Patent ID: 8801084

Claim:
A rear end of a motor vehicle, the rear end comprising: a body structure; a rear-end element of the motor vehicle movable relative to the body structure and configured to close an upper part and a lower part of the body structure of the vehicle, the rear-end element comprising a carrier structural element forming an energy-absorbing element after impact and being mobile relative to the lower part of the body structure, the absorbing element being configured to distribute forces generated by a rear-end impact towards a bearing surface of the body structure, and a carrier structural frame movable with respect to the upper part of the body structure; and a bottom back panel covering the carrier structural element at the rear end of the vehicle, wherein at least the carrier structural element has a cellular structure formed of cells extending longitudinally through the carrier structural element between a back face and a front face of the carrier structural element and opening onto the back and/or front face of the carrier structural element.