Vehicle upper back panel structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9718413-B2
Application number	US-201614990421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2016
Priority date	Feb 13, 2015
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a vehicle upper back panel structure including: an upper back panel, provided at a rear section of a vehicle, that is formed in a rectangular plate shape with a length direction along a vehicle width direction in vehicle plan view, that is fixed to a vehicle body at end portions on both vehicle width direction sides by respective fixing portions, and that includes a horizontal wall section disposed horizontally between the fixing portions; and a front-rear direction bead that is formed continuously along a vehicle front-rear direction from a front end portion to a rear end portion of the horizontal wall section of the upper back panel, at a position including a central portion in the vehicle width direction between one of the fixing portions and the other of the fixing portions of the upper back panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle upper back panel structure comprising:
an upper back panel, provided at a rear section of a vehicle, the upper back panel being formed in a rectangular plate shape with a length direction along a vehicle width direction in vehicle plan view, the upper back panel having one end and another end in the vehicle width direction, each of the one end and the other end having a fixing portion which is fixed to a body of the vehicle, and the upper back panel including a horizontal wall section disposed horizontally between the fixing portions; and
a front-rear direction bead that is formed continuously along a vehicle front-rear direction from a front end portion to a rear end portion of the horizontal wall section of the upper back panel, the front-rear direction bead being formed at a position including a central portion in the vehicle width direction between (i) the fixing portion of the one end of the upper back panel and (ii) the fixing portion of the other end of the upper back panel,
wherein the front-rear direction bead projects downward in a vehicle up-down direction from the horizontal wall section, and is formed with a bottom face that is disposed lower than the horizontal wall section in the vehicle up-down direction, and
wherein, a protrusion is formed at at least one of a front end portion or a rear end portion of the bottom face, an upper end of the protrusion being disposed lower than the horizontal wall section in the vehicle up-down direction.

2. The vehicle upper back panel structure of claim 1 , wherein an anchor member is provided at a vehicle upper side face of the front-rear direction bead, the anchor member projecting upward from the vehicle upper side face of the front-rear direction bead in the vehicle up-down direction, the anchor member is configured to detachably anchor a child seat.

3. The vehicle upper back panel structure of claim 1 , wherein the upper back panel is provided with:
a speaker attachment portion for attaching a speaker;
a terminal front-rear direction bead, provided at the vehicle width direction outside of the speaker attachment portion, the terminal front-rear direction bead being formed continuously along the vehicle front-rear direction from the front end portion to the rear end portion of the horizontal wall section; and
a step portion is formed at the vehicle front-rear direction rear side of the speaker attachment portion, the step portion extending along the vehicle width direction, and the step portion projecting downward in the vehicle up-down direction with respect to the speaker attachment portion, and
wherein the front-rear direction bead is provided inside of the speaker attachment portion in the vehicle width direction.

4. The vehicle upper back panel structure of claim 1 , wherein the front-rear direction bead projects downward from the horizontal wall section in a vehicle up-down direction, and is formed with a bottom face that is disposed lower than the horizontal wall section in the vehicle up-down direction, the horizontal wall section having a hole that is configured to receive a speaker.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kato Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B60R11/0217 Primary

  for loud-speakers · CPC title

• B60N2/2887

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title

• B60R13/0268

  Rear parcel liners (used as luggage covering means B60R5/044) · CPC title

• B60R2013/0287

  integrating other functions or accessories · CPC title

• B60N2/2809

  with additional tether connected to the top of the child seat and passing above the top of the back-rest · CPC title