Patent ID: 7520527
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A rear structure of a vehicle including a roof trim which is made of a flexible material and disposed on a lower surface of a ceiling part of the vehicle, a rear pillar trim which is made of a synthetic resin harder than the roof trim and disposed so as to cover a rear pillar located in the rear of the vehicle, and a side window glass which is disposed ahead of the rear pillar trim and whose upper end is located outer than the roof trim in a width direction of the vehicle, the rear structure comprising an air bag device including a curtain member which is fixedly attached to a vehicle body and operable to inflate with a gas pressure supplied upon a predetermined condition to thereby spread over at least an inner surface of the side window glass from a side end of the roof trim and a front surface of the rear pillar, wherein a roof side trim is provided between a vicinity of an upper end of the side window glass and the roof trim, and a rear end of the roof side trim overlaps with a front upper end of the rear pillar trim with the rear end positioning inner than the front upper end so that the curtain member spreads from an inner end of the roof side trim and a boundary between the rear end of the roof side trim toward a cabin space of the vehicle.