Vehicle rear structure
First Claim
1. A vehicle rear structure comprising:
- a tailgate adapted to openably cover a rear opening defined between a pair of right and left rear pillars formed in a rear of a vehicle body, the vehicle body having a front end and a rear end and longitudinal axis;
a tonneau cover adapted to be disposed to cover an upper side of a rear cargo compartment located in front of said rear opening;
a pull bar provided at a rear end of said tonneau cover; and
a pair of right and left guide rails slidably supporting respective opposite right and left ends of said pull bar,wherein said pull bar is adapted to be slidingly displaced along said guide rails so as to allow the rear end of said tonneau cover to be moved upwardly and downwardly,wherein said right and left guide rails are parallel to each other;
each of said guide rails has an upper end and a lower end, the guide rail extends linearly between the upper end and lower end, said upper end being located at a position overlapping a corresponding one of the rear pillars as seen directly at the pillar along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle from the rear end toward the front end of the vehicle, said upper end being position in front of said rear pillar as seen from a firect side view of said rear pillar of the vehicle, wherein the direct side view is a line of sight at said rear pillar and the line of sight intersects the longitudinal axis of the vehicle at about 90 degrees, and said lower end being located at a position overlapping said rear pillar as seen from the direct side view of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle rear structure, which is designed such that a pull bar (7) provided at a rear end of a tonneau cover (6) is slidingly displaced along a pair of right and left guide rails (38). The right and left guide rails (8) are positioned parallel to each other in a rear view of the vehicle. Each of the guide rails (8) has an upper portion located at a position overlapping a corresponding one of a pair of right and left rear pillars (18) in the rear view of the vehicle and in front of the rear pillar (18) in a side view of the vehicle, and a lower portion located at a position overlapping the rear pillar (18) in the side view of the vehicle and on the inner side of the rear pillar (18) in the rear view of the vehicle. The vehicle rear structure of the present invention makes it possible to allow the rear end of the tonneau cover to be displaced upwardly and downwardly along the right and left guide rails in a simplified structure without disadvantages, such as deterioration in rearward visibility, due to decrease in distance between the right and left guide rails.
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1. A vehicle rear structure comprising:
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a tailgate adapted to openably cover a rear opening defined between a pair of right and left rear pillars formed in a rear of a vehicle body, the vehicle body having a front end and a rear end and longitudinal axis; a tonneau cover adapted to be disposed to cover an upper side of a rear cargo compartment located in front of said rear opening; a pull bar provided at a rear end of said tonneau cover; and a pair of right and left guide rails slidably supporting respective opposite right and left ends of said pull bar, wherein said pull bar is adapted to be slidingly displaced along said guide rails so as to allow the rear end of said tonneau cover to be moved upwardly and downwardly, wherein said right and left guide rails are parallel to each other; each of said guide rails has an upper end and a lower end, the guide rail extends linearly between the upper end and lower end, said upper end being located at a position overlapping a corresponding one of the rear pillars as seen directly at the pillar along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle from the rear end toward the front end of the vehicle, said upper end being position in front of said rear pillar as seen from a firect side view of said rear pillar of the vehicle, wherein the direct side view is a line of sight at said rear pillar and the line of sight intersects the longitudinal axis of the vehicle at about 90 degrees, and said lower end being located at a position overlapping said rear pillar as seen from the direct side view of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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