Vehicle rear portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10745063-B2
Application number	US-201816193662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2018
Priority date	Nov 21, 2017
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle rear portion structure includes an upper back and an upper back reinforcement. The upper back reinforcement is made of a material different from the upper back and is provided to extend in a vehicle width direction on an upper side of a rear portion of the upper back in a vehicle front-rear direction. The upper back reinforcement includes a front flange, a rear flange, a bulging portion, and a luggage opening flange. Luggage weather rubber is attached to the luggage opening flange. The upper back is joined to the rear flange of the upper back reinforcement at a rear end portion of the upper back in the vehicle front-rear direction by any of caulking joining, bolt joining, and rivet joining. A rear side joining portion is covered with the luggage weather rubber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle rear portion structure comprising: an upper back; and an upper back reinforcement made of a material different from the upper back, the upper back reinforcement being provided to extend in a vehicle width direction on an upper side of a rear portion of the upper back in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein: the upper back reinforcement includes a front flange, a rear flange behind the front flange in the vehicle front-rear direction, a bulging portion provided to bulge upward between the front flange and the rear flange, and a luggage opening flange provided to rise upward from a rear end portion of the rear flange in the vehicle front-rear direction and form an opening edge on a front side of a luggage room; luggage weather rubber is provided continuously over an entire circumference of the opening edge of the luggage room, and the luggage weather rubber is attached to the luggage opening flange; the upper back is joined to the front flange of the upper back reinforcement at an intermediate portion of the upper back in the vehicle front-rear direction by any of caulking joining, bolt joining, and rivet joining and is joined to the rear flange of the upper back reinforcement at a rear end portion of the upper back in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a rear side joining portion as a joining portion between the upper back and the rear flange of the upper back reinforcement is covered with the luggage weather rubber.

2. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the luggage weather rubber includes
an attachment portion attached to the luggage opening flange of the upper back reinforcement, and
a lip extending from the attachment portion in a direction to enlarge an opening of the luggage room; and

the rear side joining portion is covered with the lip of the luggage weather rubber.

3. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the lip extending from the attachment portion in a cross-sectional view of the luggage weather rubber is constant over an entire circumference of the luggage weather rubber.

4. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 3 , wherein the length of the lip extending from the attachment portion is equal to or greater than a length at which the lip reaches a vehicle front side end of the rear side joining portion and is equal to or less than a length at which the lip reaches the bulging portion in a vehicle width direction center portion of the opening edge on the front side of the luggage room.

5. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the upper back reinforcement includes reinforcement outside portions which is provided at both end portions of the upper back reinforcement, and which is outside of ends of the upper back in the vehicle width direction; and
the upper back reinforcement is joined by spot welding to a vehicle body member made of the same type of material as the upper back reinforcement at the reinforcement outside portion of the upper back reinforcement.

6. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 5 , wherein:
a plurality of the rear side joining portions covered with the luggage weather rubber is provided in the vehicle width direction; and
an end of the upper back in the vehicle width direction is between an outermost side joining portion on an outermost side in the vehicle width direction among the rear side joining portions and an adjacent spot joining portion provided at a position not covered with the luggage weather rubber, the position being adjacent to the outermost side joining portion in the vehicle width direction among spot joining portions between the reinforcement outside portion and the vehicle body.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takashi Toshinobu

Classifications

• B60J10/84 Primary

  arranged on the vehicle body · CPC title

• B62D25/07

  having water drainage or guide means integral with roof structure · CPC title

• B60J10/27

  having projections, grooves or channels in the longitudinal direction (for separately inserted fastening means, e.g. beads or strips, B60J10/36) · CPC title

• B60J10/24

  having tubular parts · CPC title

• B62D25/087 Primary

  Luggage compartments · CPC title