Patent ID: 7780226

Claim:
A roof structure for a vehicle, comprising: a roof panel having an opening formed therein for mounting therein a sunroof, the roof panel having a downwardly-bent roof panel flange formed on an inner edge portion thereof around a peripheral edge of the opening; and a stiffener disposed inwardly of the roof panel and having a stiffener flange welded to a reverse surface of the downwardly-bent roof panel flange the stiffener flange being truncated and separated from the downwardly-bent roof panel flange, the stiffener flange being truncated and separated from the downwardly-bent roof panel flange at portions thereof corresponding to corner portions of the peripheral edge of the opening, wherein, at each of the portions corresponding to the corner portions of the peripheral edge of the opening, the stiffener has an upwardly-oriented projecting portion projecting from the stiffener flange into abutment against the reverse surface of the roof panel such that a predetermined gap is formed between the reverse surface of the roof panel and a region of the stiffener around the projecting portion, and the roof panel and the stiffener are fixedly adhered together via an adhesive inserted into the gap.