Patent ID: 9738316
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a left-right pair of roof side rails extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body; a pillar extending in an upper-lower direction, an upper end of the pillar being joined to an interior side surface of a corresponding roof side rail; a pillar garnish covering an interior side surface of the pillar; and a roof arch extending in a vehicle transverse direction, left and right side end portions thereof being joined to interior side surfaces of the roof side rails, wherein the pillar includes a pillar bead extending in the upper-lower direction and protruding from an interior to an exterior of a vehicle compartment, wherein the roof arch includes a roof bead extending in the left-right direction and protruding from the interior to the exterior of the vehicle compartment, wherein the pillar and the roof arch are joined with each other such that the pillar bead is overlapped with the roof bead in the interior-exterior direction of the vehicle compartment, wherein the roof arch is joined to the interior side surface of the pillar, wherein the roof bead is arranged such that a protruding amount thereof to an interior side of the vehicle compartment is set larger than a protruding amount of the pillar bead to the interior side of the vehicle compartment, wherein the roof bead is overlapped with the interior side surface of the pillar bead so that a closed cross-sectional portion is formed between the roof bead and the pillar bead, and wherein the pillar garnish includes at an upper end thereof a stop portion that is stopped by being inserted into the closed cross-sectional portion.