Vehicle rear structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214084-B2
Application number	US-201615542376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2016
Priority date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle rear structure is applied to a vehicle, in which at least one of a roof and a rear window is capable of being accommodated in a vehicle body. The structure includes a deflection plate standing upright between a pair of seats on the rear side of the seats, and a light source provided on the lower front side of the deflection plate. When it is assumed that an imaginary straight line connecting between the light source and a reflection surface of the deflection plate is a first imaginary line, an imaginary straight line connecting between a middle portion of a rear view mirror and the reflection surface of the deflection plate is a second imaginary line, and an imaginary straight line orthogonal to the reflection surface of the deflection plate is a reference imaginary line, the reflection surface of the deflection plate is inclined at a predetermined angle in such a manner that the angle defined by the reference imaginary line and the first imaginary line, and the angle defined by the reference imaginary line and the second imaginary line are different from each other in a side view.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rear structure of a vehicle provided with a pair of left and right seats disposed in a vehicle compartment, a roof configured to cover an upper portion of the vehicle compartment, and a rear window located on a vehicle rear side of the roof, the vehicle rear structure being capable of accommodating at least one of the roof and the rear window in a vehicle body, the vehicle rear structure comprising:
a deflection plate standing upright between the paired seats and on a rear side of the seats; and
a light source provided on a lower front side of the deflection plate, wherein
the deflection plate includes a reflection surface configured to reflect light forwardly, and
when it is assumed that an imaginary straight line connecting between the light source and the reflection surface of the deflection plate is a first imaginary line, an imaginary straight line connecting between a middle portion of a rear view mirror provided on an upper front side of the deflection plate, and the reflection surface of the deflection plate is a second imaginary line, and an imaginary straight line orthogonal to the reflection surface of the deflection plate is a reference imaginary line, the reflection surface of the deflection plate is an inclined surface inclined at a predetermined angle in such a manner that an angle defined by the reference imaginary line and the first imaginary line, and an angle defined by the reference imaginary line and the second imaginary line are different from each other in a side view.

2. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the deflection plate integrally includes a substantially flat plate-shaped reflection portion having the reflection surface inclined at the predetermined angle, and a substantially flat plate-shaped air receiving portion configured to receive turbulent air flowing into the vehicle compartment from the vehicle rear side, and
an angle of inclination of the reflection portion with respect to a vertical line, and an angle of inclination of the air receiving portion with respect to a vertical line are made different from each other in a side view.

3. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the deflection plate integrally includes the reflection portion disposed in an area including a middle portion of the deflection plate in a vehicle width direction, and a pair of the left and right air receiving portions disposed on outer sides of the reflection portion in the vehicle width direction.

4. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an adjacent member adjacent to the deflection plate in a vehicle width direction, wherein
a part of an outer peripheral edge of the reflection portion is formed to be substantially parallel to a part of an outer peripheral edge of the adjacent member in a rear view.

5. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 4 , wherein
the deflection plate is made of synthetic resin having transparency.

6. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an adjacent member adjacent to the deflection plate in a vehicle width direction, wherein
a part of an outer peripheral edge of the reflection portion is formed to be substantially parallel to a part of an outer peripheral edge of the adjacent member in a rear view.

7. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 6 , wherein
the deflection plate is made of synthetic resin having transparency.

8. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 3 , wherein
the deflection plate is made of synthetic resin having transparency.

9. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the deflection plate is made of synthetic resin having transparency.

10. The vehicle rear structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the deflection plate is made of synthetic resin having transparency.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Saka Hirofumi
• Hashimoto Naotomo

Classifications

• B60J7/223

  specially adapted for convertible cars · CPC title

• B60J1/1823

  adjustable relative to hard- or soft-top, e.g. pivotable · CPC title

• B60J7/143 Primary

  for covering the passenger compartment · CPC title