JP5754643B2 - Manufacturing method for superstructure of vehicle body - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a superstructure of a vehicle body having a roof panel reinforcing member.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-318644 describes a vehicle body structure in which both sides of a roof panel are joined to left and right side roof rails. In this vehicle body structure, a side roof rail having a closed cross-section along the vehicle longitudinal direction is formed by joining the upper ends of the side roof rail outer and the side roof rail inner. In addition, the end of the roof bow, which is located below the roof panel and has a U-shaped cross section along the vehicle body width direction, is joined to the side of the roof panel, and the joined roof panel side and roof bow end The part is joined to the upper end of the side roof rail outer. In addition, an extended portion that is spaced downward from the upper end portion of the side roof rail outer and extends inward in the vehicle body width direction is formed at the upper end portion of the side roof rail inner, and both end portions of the roof bow in the vehicle width direction are formed in the extended portion. The flange mounting part formed in the vicinity is joined.

JP 2000-318644 A

  However, in the above vehicle body structure, the assembling order of the roof bow, the roof panel, and the side roof rail outer is defined by the assembling order in which the roof bow is first joined to the roof panel, and then the roof panel to which the roof bow is joined is joined to the side roof rail outer. It will be decided unconditionally. For this reason, in the manufacturing base which cannot respond to the manufacturing process by the said assembly order, the vehicle which has the said vehicle body structure may not be manufactured.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an upper structure of a vehicle body in which the assembly order of members constituting the upper portion of the vehicle body is not limited.

  In order to achieve the above object, a method for manufacturing a superstructure of a vehicle body according to the present invention includes a side roof rail outer disposed on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, a side roof rail inner disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction than the side roof rail outer, A side roof rail that is sandwiched between the side roof rail outer and the side roof rail inner, and extends along the front-rear direction on both sides in the vehicle width direction, and a rail outer end on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the side roof rail outer And a rail inner end of the side roof rail inner in the vehicle width direction and a rain force end of the reinforcement in the vehicle width direction, a joint end formed by joining, a rail outer end, and a rail inner Projecting inward in the vehicle width direction from at least one of the end and the reinforcement end The rail-side abutting portion, the roof panel that defines the upper surface of the passenger compartment, the upper surface that is in surface contact with the lower surface of both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel, and the side roof rail An outer contact portion having a lower surface in surface contact with the upper surface of the end portion; an inner contact portion formed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the outer contact portion and having a lower surface in surface contact with the rail side contact portion; A vehicle body superstructure comprising a reinforcing member having a contact portion between the inner contact portion and the rail-side contact portion without joining the contact portion between the outer contact portion and the roof panel. A first joining step for joining the contact portions with the both end portions, and the inner contact portion and the rail side contact portion without joining the contact portions between the outer contact portion and the both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel. A process for selecting and executing one of the joining steps of the second joining step for joining the contact portions of And joining the contact portion between the upper surface of the joint end portion excluding the contact portion with the outer contact portion of the upper surface of the joint end portion of the side roof rail and the lower surface of both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel. Have.

  In the manufacturing method, the first joining step of joining the contact portions between the outer contact portion and both ends of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction without joining the contact portion between the inner contact portion and the rail side contact portion; One of the second joining steps in which the contact portion between the inner contact portion and the rail side contact portion is joined without joining the contact portion between the outer contact portion and both ends of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, the worker who manufactures the superstructure of the vehicle body first joins the reinforcing member to the roof panel as the assembly order of the reinforcing member, the roof panel, and the side roof rail, and then the reinforcing member. The assembling order of joining the roof panel to which the roof panel is joined to the side roof rail outer, and first joining the reinforcing member to the side roof rail, and then joining the roof panel to the side roof rail to which the reinforcing member is joined. And order assembly say, can be appropriately selected.

  In addition, since the upper surface of the joint end portion excluding the contact portion with the outer abutting portion of the upper surface of the joint end portion of the side roof rail is joined to the contact portion between the lower surface of both ends in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel, the side roof rail The side roof rail and the roof panel can be efficiently joined at a portion where the roof bow is not interposed between the roof roof panel and the roof panel.

  According to the present invention, the assembling order of the members constituting the upper part of the vehicle body is not limited.

