US 12,441,407 B2
Vehicle body upper structure
Kosaku Tomozawa, Wako (JP); Yusuke Takayama, Wako (JP); Masaaki Fujimoto, Wako (JP); Yoshikatsu Ota, Wako (JP); and Hitomi Yamada, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,340.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-058358 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312001 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 67/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/02 (2013.01) [B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body upper structure comprising:
roof side rails provided at end portions in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body upper portion;
side outer panels covering vehicle outer side surfaces of the roof side rails; and
a roof panel made of a material different from a martial of the roof side rails and provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body upper portion, wherein
the roof panel and the paired left and right side outer panels are fixed to one another by braze joining, and
an end portion of the roof panel in a vehicle front-rear direction includes
a first coupling portion in which one of the roof side rails, the roof panel, and one of the side outer panels are coupled to one another,
a notch portion that is provided on an inner side in the vehicle width direction of the first coupling portion, and
a fragile portion that extends from a tip end portion of the notch portion toward a braze joining portion of the side outer panel and the roof panel.