Patent ID: 8651552

Claim:
A support structure of a windshield, comprising: a frame having a cross section which opens forward in a vehicle longitudinal direction and extending in a vehicle width direction along a lower side portion of the windshield; and a support member provided inside said forward-opening cross section of the frame and attached to an inside face of an upper face portion of the frame via front and rear upper-support portions thereof and attached to an inside face of a lower face portion of the frame via a lower-support portion thereof, wherein said frame has a windshield support portion supporting the lower side portion of the windshield at part of the upper face portion thereof, said front and rear upper-support portions of the support member are positioned away from each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the windshield support portion of said frame is positioned between the front and rear upper-support portions of said support member in the vehicle longitudinal direction; and wherein said support member is comprised of a plate member which is arranged such that a direction of plate thickness thereof is parallel to the vehicle width direction.