Patent ID: 9126632
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body upper structure comprising: left and right side rails disposed at upper parts of lateral sides of a vehicle body and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; and a front rail extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and having one end joined to the left side rail and an opposite end joined to the right side rail, the front rail having a predetermined width extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the one end and the opposite end of the front rail includes a thick plate portion and a thin plate portion, said thin plate portion having a thickness dimension that is smaller than a thickness dimension of said thick plate portion, the thick plate portion and the thin plate portion being arranged longitudinally of the vehicle body, and the thin plate portion being coupled to at least one of the left and right side rails, wherein the front rail comprises a plate-shaped front rail upper member having the one end and the opposite end, and a plate-shaped bracket coupled to the one end or the opposite end, the bracket having a thickness dimension that is smaller than the thickness dimension of the front rail upper member, wherein the one end or the opposite end has a cutout portion or through-hole formed to match the thin plate portion, wherein the bracket overlaps the one end or the opposite end and includes an exposure portion exposed through the cutout portion or the through-hole, wherein the thin plate portion is defined by the exposure portion, and wherein the front rail upper member includes a remaining portion where the cutout portion or the though-hole is not formed, the thick plate portion being formed by an overlap between the remaining portion and the bracket.