Vehicle rear structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasanori Yoshimoto, Kazuhiro Kitagawa
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Abstract
Rear side members include: side walls inclined outward in the vehicle width direction; and side wall flanges bent from front ends of the side walls, and extending inward in the vehicle width direction. A center floor cross member has a side wall contacting with the side wall flanges of the rear side members. Reinforcement members include: side walls extending to the side wall of the center floor cross member; and flanges bent from rear ends of the side walls, extending outward in the vehicle width direction, and at least partially coinciding with the side wall flanges of the rear side members in the vehicle width direction with the side wall of the center floor cross member interposed therebetween.
Claims5
A vehicle rear structure comprising:
- rear side members including first side walls provided so as to extend from a vehicle rear to a vehicle front in a manner as to be inclined outward from an inner side in a vehicle width direction so as to avoid vehicle rear wheels, and first flanges that are bent from front ends of the first side walls, the first flanges provided so as to extend inward in the vehicle width direction;
- a cross member having a second side wall provided so as to extend in the vehicle width direction in a manner as to be in contact with the first flanges of the rear side members;
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- reinforcement members including:
- third side walls provided so as to extend to the second side wall of the cross member from the vehicle front toward the vehicle rear;
- and second flanges that are bent from rear ends of the third side walls, extends outward in the vehicle width direction, and at least partially coincide with the first flanges of the rear side members in the vehicle width direction with the second side wall of the cross member interposed therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.