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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296195 ; 296203 ; 296198 ;
Abstract
A vehicle rear body structure including a rear side panel assembly comprising a rear inner panel made of a steel sheet and a rear fender made of a plastic material. The rear inner panel is formed at a lower portion with a tire house section. A tire house reinforcement of a closed cross section is formed along the tire house section and contiguous with a belt line reinforcement of a closed cross section formed along an upper edge portion of the rear inner panel. The tire house reinforcement and the belt line reinforcement are also contiguous with a center pillar structure of a closed cross section.