Rear vehicle-body structure of vehicle

摘要

A rear pillar inner provided at a side panel inner and extending upward from a front-side upper portion of a rear wheel house, a rear pillar reinforcement joined to an outside portion of the rear pillar inner, and an outside reinforcing member connecting an outside portion of the side panel inner and the rear wheel house are provided. The rear pillar reinforcement has a rear-side pillar-reinforcement ridge portion extending vertically. The outside reinforcing member has a front-side reinforcing-member ridge portion extending vertically. A lower end portion of the rear pillar reinforcement and an upper end portion of the outside reinforcing member are joined such that the both ridge portions are arranged to align substantially straightly, when viewed from the side, and to slant in such a manner that an upper side thereof is positioned relatively forward compared to a lower side thereof.

主权项

1. A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a roof rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and forming an upper end of a side panel; a pillar portion provided at a side panel inner of a rear portion of a vehicle body, the pillar portion being configured to separate a window opening positioned in back thereof and a passenger's ingress/egress opening positioned in front thereof and extending upward to the roof rail from a front-side upper portion of a rear wheel house; a pillar reinforcement joined to an outside portion, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the pillar portion and connected to the roof rail at an upper end portion thereof; and a reinforcing member joined to an outside portion, in the width direction of the vehicle, of the side panel inner and connected to the rear wheel house at a lower end portion thereof, wherein said pillar reinforcement has a pillar-reinforcement ridge portion substantially straightly extending vertically, said reinforcing member has a reinforcing-member ridge portion substantially straightly extending vertically, and a lower end portion of the pillar reinforcement and an upper end portion of the reinforcing member are joined together such that said pillar-reinforcement ridge portion extending substantially straightly and said reinforcing-member ridge portion extending substantially straightly are arranged to align substantially straightly from the roof rail to the rear wheel house and to slant in such a manner that an upper side of the pillar reinforcement is positioned relatively forward compared to a lower side of the reinforcing member, when viewed from the side.