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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2020
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
In an upper vehicle-body structure including: a roof side rail disposed at an upper and vehicle-width-direction outer side portion of the vehicle and including a closed cross-section extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a pillar extending downward from an intermediate portion in the vehicle front-rear direction of the roof side rail; and a roof rail reinforcement disposed inside the intermediate portion in the vehicle front-rear direction of the roof side rail and extending in the front-rear direction, the roof rail reinforcement including front and rear ends bent toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side, the roof rail reinforcement being configured to partition a space inside the intermediate portion of the roof side rail in the vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction, the roof side rail includes a roof rail outer and a roof rail inner defining, jointly with the roof rail outer, a closed cross-section, the pillar includes a pillar outer and a pillar inner defining, jointly with the pillar outer, a closed cross-section extending in an up-down direction, and the roof rail reinforcement is at least fixed to the roof rail outer, the roof rail inner, and the pillar inner.