Nissan Motor Company Limited

Kouichi Yagami

Tsutomu Iwasaki

Satoshi Ishizuka

Ryoji Fujihara

Kazuaki Furuse

Kiyoto Matsuzaki

Tsunehiro Kunimoto

A detachable roof structure forming part of an automotive vehicle body and including a roof outer panel constituting a vehicle roof. A lid member is detachably installed to the roof outer panel in such a manner as to cover or close an opening formed in the roof. The lid member is made up of inner and outer panels whose peripheral sections are securely joined together by hemming thereby to form a peripheral edge of the lid member. Additionally, a weatherstrip is securely installed through a retainer to the lid member and located along the peripheral edge of the lid member thereby to maintain a seal between the lid member and the roof outer panel.

Detachable roof structure for automotive vehicle

An open-top type vehicle roof structure is composed of a frame structure having left and right roof openings separated by a longitudinal center beam, and left and right removable roof lids closing the left and right openings and concealing the center beam under the roof surface. Front and rear latch plates are fixed to the underside of each latch plate near the inner end. The center beam is provided with front and rear receiving members each of which is fixed on the top of center beam, and formed with left and right latch holes for receiving the latch plates of the left and right lids. Each of the latch plates may be formed with an upward flange for preventing an undesired release of the lid by engaging with one of downward flanges of one receiving member, or may be formed with a rectangular corner cut for receiving the projecting end of the opposite latch plate.

Vehicle roof structure having left and right removable roof lids

A roof structure of a vehicle is composed of left and right removable roof lids, and a frame having front and rear portions, a longitudinal center beam connecting the front and rear portions, and left and right roof openings which are separated by the center beam between the front and rear portions, and closed by the left and right roof lids. Front and rear receiving members each having left and right latch holes are fixedly mounted on the center beam. Front and rear L-shaped latch plates are fixed to the underside of an inboard portion of each lid so that the front and rear latch plates are inserted in the latch holes of the front and rear receiving members, interlocking with each other, for securing the lid to the frame. Each of the receiving members further has a top wall which is formed with a stopper projection projecting upwardly. Each lid further has front and rear slider members of resin which abut against the stopper projections of the front and rear receiving members in installing and removing the lid to facilitate installation and removal.

Vehicle roof structure having longitudinal beam and left and right

A car roof structure includes a frame flange protruding nearly perpendicularly from the top surface of the front, rear, and side roof rails that surround the edges of the ceiling of the car space. A weather strip is attached around the frame flange for enabling it to make a snug contact with the bottom surface of a roof panel which, covering the roof rails, is allowed to be put on and taken off at will. Installing brackets are provided on the interior side of the front roof rail and the rear roof rail to have the roof panel fixed onto the roof rails by hooking a plurality of catch handles which are provided on the bottom surface of the roof panel to the installing brackets.

Automobile roof structure

A truck having a load platform for loading a load includes a rear body construction in which two rear side panels is formed at both sides of the platform. One of the rear side panels has a lowered portion the upper end of which is lower than the upper end of the rear side panel to allow easy loading and unloading of the load over the rear side panel. For preventing the falling off of the load from the lowered portion, there is provided a side bar removably installed across front and rear portions of the rear side panel so as to extend across the space above the lowered portion.

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Kouichi Yagami