It is a principal part perspective view of the vehicle which has the upper structure of the vehicle body concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view of the vehicle of FIG. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view of the vehicle of FIG. 1 at the time of employ | adopting a 1st assembly | attachment order. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle in FIG. 1 taken along the line XX when the first assembly order is adopted. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV of the vehicle in FIG. 1. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view of the vehicle of FIG. 1 at the time of employ | adopting a 2nd assembly | attachment order. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle in FIG. 1 taken along the line XX when the second assembly order is adopted.

  Hereinafter, a method for manufacturing a superstructure of a vehicle body according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawing, the arrow FR indicates the front of the vehicle, the arrow UP indicates the upper side, and the arrow IN indicates the inner side in the vehicle width direction. In the following description, front and rear means front and rear of the vehicle, and left and right mean left and right in a state of facing the front of the vehicle.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper structure 1 of the vehicle body of the vehicle 2 according to this embodiment is placed on the side roof rail 10 extending along the front-rear direction on both sides in the vehicle width direction, and placed on the upper surface of the side roof rail 10. And a roof panel 20 that partitions the upper surface of the passenger compartment 3 and a plurality of roof bows (reinforcing members) 40. The vehicle 2 includes a front header 30 and a rear header 50 that are arranged on the lower surface of the roof panel 20 and extend in the vehicle width direction. Since the upper structure 1 of the vehicle body is a substantially bilaterally symmetric structure, the structure on the left side will be mainly described below.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7, the side roof rail 10 is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the side roof rail outer 11 as an outer panel disposed on the outer side in the vehicle width direction and the side roof rail outer 11. A side roof rail inner 12 as an inner panel, and a reinforcement 13 sandwiched between the side roof rail outer 11 and the side roof rail inner 12 are provided. At the upper end of the side roof rail outer 11, an outer bent portion 11a that bends downward and extends, and an outer contact portion (rail outer end portion) that bends inward in the vehicle width direction and extends substantially horizontally from the lower end of the outer bent portion 11a. ) 11b. Rail inner end portions 12a and reinforcement end portions 13a are formed at the inner ends of the side roof rail inner 12 and the reinforcement 13 in the vehicle width direction.

  The end portions of the side roof rail outer 11, the side roof rail inner 12 and the reinforcement 13 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction are welded together by spot welding, and the outer contact portion 11b, the rail inner end portion 12a and the reinforcement end portion 13a are spot-welded. The weld 60 is joined by welding (see FIGS. 4 and 7). In addition, the outer contact portion 11b, the rail inner end portion 12a, and the reinforcement end portion 13a are joined to form an inner joined end portion (joined end portion) 10a. The upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a (the upper surface of the outer contact portion 11b) is in surface contact with the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20 described later or the lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a front pillar 14 that extends forward while being inclined downward is integrally formed at the front end of the side roof rail 10. A center pillar 15 extending downward is integrally formed at a substantially central portion of the side roof rail 10 in the front-rear direction, and a rear pillar 16 extending downward is integrally formed at the rear end portion.

  Near the base end portion of the front pillar 14 of the side roof rail 10, a rail inner end portion 12a of the side roof rail inner 12 is extended from the inner joint end portion 10a and protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction. Is formed. Similarly, in the vicinity of the base end portion of the rear pillar 16 of the side roof rail 10, a rail inner end portion 12a of the side roof rail inner 12 extends from the inner joint end portion 10a and protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction. 19 is formed. Further, in the vicinity of the base end portion of the center pillar 15 of the side roof rail 10, a rail inner end portion 12a of the side roof rail inner 12 extends from the inner joint end portion 10a and protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction. (Rail side contact portion) 18 is formed (see FIGS. 4, 5, and 7), and a similar roof bow contact portion 18 is formed between the base end portion of the front pillar 14 and the base end portion of the center pillar 15. And between the base end of the center pillar 15 and the base end of the rear pillar 16. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the front header contact portion 17, the roof bow contact portion 18, and the rear header contact portion 19 have bottom surface portions 17 a, 18 a, and 19 a at substantially the center in the front-rear direction. Further, the front inclined surface portions 17b, 18b, 19b extending inclined frontward and upward from the front end portions of the bottom surface portions 17a, 18a, 19a and the rear extending inclined rearwardly upward from the rear end portions of the bottom surface portions 17a, 18a, 19a. Side inclined surface portions 17c, 18c, and 19c are integrally provided. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, a roof bow, which will be described later, is provided at substantially the same position in the front-rear direction as the position where the roof bow contact portion 18 of the side roof rail inner 12 is formed on the upper surface of the outer contact portion 11b. A concave portion 11 c is provided that is recessed downward along the shape of the outer abutting portion 49 and is in surface contact with the lower surface of the outer abutting portion 49.

