UPPER BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
FIG1 is a schematic view of a frame structure of a vehicle
An embodiment of the present disclosure is described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG1 is a schematic view of the structure of a frame 10 of a vehicle. In FIG1, the front side of the vehicle is indicated by an arrow FR, the upper side of the vehicle is indicated by an arrow UP, and the left side of the vehicle is indicated by an arrow LH. The terminology used herein for describing directions and orientation, such as front, rear, left, right, upper, lower, and like terms, are used to indicate the directions and orientation of the vehicle unless otherwise specified. Further, the front-rear direction of the vehicle is referred to as a longitudinal direction, and the left-right direction of the vehicle is referred to as a lateral direction. Lastly, in the lateral direction of the vehicle, the side of the vehicle closer to the center line of the vehicle extending in the longitudinal direction is referred to as inside of the vehicle, and the side of the vehicle away from the center line is referred to as outside of the vehicle.
schematic view
28
roof cross gusset
14
roof cross member roof cross members
12
roof side rail roof side rails
30
pillar outer member
1
PATENT DOCUMENT
20
rail inner member
16
center pillar center pillars
10
frame
26
beam member
36
side member outer panel
32
pillar inner member
['1. An upper body structure of a vehicle, comprising: left and right roof side rails (12) each including a rail outer member (18) located laterally outside the vehicle and a rail inner member (20) located laterally inside the vehicle and forming a closed cross-section structure with the rail outer member (18), the left and right roof side rails (12) extending in a longitudinal direction along left and right sides of a roof of the vehicle; a roof cross member (14) extending across the left and right roof side rails (12), with both ends of the roof cross member (14) connected individually to the left and right roof side rails (12); and a reinforcing member (24) disposed in the closed cross-section structure of the left and right roof side rails (12) at a position where each roof side rail (12) is connected to the roof cross member (12), wherein the rail outer member (18) includes an upper outer wall (44) and a lower outer wall (46) which are curved and bent to protrude laterally to the outside of the vehicle to form a ridgeline (50) extending longitudinally along a boundary between the upper outer wall (44) and the lower outer wall said upper body structure of a vehicle being  characterized in that the reinforcing member (24) includes a base (56) bonded to the upper outer wall (44) and the lower outer wall (46), a facing plate (58) facing the rail inner member (20), and a supporting wall (60) standing on the base (56) to support the facing plate (58), and the facing plate (58) is at least partially located on the laterally inside of a plane (P) passing through two edge lines (62, 64) of the upper outer wall (44) and the lower outer wall (46), each edge line opposing the ridgeline (50).']