Patent ID: 6877796

Claim:
A vehicle upper body structure, in which a front door and a rear door cover a continuous door opening with no partition in a side part of a vehicle body so that the door opening is opened and closed, the front door is pivotally attached at a front part thereof to the vehicle body so that the front door is opened and closed, and the rear door is pivotally attached at a rear part thereof to the vehicle body so that the rear door is opened and closed, comprising: a roof opening which is formed in a roof portion of the vehicle body and through which a vehicle cabin leads to the outside of a vehicle; an opening and closing member which covers said roof opening so that the roof opening is opened and closed; a roof opening frame which supports said opening and closing member; and a load transmitting member which transmits a load in the vehicle-width directions, said load transmitting member being disposed at a side part of said roof opening frame such that the load transmitting member is located between the roof opening frame and a position corresponding to free-end upper parts of both doors when they are in the closed position.