Patent ID: 7290831

Claim:
A body structure for a vehicle comprising: a roof panel having a main section and a side mounting flange extending from and angled greater than 90 degrees downward relative to the main section; and a side frame including an outer body side panel having an attachment flange with a roof mounting portion, a transition area, and a glass mounting portion; wherein the glass mounting portion is oriented at a first angle, the roof mounting portion has a roof mounting surface oriented at a second angle that is less than the first angle and an adjacent lower portion oriented at the first angle, with the side mounting flange attached to the roof mounting surface, and the transition area has a first end adjacent to the roof mounting portion having a first portion oriented at the second angle and a lower portion adjacent to the first portion and oriented at the first angle, a second end adjacent to the glass mounting portion and oriented at the first angle, and a tapered region wherein a width of the first portion tapers down to zero from the first end to the second end.