Patent ID: 7954887

Claim:
A rear structure of a vehicle, comprising: a lower back panel that is provided at a rear of the vehicle and forms the lower rear portion of the vehicle and is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a lower back reinforcement member that is provided in front of the lower back panel and reinforces the lower back panel; a rear floor panel that is provided in front of the lower back panel; a rear floor side member that reinforces the rear floor panel, and extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a first connecting portion that connects the lower back reinforcement member and the rear floor side member in a laterally and longitudinally oblique direction of the vehicle, wherein: the first connecting portion has first and second surfaces, the first surface contacting the lower back reinforcement member, and the second surface contacting the rear floor side member; and a rear end of the first surface is positioned longitudinally even with or longitudinally rearward of the second surface; and a second connecting portion that connects the lower back reinforcement member and the rear floor side member.