Structure for upper body section of vehicle body

Details Structure for upper body section of vehicle body Structure for upper body section of vehicle body

1996-09-18

1999-02-23

Avila, Stephen

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

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B62D 2720

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058736182

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.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5213386 (1993-05-01), Janotik et al.
patent: 5567005 (1996-10-01), Kosusge et al.

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