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US 2003/0067191 A1Published application
Vehicle roof structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Ohkubo
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Abstract
In a vehicle roof structure of an automobile, a front part of a roof panel is formed into an arch configuration which declines gradually while a rear part of the roof panel is formed flat. Stiffeners, each of which has a U-shaped cross section, are provided on the rear part of the roof panel, side edge portions of each of the stiffeners are folded back.
Claims5
A vehicle roof structure comprising:
- a roof panel having a front part formed into an arch configuration which declines gradually toward a front of a vehicle and a rear part formed in a flat shape;
- and
- at least one of stiffeners provided on said rear part of said roof panel, said stiffener at least partially having a U-shaped cross section and being folded back at a terminal end of said stiffener.
A vehicle roof structure comprising:
- a roof panel;
- at least one stiffener attached to a passenger compartment side of said roof panel to extend in a traverse direction of a vehicle, said stiffener including:
- a base wall;
- a pair of vertical walls vertically extending from edges of said base wall to form a U-shaped cross section in cooperation with said base wall;
- a pair of flange portions horizontally extending at upper edges of said vertical walls;
- and
- a pair of folded-back portions bent parallel to said vertical walls at side edge portions of said flange portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.