Patent ID: 9616936
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. An upper vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising: a pair of right-and-left roof rails extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction at right-and-left both end portions of a roof portion of a vehicle body; a roof panel provided between the pair of right-and-left roof rails; a front header provided at a front portion of the roof panel and extending in a vehicle width direction; a pair of right-and-left front pillars joined to the roof rails at upper portions thereof and extending downward; a windshield provided between the front header and the front pillars; a pair of right-and-left longitudinal reinforcements arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction, a front portion of one of which is joined to a point between a central portion of the front header and one of both outward end portions, in the vehicle width direction, of the front header, a front portion of the other of which is joined to a point between the central portion of the front header and the other of the both outward end portions, in the vehicle width direction, of the front header, and each of which is configured to extend obliquely rearward and outward such that a rear portion thereof is positioned in the vicinity of a center pillar of the vehicle, and partition members provided inside the front header, each of the partition members comprising a central partition member positioned at the central portion of the front header and a pair of right-and-left outward partition members positioned at an outward side, in the vehicle width direction, of respective joint portions of the pair of right-and-left longitudinal reinforcements to the front header.