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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Masaya Kobayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroshi Okumura, Kariya, JP;
Yasunari Sakai, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An automobile roof structure in which each end of the roof reinforcement member is connected to a roof side rail via a bracket, the base end of the bracket is fixed to the end of the roof reinforcement member, a base plate of the bracket has upstanding sections that extend to a head edge of the base plate, the upper end of an upstanding end edge of each upstanding section abuts the upper end of a vehicle interior side-surface of the roof side rail, a gap is provided between the lower portion of the upstanding end edge and the side surface. A rotational moment M that is induced in the roof side rail by a collision load acting from the center pillar is not transmitted to the roof reinforcement member