Patent ID: 7866738

Claim:
A vehicle body structure comprising: a first member including a main wall, a first side wall extending from the main wall on one side of the first member, and a second side wall extending from the main wall on the other side of the first member, wherein an opening is formed between the first and second side walls of the first member in a direction away from the main wall; a second member including a main wall, a first side wall extending from the main wall on one side of the second member, and a second side wall extending from the main wall on the other side of the second member, wherein an opening is formed between the first and second side walls of the second member in a direction away from the main wall; an opposing area in which the opening, first side wall and second side wall of the first member are opposed to and jointed to the opening, first side wall and second side wall of the second member, respectively, with a joint surface defined therebetween; and a non-opposing area in which one of the first and second members is shifted in a direction substantially parallel to the joint surface, and in which the first side wall of the first member is opposed to and jointed to the second side wall of the second member.