Patent ID: 9604674
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60G,B62D

Claim:
1. A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising: a roof rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and forming an upper end of a side panel; a pillar portion provided at a side panel inner of a rear portion of a vehicle body, the pillar portion being configured to separate a window opening positioned in back thereof and a passenger's ingress/egress opening positioned in front thereof and extending upward to the roof rail from a front-side upper portion of a rear wheel house; a pillar reinforcement joined to an outside portion, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the pillar portion and connected to the roof rail at an upper end portion thereof; and a reinforcing member joined to an outside portion, in the width direction of the vehicle, of the side panel inner and connected to the rear wheel house at a lower end portion thereof, wherein said pillar reinforcement has a pillar-reinforcement ridge portion substantially straightly extending vertically, said reinforcing member has a reinforcing-member ridge portion substantially straightly extending vertically, and a lower end portion of the pillar reinforcement and an upper end portion of the reinforcing member are joined together such that said pillar-reinforcement ridge portion extending substantially straightly and said reinforcing-member ridge portion extending substantially straightly are arranged to align substantially straightly from the roof rail to the rear wheel house and to slant in such a manner that an upper side of the pillar reinforcement is positioned relatively forward compared to a lower side of the reinforcing member, when viewed from the side.