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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Kiyoshita, Hiroshima, JP;
Takeshi Nakamura, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle body upper structure includes a pair of first structures that constitute portions on both sides in a width direction of a vehicle body in an upper portion of the vehicle body; and a second structure that extends in the width direction and is joined at opposing ends to the first structures so as to define at least a part of a window opening, to which a windshield is attachable in cooperation with the first structures. The second structure includes a low-rigid portion that is joined to one of the pair of first structures in a first area of the one of the pair of first structures, and a high-rigid portion that is separated in distance in the width direction from the first area and that has higher rigidity than the low-rigid portion. The low-rigid portion being joined to one of the first structures via the damping material.