Vehicular roof structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazunori Hida, Daisuke Ebihara
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Abstract
A vehicular roof structure has a roof side rail joined to a roof panel. The roof panel includes an inclined joining section, a vertical section and a horizontal joining section. The inclined joining section has an outer side portion of the roof panel that is bent inward in a vehicle width direction, and the roof side rail is joined thereto. The vertical section is provided on the inclined joining section on a rearward side of the vehicle body, and the outer side portion of the roof panel is bent vertically. The horizontal joining section protrudes outward from the vertical section in the vehicle width direction. A tail gate hinge is attached to the horizontal joining section.
Claims10
A vehicular roof structure in which a roof side rail is joined to a roof panel, the roof panel comprising:
- an inclined joining section having an outer side portion bent inward in a vehicle width direction and to which the roof side rail is joined;
- a vertical section provided on at least one side of the inclined joining section in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and having an outer side portion that is bent vertically;
- a horizontal joining section protruding outward from the vertical section in the vehicle width direction;
- and
- an exterior part attached to the horizontal joining section,
- wherein the vehicular roof structure further comprises:
- a gate pillar extending from the roof side rail toward a rear side of the vehicle body and in which the horizontal joining section is provided;
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- a shielding plate joined to a front section of the gate pillar,
- wherein the shielding plate has a front shielding wall and a side shielding wall that forms a substantially L-shaped cross section, and
- the front shielding wall and the side shielding wall are joined to a front edge and a side edge of the front section of the gate pillar.
A vehicular roof structure in which a roof side rail is joined to a roof panel, the roof panel comprising:
- an inclined joining section having an outer side portion bent inward in a vehicle width direction and to which the roof side rail is joined;
- a vertical section provided on at least one side of the inclined joining section in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction and having an outer side portion that is bent vertically;
- a horizontal joining section protruding outward from the vertical section in the vehicle width direction;
- a bent section bent downward from a rear end portion of the roof panel, and
- an exterior part attached to the horizontal joining section,
- wherein the horizontal joining section is formed integrally with a vertical joining section joined to the horizontal joining section so as to protrude downward along the vertical section and a bent joining section joined to the horizontal joining section so as to protrude downward along the bent section, and
- a roof joining section having an L-shaped cross section is formed by the horizontal joining section and the vertical joining section, and the roof joining section protrudes from a lower end portion of the bent joining section toward a rear side of the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.