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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Heather S. Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Dan Hustyi, Waterford, MI (US);
Andy Christensen, Livonia, MI (US);
Heather S. Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Dan Hustyi, Waterford, MI (US);
Andy Christensen, Livonia, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A passenger vehicle rear end structure is provided with a vehicle body and a rear window. The vehicle body includes a vehicle interior area, a roof portion overlying the vehicle interior area, a pair of rear pillars and a rear body portion adjoined to a rear part of the roof portion by the rear pillars, at least one of the rear pillars, the rear body portion and the roof portion defining a rear window opening. The rear window is movably with respect to the vehicle body between a closed position that covers the rear window opening and an open position that exposes the rear window opening, with a majority of the rear window overlapping the roof portion when the rear window is in the open position.