Vehicle rear structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Yoshimoto
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Abstract
A vehicle rear structure, comprising a fixation wall which is erected behind a rear seat, and an upper back panel whose end is attached to the fixation wall, wherein the upper back panel is provided with a first attaching portion which is attached to the fixation wall and extends in a direction substantially parallel to the fixation wall, and a folding portion which is connected to an upper end of the first attaching portion, opposed to the first attaching portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and when a force is applied in the forward direction of the vehicle, is folded with its upper end as a fulcrum toward the front of the vehicle; and the folding portion has a length to contact the first attaching portion or the fixation wall at a position below an upper end of the fixation wall when it is folded.
Claims6
A vehicle rear structure comprising:
- a fixation wall erected behind a rear seat of a vehicle;
- an upper back panel having a forward end attached to the fixation wall, the upper back panel being separate from the fixation wall;
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- a rear skeleton attached to a rear end of the upper back panel, wherein the upper back panel includes:
- a first attaching portion that is attached to the fixation wall and extends in a direction substantially parallel to the fixation wall, the first attaching portion including the forward end attached to the fixation wall,
- a folding portion that is connected directly or indirectly to an upper end of the first attaching portion, the folding portion being opposed to the first attaching portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and when a force is applied in a forward direction of the vehicle, the folding portion is folded with an upper end as a fulcrum toward a front of the vehicle, the folding portion having a length to contact the first attaching portion or the fixation wall at a position below an upper end of the fixation wall when the folding portion is folded,
- a second attaching portion that is attached to the rear skeleton, and
- an extension portion that is disposed between the folding portion and the second attaching portion, and when receiving a force pulling in the forward direction of the vehicle, the extension portion extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the extension portion having an inclined plane extending in a downward direction of the vehicle as the extension portion advances toward a rear of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.