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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1996
Katsumi Ejima, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An upper body section of a vehicle body of the type having a generally U-shaped roof side gutter, interposed between a roof and a body side frame and stretching the full length of the roof, has a structure comprising a gutter rail formed by an inside half of the gutter rail integrally formed with a roof panel and an outside half of the gutter rail integrally formed with a side frame panel. A roof reinforcement beam is laid so as to extend between center pillars and is secured to the roof panel. A corner gusset extends across the gutter rail, overlaps both the center pillar and the roof reinforcement beam, and is secured to both the center pillar and the roof reinforcement beam.