Patent ID: 9302711
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle body rear structure comprising: a rear panel outer member raised upward from a rear end of a floor panel of a vehicle body and forming a rear outer wall that partitions a cabin from the outside of the vehicle body; a rear panel stiffener joined to an inner surface of the rear panel outer member so as to form, together with the rear panel outer member, a lower closed sectional portion extending in a vehicle width direction at a lower edge of a rear opening of the vehicle body; a rear girder raised upward from a lateral outer side of the rear panel outer member and forming a side closed sectional portion extending vertically along a lateral side edge of the rear opening; and a corner panel joined with the rear panel outer member and the rear girder so as to form a corner closed sectional portion continuously interconnecting the lower closed sectional portion and the side closed sectional portion at a recessed corner portion of the rear opening, wherein the rear panel stiffener includes an L-shaped sectional portion formed by an upper surface extending from an opening flange of the rear opening toward a front side of the vehicle body and a vertical surface extending vertically downward from a front end of the upper surface with a first ridge line formed between the vertical surface and the front end of the upper surface, wherein the rear girder includes an L-shaped sectional portion formed by a side surface extending from the opening flange of the rear opening toward the front side of the vehicle body, and an extension surface extending from a front end of the side surface with a second ridge line formed between the extension surface and the front end of the side surface, and wherein the corner panel includes: