Patent ID: 8910987
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a rear body panel having a pillar portion extending upward from a vehicle body waistline defined along the rear body panel, the pillar portion including an outboard facing surface and a rearward facing surface, the outboard facing surface having a front peripheral edge section at least partially defining a side opening, the rearward facing surface having an inboard peripheral edge section at least partially defining a rear window opening, the pillar portion of the rear body panel including a recess formed along the outboard facing surface and the rearward facing surface adjacent to the vehicle body waistline; a rear window glass installed within the rear window opening overlaying at least a portion of the inboard peripheral edge section; and an exterior trim panel having a first section extending rearward from the front peripheral edge section along the outboard facing surface at the vehicle body waistline and a second section that extends in a lateral inboard direction from a rearward end of the first section to the inboard peripheral edge section along the rearward facing surface to the rear window opening at the vehicle body waistline, the exterior trim panel being at least partially disposed within the recess.