface is provided at both end portions of a vehicle rear end portion in a vehicle width direction, is drawn inward in the vehicle width direction, and has a fixed surface at a rear end of the drawing structural surface. A housing panel has a side surface portion and a front end portion. The side surface portion extends forward in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The front end portion is joined to the fixed surface.
Claims7
A body structure of a vehicular rear lamp attachment portion comprising:
- a drawing structural surface of a side outer panel, the drawing structural surface being provided at both end portions of a vehicle rear end portion in a vehicle width direction, being drawn inward in the vehicle width direction, and having a fixed surface at a rear end of the drawing structural surface;
- a housing panel that has a side surface portion, a front end portion, and a rear surface portion, the side surface portion extending forward along a vehicle longitudinal direction, the front end portion being joined to the fixed surface, and the rear surface portion being curved inward from a rear end of the side surface portion in the vehicle width direction relative to the side surface portion and extending rearward in the vehicle longitudinal direction;
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- a rear lamp including a plurality of LED light sources arranged outside of the rear surface portion in the vehicle width direction and arranged outside of the side surface portion in the vehicle width direction, the rear lamp including a light emitting region that extends from the vehicle rear end portion to a vehicle side portion, wherein
- the front end portion is joined to the side surface portion and extends outwardly from the side surface portion in the vehicle width direction to form a curvature, and
- the fixed surface extends along the front end portion and at least one of the plurality of LED light sources is arranged in the curvature defined at least by the side surface portion, the front end portion, and the fixed surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.