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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Tomohiro Hori, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yuzou Sato, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Masanori Kodaira, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Tomoo Taguchi, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kou Niida, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Tomohiro Hori, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Yuzou Sato, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Masanori Kodaira, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Tomoo Taguchi, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Kou Niida, Fuchu-cho, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle rear structure, which is designed such that a pull bar () provided at a rear end of a tonneau cover () is slidingly displaced along a pair of right and left guide rails (). The right and left guide rails () are positioned parallel to each other in a rear view of the vehicle. Each of the guide rails () has an upper portion located at a position overlapping a corresponding one of a pair of right and left rear pillars () in the rear view of the vehicle and in front of the rear pillar () in a side view of the vehicle, and a lower portion located at a position overlapping the rear pillar () in the side view of the vehicle and on the inner side of the rear pillar () in the rear view of the vehicle. The vehicle rear structure of the present invention makes it possible to allow the rear end of the tonneau cover to be displaced upwardly and downwardly along the right and left guide rails in a simplified structure without disadvantages, such as deterioration in rearward visibility, due to decrease in distance between the right and left guide rails.