US 12,473,037 B2
Vehicle body upper structure and assembly method of automobile vehicle body
Kosaku Tomozawa, Wako (JP); Yoshikatsu Ota, Wako (JP); and Masaaki Fujimoto, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,131.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-058401 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312022 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B23K 35/28 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 103/20 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 27/02 (2013.01) [B23K 35/286 (2013.01); B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2103/20 (2018.08); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01)] 3 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
in the side outer panels
outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are joined to outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails, and
inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are not joined to inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails.