Patent ID: 9718413
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60R

Claim:
1. A vehicle upper back panel structure comprising: an upper back panel, provided at a rear section of a vehicle, the upper back panel being formed in a rectangular plate shape with a length direction along a vehicle width direction in vehicle plan view, the upper back panel having one end and another end in the vehicle width direction, each of the one end and the other end having a fixing portion which is fixed to a body of the vehicle, and the upper back panel including a horizontal wall section disposed horizontally between the fixing portions; and a front-rear direction bead that is formed continuously along a vehicle front-rear direction from a front end portion to a rear end portion of the horizontal wall section of the upper back panel, the front-rear direction bead being formed at a position including a central portion in the vehicle width direction between (i) the fixing portion of the one end of the upper back panel and (ii) the fixing portion of the other end of the upper back panel, wherein the front-rear direction bead projects downward in a vehicle up-down direction from the horizontal wall section, and is formed with a bottom face that is disposed lower than the horizontal wall section in the vehicle up-down direction, and wherein, a protrusion is formed at at least one of a front end portion or a rear end portion of the bottom face, an upper end of the protrusion being disposed lower than the horizontal wall section in the vehicle up-down direction.