Patent ID: 9545957
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. An upper vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising: a pillar member extending in a vertical direction; a roof side rail connected to an upper end portion of the pillar member and having a closed cross section extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a synthetic resin-made reinforcing member provided inside the roof side rail at a position near the upper end portion of the pillar member, wherein said roof side rail comprises a metal-made inner member which has a portion protruding toward a cabin and a metal-made outer member which forms said closed cross section together with the inner member, said reinforcing member provided inside the closed cross section formed by the inner member and the outer member is provided to have a gap from the outer member, said reinforcing member has a wall-face portion on an inner-member side thereof, and said wall-face portion of the reinforcing member is integrally joined to an outward face, in a vehicle width direction, of the inner member by an anchor effect.