Vehicle cabin partition structure

A vehicle cabin partition structure, comprising:

• a window panel standing vertically to be part of a partition that separates inside and outside of a vehicle cabin;
• a window frame member configured to support the window panel;
• a seat disposed within the vehicle cabin and having a rear surface facing the window panel;
• and
• a seat cross member that is a frame member configured to support the seat, wherein
• the window panel comprises an upper window panel and a lower window panel disposed below the upper window panel,
• the window frame member has a horizontal bar shape, disposed between the upper window panel and the lower window panel and configured to support a lower end of the upper window panel and an upper end of the lower window panel, the window frame member having opposite longitudinal ends fixed to a first pillar and a second pillar adjacent to the first pillar, respectively, the first pillar and the second pillar being vertical pillars in the vehicle cabin,
• the seat cross member has opposite longitudinal ends fixed to the first pillar and the second pillar, respectively, and
• the window frame member and the seat cross member at least partially overlap each other in a portion along a vehicle height, and the window frame member and the seat cross member extend with a horizontal gap disposed between the window frame member and the seat cross member over entire lengths of the window frame member and the seat cross member, the horizontal gap being less than a horizontal width of the window frame member and a horizontal width of the seat cross member.