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Granted Patent B2
US 9,988,107 · App. 15/168,866 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Vehicle rear portion structure

Inventor: Tomoyuki Shimpo (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D43/06B62D21/152B62D25/08
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Patent No.
US 9,988,107
App. No.
15/168,866
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle rear portion structure including: a spare tire house; a front side reinforcing portion provided at a bottom wall portion of the spare tire house, the front side reinforcing portion reinforcing the bottom wall portion and structuring a first high rigidity portion; a rear side reinforcing portion provided at the bottom wall portion so as to include a lower wall portion that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the rear side reinforcing portion being disposed at a vehicle rear upper side of the front side reinforcing portion, reinforcing the bottom wall portion, and structuring a second high rigidity portion, and a low rigidity portion provided between the first high rigidity portion and the second high rigidity portion, and a rigidity of the low rigidity portion being set to be lower than rigidities of the first high rigidity portion and the second high rigidity portion.

Claims (8)

1. A vehicle rear portion structure comprising:

a spare tire house, the spare tire house being formed at a rear floor panel structuring a vehicle body rear portion, and in the spare tire house a spare tire being accommodated;

a front side reinforcing portion, the front side reinforcing portion being provided at a bottom wall portion of the spare tire house, the front side reinforcing portion reinforcing the bottom wall portion, and the front side reinforcing portion structuring a first high rigidity portion;

a rear side reinforcing portion, the rear side reinforcing portion being provided at the bottom wall portion so as to include a lower wall portion that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the rear side reinforcing portion being disposed at a vehicle rear upper side of the front side reinforcing portion, the rear side reinforcing portion reinforcing the bottom wall portion, and the rear side reinforcing portion structuring a second high rigidity portion; and

a low rigidity portion, the low rigidity portion being provided between the first high rigidity portion and the second high rigidity portion, and a rigidity of the low rigidity portion being set to be lower than rigidities of the first high rigidity portion and the second high rigidity portion,

wherein a rear bumper reinforcement that extends in a vehicle transverse direction is disposed at a vehicle rear side of the rear side reinforcing portion, at a position that overlaps the rear side reinforcing portion as seen in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

2. The vehicle rear portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the rear side reinforcing portion extends to a vehicle rear side end portion of the spare tire house, and a vehicle rear side end portion of the rear side reinforcing portion is positioned further toward a vehicle rear side than vehicle rear side end portions of rear side members that extend along peripheral edge portions in a vehicle transverse direction at both sides of the rear floor panel.

3. The vehicle rear portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the low rigidity portion is disposed at a vehicle rear side of a fixed position where the spare tire is fixed to the bottom wall portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2016
From: SHIMPO, TOMOYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038751/0800 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-148165 · Jul 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170029046A1 · Feb 2, 2017