  The roof panel 20 is formed such that the height decreases from approximately the center in the vehicle width direction toward both ends in the vehicle width direction and is curved upward. As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7, a roof panel bent portion 21 that bends downward and extends at both ends in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel 20, and a vehicle width direction from the lower end portion of the roof panel bent portion 21. And a roof panel abutting portion 22 extending substantially horizontally to the outside.

  The front header 30, the roof bow 40, and the rear header 50 are plate-like members that have substantially the same width in the longitudinal direction and extend in the vehicle width direction. The front header 30, the roof bow 40, and the rear header 50 are formed with bulging portions 31, 41, 51 that bulge downward at substantially central portions in the front-rear direction, and the cross section is formed in a substantially inverted hat shape. . Further, front flange portions 32, 42, 52 are integrally formed at the front end portions of the front header 30, the roof bow 40, and the rear header 50, and rear flange portions 33, 43, 53 are formed at the rear end portions. It is integrally formed. The front flange portions 32, 42, 52 and the rear flange portions 33, 43, 53 are in contact with the lower surface of the roof panel 20.

  At the lower end portions of the bulging portions 31, 41, 51, substantially planar bottom surface portions 34, 44, 54 extending substantially horizontally along the vehicle width direction are formed. Further, the bulging portions 31, 41, 51 include front inclined surface portions 35, 45, 55 extending upward from the front end portions of the bottom surface portions 34, 44, 54 to the front flange portions 32, 42, 52, and bottom surfaces. Rear inclined surface portions 36, 46, 56 that are inclined upward from the rear end portions of the portions 34, 44, 54 and extend to the rear flange portions 33, 43, 53 are formed. The lower surfaces of both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the bottom surface portions 34 and 54 of the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are in surface contact with the upper surfaces of the bottom surface portions 17a and 19a of the front header contact portion 17 and the rear header contact portion 19. Further, both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the front inclined surface portions 35 and 55 and the rear inclined surface portions 36 and 56 of the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are front inclined surface portions 17b of the front header contact portion 17 and the rear header contact portion 19, respectively. , 19b and the rear inclined surface portions 17c, 19c are in surface contact.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, a pair of left and right inclined side surface portions 47 that are inclined upward are formed at both ends in the vehicle width direction of the bottom surface portion 44 of the bulging portion 41 of the roof bow 40. Further, a pair of left and right substantially abutting inner contact portions 48 extending substantially horizontally from the base end portion of the inclined side surface portion 47 to the inner side in the vehicle width direction are formed on the bottom surface portion 44. The lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 is in surface contact with the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18. Further, the front inclined surface portion 45 and the rear inclined surface portion 46 in the bulging portion 41 at the place where the inner contact portion 48 is formed face the front inclined surface portion 18b and the rear inclined surface portion 18c of the roof bow contact portion 18. Contact.

  Further, the front and rear direction ends of the roof bow 40 are integrally and substantially horizontally extended from the outer end in the vehicle width direction of the front flange portion 42, the rear flange portion 43, and the bulging portion 41 outward in the vehicle width direction. Extending substantially planar outer contact portions 49 are formed in a pair of left and right. The upper surface of the outer contact portion 49 is in surface contact with the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22. The lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 is in surface contact with the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a, specifically, the recess 11c on the upper surface of the outer contact portion 11b of the side roof rail 10.

