Nissan Motor Company Limited

Webasto Se

Tomokazu Maeda

Takeshi Onodera

Kozo Ohdoi

Takashi Sasaki

Toru Shibue

A sunroof structure for a vehicle has a left side frame disposed on a left side of a vehicle body roof, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, a right side frame disposed on a right side of the vehicle body roof, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, a roof panel disposed between the left side frame and the right side frame, having a sunroof opening, a sunroof disposed in the sunroof opening and having at least two glass panels arranged next to each other in the vehicle front-rear direction, in which at least a foremost glass panel of the at least two glass panels is configured to be openable and closeable, and a sunroof side rail disposed below a peripheral portion of the sunroof opening, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and having a drain groove and a drain portion configured to discharge water accumulated in the drain groove.

Sunroof structure for automobile

A structure for a vehicle body lower portion according to the present invention includes: a side sill () located on each side in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a side member () joined to a lower face () of a floor panel () and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction at a position above the side sill () and inside the side sill () in the vehicle width direction; a brace member () connecting a lower part of the side member () to an upper side of the side sill (); and an outer cross member () connecting the lower part of the side member () to a lower side of the side sill ().

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tomokazu Maeda