US 12,246,771 B2
Vehicle rear component
Taisuke Satoi, Okazaki (JP); Yuta Egawa, Okazaki (JP); and Koh Hirokawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/490,156.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-207978 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0208572 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/11 (2013.01) [B60K 17/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle rear component to be connected to a rear end of a rocker and a rear pillar and to extend rearward of a vehicle, wherein:
the vehicle rear component is an integrally cast hollow member including a body, a tower, and a suspension member;
the body has a closed section at least in part, extends in a vehicle front-rear direction, and connects the rear pillar and a rear member at a rear of the vehicle;
the tower is connected to an upper side of the body and has a space for housing a part of a suspension device;
the suspension member has a closed section at least in part, extends in the vehicle front-rear direction on a lower side of the body, and includes a front end connected to the rocker and the rear pillar;
arm brackets for connecting arms of the suspension device are provided on vehicle width direction outer surfaces of the body and the suspension member; and
the body includes a first connecting member that connects a vehicle width direction outer plate and a vehicle width direction inner plate in a vehicle width direction at a position where the arm bracket is provided.