  Next, the manufacturing method of the superstructure 1 of the vehicle body of this embodiment provided with the side roof rail 10, the roof panel 20, and the plurality of roof bows 40 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, one of the first joining process and the second joining process is selected and executed. In the first joining step, first, as shown in FIG. 3, the roof bow 40 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the roof panel 20, and the upper surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20 are contacted. The outer contact portion 49 and the roof panel contact portion 22 are welded and joined by spot welding 61 at the surface contact portion with the lower surface, and the front flange portion 42 and the rear flange portion 43 of the roof bow 40 are joined together. The roof bow 40 and the roof panel 20 are joined by contacting the lower surface of the roof panel 20 and adhering with an adhesive or spot welding. Next, the roof panel 20 to which the roof bow 40 is joined is placed on the side roof rail 10, and the lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 is set to the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10 a, specifically, the side roof rail 10. Surface contact is made with the recess 11c on the upper surface of the outer contact portion 11b, and the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 is surface contacted with the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18 (see FIG. 4). The surface contact portion between the lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a is not welded. Further, the upper surface of the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10 a of the side roof rail 10 excluding the portion where the outer contact portion 49 comes into surface contact is brought into surface contact with the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20. That is, in the front-rear direction, the vehicle is positioned between the front end of the vehicle and the roof bow 40 positioned at the front of the vehicle, between the roof bow 40 positioned at the front of the vehicle and the roof bow 40 positioned substantially at the center of the vehicle, or approximately at the center of the vehicle. Between the roof bow 40 and the roof bow 40 positioned at the rear of the vehicle, or between the roof bow 40 positioned at the rear of the vehicle and the rear end of the vehicle, and the upper surface of the inner joint end 10a and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 The upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a and the lower surface of the roof panel abutting portion 22 are brought into surface contact with each other at a portion where the roof bow 40 is not interposed therebetween and can be directly brought into surface contact (see FIG. 5). In the first joining step, the surface contact portion between the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 and the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18 is not welded (see FIG. 4).

  In the second joining step, first, as shown in FIG. 6, the roof bow 40 is placed on the side roof rail 10, and the lower surface of the outer abutting portion 49 of the roof bow 40 is set to the upper surface of the inner joining end portion 10a, specifically, Then, the upper surface of the outer contact portion 11b of the side roof rail 10 is brought into surface contact with the concave portion 11c, and the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 is brought into surface contact with the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18 (see FIG. 7). Similarly to the first step, the surface contact portion between the lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a is not welded. Next, the inner abutment portion 48 and the roof bow abutment portion 18 are welded and joined by spot welding 63 at the surface contact portion, and the roof bow 40 and the side roof rail 10 are joined. Next, the roof panel 20 is placed on the side roof rail 10 to which the roof bow 40 is joined, and the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a of the side roof rail 10 and the roof panel abutting portion of the roof panel 20 are the same as in the first joining step. The upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a and the lower surface of the roof panel abutting portion 22 are brought into surface contact at a portion where the roof bow 40 does not intervene between the lower surface of the inner surface 22 and can be directly brought into surface contact (FIG. 5). reference). The upper surface of the outer contact end portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20 are brought into surface contact (see FIG. 7). In addition, the front flange portion 42 and the rear flange portion 43 of the roof bow 40 are brought into contact with the lower surface of the roof panel 20 and bonded with an adhesive or welded by spot welding or the like to join the roof bow 40 and the roof panel 20 together. To do. In the second joining step, the surface contact portion between the upper surface of the outer contact end portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20 is not welded.

  After selecting and executing one of the first joining step and the second joining step, the portion of the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a of the side roof rail 10 where the outer contact portion 49 comes into surface contact is selected. The roof bow 40 is not interposed between the surface contact portion between the upper surface except the upper surface and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20, that is, between the upper surface of the inner joint end 10 a and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22. The inner joint end portion 10a and the roof panel abutting portion 22 are welded and joined by spot welding 62 at a plurality of locations in direct surface contact, and the side roof rail 10 and the roof panel 20 are joined.

