Patent ID: 6648400
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A rear vehicle body structure of a pickup truck having a cargo bed, comprising:a rear floor panel defining the cargo bed; a rear wheel apron disposed on a side of the rear floor panel; a fuel piping system passing through the rear wheel apron, part of the fuel piping system being led out toward the cargo bed; and a first reinforcing member jointed to said rear wheel apron for covering a vicinity of a portion of the rear wheel apron at which said part of the fuel piping system is led out to the side of the cargo bed, including a flange formed by bending a lower end portion of said first reinforcing member toward a center of the vehicle body, wherein said rear floor panel and said rear wheel apron are jointed together, with a side edge portion of the rear floor panel being superposed upon said flange.