Upper vehicle body structure of vehicle with sun roof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJang Won Hong, Ju Sik Kim
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Abstract
An upper vehicle body structure of a vehicle with a sun roof in which an edge of a roof panel at which the sun roof is installed may be connected to a center pillar positioned at a center among a plurality of pillars formed to extend in a height direction of the vehicle and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, may include a ring reinforcement member attached to the roof panel so as to form a closed section with the roof panel, a gusset unit mounted under the center pillar and the ring reinforcement member, Wherein the sun roof may be connected to the gusset unit.
Claims6
An upper vehicle body structure of a vehicle with a sun roof in which an edge of a roof panel at which the sun roof is installed is connected to a center pillar positioned at a center among a plurality of pillars formed to extend in a height direction of the vehicle and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the upper vehicle body structure comprising:
- a ring reinforcement member attached to the roof panel so as to form a closed section with the roof panel;
- a gusset unit mounted under the center pillar and the ring reinforcement member;
- wherein the sun roof is connected to the roof panel,
- wherein the gusset unit is mounted under the ring reinforcement member and the center pillar so as to underlap a connection portion at which an edge of the roof panel is connected with the center pillar,
- wherein the gusset unit includes:
- an upper gusset mounted to the ring reinforcement member and the center pillar;
- and
- a lower gusset coupled to the upper gusset and to a sun roof track mechanism,
- wherein a foam pad is interposed between one tip end of the upper gusset and one tip end of the lower gusset,
- wherein the one tip end of the lower gusset is connected with the sun roof track mechanism, and
- wherein the one tip end of the upper gusset is connected with the ring reinforcement member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.