Patent ID: 8210602

Claim:
An automobile roof structure, comprising: left and right roof side rails extending in a front-rear direction along left and right side edges of a roof panel, and supported by a center pillar of a side surface of a vehicle body; a roof reinforcement member extending in a vehicle width direction along the underside of the roof panel, whose total length is shorter than the distance between the left and right roof side rails; and brackets wherein both ends of the roof reinforcement areconnected to the roof side rails via the brackets, wherein each bracket fixes to an end of the roof reinforcement member a base end of a base plate connecting the end of the roof reinforcement member to each roof side rail, an upstanding section is formed, on the base plate of the bracket, to extend in the longitudinal direction of the bracket, and a protruding piece is formed, on a head edge that opposes the roof side rail, to extend tongue-like from the head edge, an upper end of an upstanding end edge of the upstanding section erected from the head edge abuts a side surface of the roof side rail on a vehicle interior side, and a lower portion of the upstanding end edge does not abut the side surface, with a gap being provided therebetween, and a slit is formed on the side surface of the roof side rail, on the vehicle interior side, at a position lower than an abutting position against the upstanding end edge of the upstanding section, such that the protruding piece is inserted into the slit.