Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroki Hyodo

Shintaro Kitakata

Masaya Miura

Koichiro Ueno

Ayaka Kagami

Soshiro Murata

Takashi Sagisaka

Seiho Yonezawa

Tetsuya Oda

Osamu Simasaki

A vehicle upper structure disclosed in the present specification comprises a roof panel having a communication opening formed therein; a roof reinforcement disposed near a front end of the communication opening and joined to the roof panel; a rear header disposed near a rear end of the communication opening and joined to the roof panel; and an antenna plate that supports a communication device and is connected to the roof reinforcement and the rear header, wherein the rear header is joined to the roof panel at a front end and a rear end thereof, and forms a first closed space elongated in a vehicle width direction between the rear header and the roof panel.

Vehicle upper structure

A vehicle upper structure comprising: a roof panel having a communication opening and at least one bead; and a communication device fixed to the roof panel such that the communication device does not protrude beyond a design surface of the roof panel to an exterior of the vehicle, wherein the communication device is located within the communication opening in plan view, and the at least one bead is formed at a periphery of the communication opening.

Each of a monocoque body and a subframe is integrally formed of reinforced resin. The subframe has a bottom portion and an upstanding portion. The bottom portion is fixed to the lower portion of the rear wall of the monocoque body and extends rearward of the vehicle. The upstanding portion extends upward from the bottom portion. An engine is directly mounted on the rear surface of the upstanding portion.

Monocoque vehicle structure

A vehicle body structure includes a first structural member, a second structural member, and a ridge portion. The first structural member has a first linear expansion coefficient and is provided with a joined portion. The second structural member has a second linear expansion coefficient exceeding the first linear expansion coefficient and is provided with a plurality of joining portions at an outer edge portion of the second structural member, and the joining portions are joined to the joined portion. The ridge portion is formed in the outer edge portion to protrude in a plane intersection direction intersecting with a joining surface of the joining portion and is continuous from one of the joining portions to another one of the joining portions.

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Hiroki Hyodo