A vehicle body upper structure includes: roof side rails provided at end portions in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body upper portion; side outer panels covering vehicle outer side surfaces of the roof side rails; and a roof panel made of a material different from a martial of the roof side rails and provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body upper portion, and the roof panel and the paired side outer panels are fixed to one another by braze joining. Outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are joined to outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails. Inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are not joined to inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails.
VEHICLE BODY UPPER STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF AUTOMOBILE VEHICLE BODY
2023-10-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
VEHICLE BODY UPPER STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF AUTOMOBILE VEHICLE BODY
European Patent Office | 2023
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