Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automobile roof structure
- Patent Title (中): 汽车屋顶结构
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Application No.: US12672828Application Date: 2008-10-30
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Publication No.: US08210602B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Masaya Kobayashi , Hiroshi Okumura , Yasunari Sakai
- Applicant: Masaya Kobayashi , Hiroshi Okumura , Yasunari Sakai
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2007-299041 20071119
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/069742 WO 20081030
- International Announcement: WO2009/066552 WO 20090528
- Main IPC: B62D25/04
- IPC: B62D25/04

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 4.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110121614A1 AUTOMOBILE ROOF STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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