Rear vehicle-body structure of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9636977-B2
Application number	US-201514831215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2015
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

There are provided an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin, a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin, a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body, a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window, and a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin. This shielding member is provided not to be storable in the storage room.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin;
a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin;
a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body;
a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window; and
a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin,
wherein said shielding member is provided not to be storable in said storage room, and
wherein there is provided a deck lid which is swingably supported so as to cover an opening portion of said storage room in a roof closed state in which said openable roof, said shielding member and said back window cover over the passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which the openable roof and the back window are stored in said storage room, and to open the opening portion of the storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state, and said shielding member is formed as a portion of said deck lid.

2. A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising: an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin;
a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store at least a portion of the openable roof;
a deck lid provided above said storage room and comprising a base portion and a protrusion portion which is integrally formed with the base portion, protrudes upward relative to the base portion, and extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a rear end of the protrusion portion being configured to protrude rearward from a rear end of the base portion; and
a lid link mechanism connecting the deck lid to a vehicle body such that the deck lid swings relative to the vehicle body,
wherein said deck lid is configured to cover an opening portion of said storage room in a roof closed state in which said openable roof covers over the passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which at least a portion of the openable roof is stored in the storage room, and to move obliquely rearward and upward relative to the opening portion of the storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state, wherein the deck lid is substantially horizontal before, during and after the deck lid moves into the transitional state, and said lid link mechanism comprises a link lever which connects a bottom portion of said protrusion portion and the vehicle body, the link lever being configured to rotate upward when the deck lid goes up.

3. A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
an openable roof capable of covering over a passenger cabin;
a back window provided in back of the openable roof to be apart from a rear end of the openable roof which is in a state in which the openable roof covers over the passenger cabin;
a link mechanism connecting the openable roof and the back window to a vehicle body such that the openable roof and the back window swing relative to the vehicle body;
a storage room provided in back of the passenger cabin to store the openable roof and the back window; and
a shielding member to shield a gap between the openable roof and the back window which are in a state in which the openable roof and the back window cover over the passenger cabin,
wherein said shielding member is provided not to be storable in said storage room,
wherein said shielding member is configured to move to a transitional state between a roof closed state and a roof open state, and
wherein said shielding member forms part of an exterior of said vehicle in the roof closed state.

4. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 3 , wherein said shielding member comprises a rear header which shields a gap between the rear end of said openable roof and an upper end of said back window and a pair of right-and-left rear pillars which extend downward from both end portions, in a vehicle width direction, of said rear header.

5. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 3 , wherein there is provided a lid link mechanism for the shielding member which swingably connects the shielding member to the vehicle body, which is configured such that after the shielding member starts retreating to a position where the shielding member does not interfere with the openable roof and the back window by an operation of said lid link mechanism for the shielding member, the openable roof and the back window move by an operation of said lid link mechanism.

6. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 3 , further comprising:
a deck lid provided above said storage room and comprising a base portion and a protrusion portion which is integrally formed with the base portion, protrudes upward relative to the base portion, and extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a rear end of the protrusion portion being configured to protrude rearward from a rear end of the base portion; and
a lid link mechanism connecting the deck lid to the vehicle body such that the deck lid swings relative to the vehicle body,
wherein said deck lid is configured to cover an opening portion of said storage room in a roof closed state in which said openable roof covers over the passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which at least a portion of the openable roof is stored in the storage room, and to move rearward and upward relative to the opening portion of the storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state, and said lid link mechanism comprises a link lever which connects a bottom portion of said protrusion portion and the vehicle body, the link lever being configured to rotate upward when the deck lid goes up.

7. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 6 , wherein said lid link mechanism supports a position near a front portion of said protrusion portion.

8. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 6 , wherein said protrusion portion is arranged at each end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of said base portion, wherein the protrusion portion positioned on one end side and the protrusion portion positioned on the other end side are interconnected, in the vehicle width direction, by said shielding member which is different from the base portion at respective positions of the both protrusion portions which are located above respective lower end portions of the both protrusion portions.

9. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 6 , wherein said protrusion portion is configured in a triangular shape, when viewed from a vehicle side, such that an upper edge thereof slants rearward and downward.

10. The rear vehicle-body structure of the vehicle of claim 3 , further comprising:
a deck lid swingably supported so as to cover an opening portion of said storage room in a roof closed state in which said openable roof and said back window cover over the passenger cabin and in a roof open state in which the openable roof and the back window are stored in said storage room, and to open the opening portion of the storage room in a transitional state between the roof closed state and the roof open state; and
a seal member provided at said back window or said deck lid to seal a gap between at least part of a peripheral portion of the back window and the deck lid in said roof closed state.

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Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Matsumoto Kouichi
• Senoo Takashi
• Oda Masaki

Classifications

• B60J7/146

  all elements being folded in same orientation and stacked fashion · CPC title

• B60J1/1823 Primary

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

• B60J7/202

  being characterised by moveable cover parts for closing the gap between boot lid and rearmost seats · CPC title