Patent ID: 8366184

Claim:
A structure for a vehicle body upper portion including a vehicle body framework structure, comprising: an inner framework formed by a roof rail and a pillar joined together; a roof side rail extending in a direction intersecting with the inner framework; a roof panel joined to the inner framework; and an outer panel joined to the inner framework, wherein the roof rail has an upper member and a lower member and the upper member and the lower member are joined together to jointly define a closed cross-section, wherein a joint end section of the upper member projects further to an outside of a vehicle body than a joint end section of the lower member, wherein the pillar has an inner member and an outer member and the inner member and the outer member are joined together to jointly define a closed cross-section, wherein a joint end section of the outer member extends up to the joint end section of the upper member, and a joint end section of the inner member extends up to the joint end section of the lower member, and wherein the respective joint end sections of the upper member and the outer member are joined together and the respective joint end sections of the lower member and the inner member are joined together to thereby form the inner framework, and the respective closed cross-sections are connected to each other at a joint section of the respective joint end sections, wherein the roof panel has a stepped portion, the outer panel has a stepped portion, and the stepped portion of the roof panel and the stepped portion of the outer panel are joined together to form a recess having a U-shaped cross-section by the respective stepped portions, and wherein the inner member of the pillar has at a lower side portion of the recess a vertical bead extending in an up-down direction and a horizontal bead extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.