Patent ID: 6695394
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B60P,B60R,B62D

Abstract:
A rear vehicle body structure of a pickup truck having a passenger compartment, a cargo bed, and a back panel for separating the passenger compartment and the cargo bed, the back panel including an opening formed therein, the opening being opened and closed by an opening and closing panel, comprising:a lower back panel for constituting a lower end of said back panel and for defining a bottom edge of said opening in the back panel; a forward flange extending a predetermined distance from a front end portion of the lower back panel, a front circumferential edge portion of the forward flange being bent upward; a backward flange extending a predetermined distance from a rear end portion of the lower back panel; and a rear floor panel connected to said forward flange and said backward flange of the lower back panel, whereby said lower back panel and said rear floor panel form a closed cross-sectional space together.