IP Library Granted Patent US 10,343,594
Granted Patent B2
US 10,343,594 · App. 15/760,232 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Rear structure of vehicle

Inventors: Yusuke Nakamura (Hiroshima, JP); Norihito Iwao (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,343,594
App. No.
15/760,232
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rear structure of a vehicle includes a lamp and a dividing member. The lamp includes at least one lamp part, and is disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle. The dividing member is a member for dividing the lamp at least in a vehicle up-down direction. The dividing member is formed in such a manner that blinking of a single lamp part of the lamp is directly viewable both from above and below the dividing member when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.

Claims (25)

1. A rear structure of a vehicle, comprising:

a lamp including a plurality of lamp sets each having a lamp case, and disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle; and

a dividing member having a plate shape and disposed behind the lamp on a rear side of the vehicle, wherein

the dividing member has a thickness in a vehicle up-down direction and an edge at a distance from the lamp in a posture extending rearward from the edge,

the dividing member in the posture dividing a rear portion of at least one lamp set among the plurality of lamp sets in the vehicle up-down direction when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.

2. The rear structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the lamp set divided by the dividing member in the vehicle up-down direction has an intermediate area above which the dividing member transverses in a vehicle width direction, and an area located on a lower side of the intermediate area, overlapping the dividing member in a plan view, and being directly viewable when viewed from the rear side.

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

the lamp set divided by the dividing member in the vehicle up-down direction has an intermediate area above which the dividing member transverses in a vehicle width direction, a lower area located on a lower side of the intermediate area, and an upper area located on an upper side of the intermediate area, the lower area being higher than the upper area in the vehicle up-down direction when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.

4. The rear structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the dividing member includes:

an incident space which allows light emitted from the lamp set divided by the dividing member in the vehicle up-down direction to be incident therein, the incident space having an opening extending rearward from a portion of the dividing member facing the divided lamp set

an exit space which allows the light having been incident to be output therefrom rearward, the exit space having an opening extending frontward from a middle rear portion of the dividing member in a vehicle width direction; and

a light guiding portion which guides the light having been incident in the incident space to the exit space.

5. The rear structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of lamp sets are disposed side by side in a vehicle width direction, and

the dividing member transverses an intermediate area of each of the plurality of lamp sets in the vehicle up-down direction to divide a rear portion of each of the plurality of lamp sets in the vehicle up-down direction when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.

6. The rear structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear portion of the vehicle is formed with a recess portion depressed frontward,

the lamp is accommodated in the recess portion, and

the recess portion accommodating the lamp has an internal space communicating with an outside of the vehicle.

7. The rear structure of the vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

the rear portion of the vehicle is formed with a recess portion depressed frontward,

the lamp is accommodated in the recess portion, and

the recess portion accommodating the lamp has an internal space communicating with an outside of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, YUSUKE; IWAO, NORIHITO
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045216/0461 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-209762 · Oct 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180257543A1 · Sep 13, 2018
Cited By (1)
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