Patent ID: 9592856
Date: 2017-03-14
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 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 pair of right-and-left center pillars provided in back of the front pillars, joined to the roof rails at upper portions thereof, and extending downward; a vehicle-width-direction roof reinforcement provided in back of the front pillars, and extending in a vehicle width direction such that right-and-left ends of said vehicle-width-direction roof reinforcement are disposed in the vicinity of a joint portion of said center pillar and said roof rail; and a pair of right-and-left front inclination roof reinforcements provided at a lower face of the roof panel, wherein each of said front inclination roof reinforcements is configured to extend obliquely from a front portion thereof which is joined to said front header to a rear portion thereof which is positioned on an outward side, in the vehicle width direction, relative to said front portion and joined to said vehicle-width-direction roof reinforcement at a position inward from said roof rail such that a gap exists between said rear portion of said front inclination roof reinforcement and said roof rail in the vehicle-width-direction.