Patent ID: 9033406
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A rear vehicle body structure comprising: an opening section formed in a rear surface of a vehicle body; a rear panel assembly of a closed sectional shape disposed on and along a lower edge of the opening section and extending in a vehicle width direction; and left and right rear wheel houses disposed in front of the rear panel assembly and constituting parts of inner walls of left and right side sections of the vehicle body, the left and right rear wheel houses including support sections for supporting left and right rear suspension dampers, wherein the rear vehicle body structure further comprises left and right panel gussets interconnecting the rear panel assembly and the left and right rear wheel houses, and wherein the left and right panel gussets extend from their respective one end portions, connected to the left and right rear wheel houses, toward a rear of the vehicle body while slanting toward a vehicle width center, the left and right panel gussets being joined at their respective other end portions to the rear panel assembly, further comprising: left and right gutter assemblies each having a closed sectional shape, the left and right gutter assemblies being disposed on and along left and right side edges of the opening section and extending in an up-down direction of the vehicle body; left and right gutter gussets interconnecting the left gutter assembly and the left rear wheel house and the right gutter assembly and the right rear wheel house, respectively, left and right combination panels disposed adjacent to a peripheral edge of the opening section; and left and right gusset's closed section parts provided on corner sections between the left and right rear wheel houses and the rear panel assembly, respectively, wherein the left and right gusset's closed section parts are each constructed in a closed sectional shape, as viewed in plan, with a left or right rear wall formed by the rear panel assembly and the left or right combination panel, an outer wall formed by the left or right rear wheel house and disposed on an outer side in the vehicle width direction, an inner wall formed by the left or right panel gusset and disposed on an inner side in the vehicle width direction, and a front wall formed by the left or right gutter gusset.