Vehicle body rear structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorimasa Yano
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Abstract
A vehicle body rear structure includes an upper back cross-sectional portion which forms a skeleton frame cross member that is elongated in a vehicle width direction, a bracket package tray which is located on a vehicle rear side of the upper back cross-sectional portion and joined to the upper back cross-sectional portion, a roof side inner which is located on a vehicle top side of a wheel house, a roof side outer which is located outside an extended portion and the roof side inner in a vehicle width direction and which has a front end portion which is joined to the upper back cross-sectional portion and a rear end portion which is joined to a bracket package tray, and a bulk connector which couples the roof side outer and the upper back cross-sectional portion.
Claims9
A vehicle body rear structure, comprising:
- a wheel house located on one side in a rear of a vehicle, the wheel house housing a rear wheel;
- a suspension tower plate coupled to the wheel house, the suspension tower plate supporting an upper end portion of a suspension, the suspension supporting the rear wheel;
- an upper back cross-sectional portion located inside an extended portion, the extended portion extending toward a top of the vehicle from the wheel house in a vehicle width direction, and the upper back cross-sectional portion providing a vehicle frame cross member that is elongated in a vehicle width direction;
- a bracket package tray located inside the extended portion in a vehicle width direction and on a vehicle rear side of the upper back cross-sectional portion, the bracket package tray having a front end portion joined to the upper back cross-sectional portion;
- a roof side inner located on a vehicle top side of the extended portion, the roof side inner having a lower end portion joined to an upper end portion of the extended portion;
- a roof side outer located outside the extended portion and the roof side inner in a vehicle width direction, the roof side outer having a lower end portion, a front end portion and a rear end portion, the lower end portion being joined to the wheel house, the front end portion being joined to the upper back cross-sectional portion, and the rear end portion being joined to the bracket package tray;
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- a connector coupling the roof side outer and the upper back cross-sectional portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.