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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Kozo Kusumoto, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Kozo Kusumoto, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A body structure for a vehicle having a sliding door. The structure has a slide rail, provided in a side face of the vehicle, for guiding the sliding door; and a rail cover, having a cover portion and an extension, for covering the slide rail. The cover portion extends along a lower edge of a rear side glass of the vehicle, and the extension extends from a rear end portion of the cover portion along a rear pillar of the vehicle. The rail cover is positioned for the vehicle's body in a front-rear direction and a vertical direction via the rear end portion of the cover portion. The rail cover may be further positioned in the vertical direction via a front end portion of the cover portion. A screening member may be provided between a rear edge of the extension and a panel of the vehicle's body.