IP Library Granted Patent US 8,985,667
Granted Patent B2
US 8,985,667 · App. 14/122,654 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Rear structure of vehicle

Inventors: Kosuke Yoshimura (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Tsunehisa Nagayoshi (Tokyo, JP); Tomoo Yasuda (Tokyo, JP); Hirokazu Matsui (Tokyo, JP); Norihiko Yoshimine (Tokyo, JP); Hideyasu Nakagami (Tokyo, JP); Akinori Okumura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
B62D35/00B62D35/007B60Q1/302B60Q1/44B60J5/101
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Patent No.
US 8,985,667
App. No.
14/122,654
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rear structure 1 of a vehicle has a high mounted stop lamp 5 provided at the rear end of a vehicle body. The rear structure is configured such that regions bilaterally outward of a region, where the high mounted stop lamp is installed, on the upper surface of the rear end are inclined more steeply than a reference plane comprising an inclined surface of a roof panel 2 , and that the lower surface of the high mounted stop lamp is located above a rearward field of view from the vehicle.

Claims (12)

1. A rear structure of a vehicle comprising:

a high mounted stop lamp provided at a rear end of the vehicle,

wherein regions bilaterally outward of a region, where the high mounted stop lamp provided in a central upper surface part of the rear end is installed, have inclined surfaces inclined more steeply than a reference plane extending along a surface of a roof panel,

wherein the inclined surfaces formed in the regions bilaterally outward of the region, where the high mounted stop lamp is installed, form recesses ends, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the recesses have angled sections, and

wherein ends, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the recesses have angled sections.

2. The rear structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an openable and closable rear gate which opens and closes an opening in a rear portion of the vehicle,

wherein the high mounted stop lamp is provided at an upper end of the rear gate.

3. The rear structure of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a junction between an upper surface of the vehicle and a rear surface portion of the vehicle has an angled section.

4. The rear structure of a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

a junction between an upper surface of the vehicle and a rear surface portion of the vehicle has an angled section.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2013
From: YOSHIMURA, KOSUKE; YOSHIDA, MASAHIRO; NAGAYOSHI, TSUNEHISA; YASUDA, TOMOO; MATSUI, HIROKAZU; YOSHIMINE, NORIHIKO; NAKAGAMI, HIDEYASU; OKUMURA, AKINORI
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 031688/0438 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-127748 · Jun 7, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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