Patent ID: 11939899
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. A vehicle rear structure comprising:
a rear exterior member that is made of a resin and provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body;
a metal exhaust finisher provided at a terminating end portion of an exhaust pipe; and
a reinforcing block to which the exhaust finisher is fixed and which is attached to the rear exterior member,
wherein the reinforcing block includes:
an upper side portion that straddles an upper portion of the exhaust finisher in a vehicle width direction;
an inner side portion extending downward from an inner region of the upper side portion in the vehicle width direction; and
an outer side portion extending downward from an outer region of the upper side portion in the vehicle width direction,
wherein a lower region of the exhaust finisher is shaped such that its width narrows downward,
the rear exterior member includes a side edge portion that is close to the lower region of the exhaust finisher and is formed along an inner side surface of the lower region of the exhaust finisher in the vehicle width direction or an outer side surface thereof in the vehicle width direction,
an extending end of the inner side portion or the outer side portion of the reinforcing block is superposed on and fixed to the side edge portion of the rear exterior member,
a locking claw is provided to protrude near the lower end of the side edge portion of the rear exterior member,
a fitting hole fitted to the locking claw is formed at the extending end of the reinforcing block, and
a slit is formed at a position further from the lower region of the exhaust finisher than the fitting hole.