Patent ID: 8740292

Claim:
A vehicle body superstructure comprising: a first side rail member extending along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body; a second side rail member extending along the longitudinal direction; a roof member including a first end and a second end, the first end being supported by the first side rail member, the second end being supported by the second side rail member; and a gusset comprising: a rail side surface extending along a vertical direction of the vehicle body and connected to the first and second side rail members; a roof side surface extending along a breadthways direction of the vehicle body and connected to the roof member; a first claw provided at a first longitudinal end of the gusset and locked in a first locking portion provided in the first side rail member; a second claw provided at a second longitudinal end of the gusset and locked in a second locking portion provided in the second side rail member; and a bead provided between the first and second claws to extend from a bottom end of the rail side surface to a breadthways inner end of the roof side surface, wherein the first claw has a first front bent portion bent at front end of the gusset and extending outward along the breadthways direction and a second front bent portion bent at an end of the first front bent portion and extending downward, and the second claw has a first rear bent portion bent at rear end of the gusset and extending outward along the breadthways direction and a second rear bent portion bent at an end of the first rear bent portion and extending downward.