  Next, when the first assembling order is adopted for the assembled state of the side roof rail 10, the roof panel 20 and the roof bow 40, the front header 30 and the rear header 50 of the upper structure 1 of the vehicle body manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present embodiment. The case where the second assembly order is employed will be described separately. In the present embodiment, the first assembling order means that the first bowing step is performed, the roof bow 40 is assembled to the roof panel 20, the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are assembled to the roof panel 20, An assembly order in which the roof panel 20 (see FIG. 3) on which the front header 30, the roof bow 40 and the rear header 50 are assembled is assembled to the side roof rail 10. The second assembling order is that the second joining step is first performed to assemble the roof bow 40 to the side roof rail 10, the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are assembled to the side roof rail 10, and then the front front This refers to an assembly order in which the roof panel 20 is assembled to the side roof rail 10 (see FIG. 6) in which the header 30, the roof bow 40, and the rear header 50 are assembled. The assembling order is not limited to the first assembling order and the second assembling order. For example, the roof bow 40 is assembled to the roof panel 20 by executing the first joining step, and the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are assembled. The roof panel 20 assembled with the side roof rail 10 and the roof bow 40 may be assembled with the side roof rail 10 assembled with the front header 30 and the rear header 50. Further, the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are assembled to the roof panel 20, and the roof bow 40 is assembled to the side roof rail 10 by executing the second joining step, and the roof panel 20 having the front header 30 and the rear header 50 assembled thereto is assembled. You may assemble | attach to the side roof rail 10 with which the roof bow 40 was assembled | attached.

  First, an assembly state when the first assembly order is employed will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20 are in surface contact, and the outer contact portion 49 and the roof are in the surface contact portion. The panel contact portion 22 is welded and joined by spot welding 61, and the front flange portion 42 and the rear flange portion 43 are joined to the lower surface of the roof panel 20 and bonded with an adhesive or welded by spot welding or the like. Thus, the roof bow 40 and the roof panel 20 are joined.

  The lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the upper surface of the concave portion 11c of the outer contact portion 11b, that is, the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a are in surface contact with each other. The inner joint end portion 10a is not welded. Further, the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 of the roof bow 40 and the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18 are in surface contact, but the inner contact portion 48 and the roof bow contact portion are the surface contact portions. The contact portion 18 is not welded.

  The front flange portions 32 and 52 and the rear flange portions 33 and 53 of the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are joined to the lower surface of the roof panel 20 and bonded with an adhesive, or welded by spot welding or the like. The lower surfaces of the bottom portions 34 and 54 of the front header 30 and the rear header 50 in the vehicle width direction and the upper surfaces of the bottom surface portion 17a of the front header contact portion 17 and the bottom surface portion 19a of the rear header contact portion 19 are surfaces. The front header 30 and the rear header 50, and the front header contact portion 17 and the rear header contact portion 19 are not welded at the surface contact portion.

  Further, a portion of the upper surface of the outer contact portion 11b of the side roof rail 10, that is, the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a, is in surface contact with the lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 (recess 11c of the outer contact portion 11b). The upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a except for the surface and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel are in surface contact, that is, the roof bow is between the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22. As shown in FIG. 5, at a plurality of locations where the upper surface of the inner joint end 10 a and the roof panel abutting portion 22 are in surface contact with each other in a portion that can be directly surface contacted without 40 being interposed, The inner joint end portion 10a and the roof panel contact portion 22 are welded and joined by spot welding 62, and the side roof rail 10 and the roof panel 20 are joined.

  Further, the front inclined surface portions 17b and 19b and the rear inclined surface portions 17c and 19c of the front header contact portion 17 and the rear header contact portion 19, and the front inclined surface portions 35 at both ends of the front header 30 and the rear header 50 in the vehicle width direction. 55 and the rear inclined surface portions 36, 56 are in surface contact. In addition, the front inclined surface portion 18b and the rear inclined surface portion 18c of the roof bow contact portion 18 and the front inclined surface portion 45 and the rear inclined surface portion 46 in the bulging portion 41 where the inner contact portion 48 is formed. Surface contact.

  Next, an assembly state when the second assembly order is adopted will be described. In addition, the description is abbreviate | omitted about the assembly state similar to the assembly state at the time of employ | adopting a 1st assembly order.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the inner contact portion 48 and the roof bow contact portion are the portions where the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 of the roof bow 40 and the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18 are in surface contact. 18 are welded and joined by spot welding 63, and the roof bow 40 and the side roof rail 10 are joined. On the other hand, the upper surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20 are in surface contact with each other. Not welded.

  The front header 30 and the rear header 50 are the portions where the lower surfaces of the bottom surface portions 34 and 54 of the front header 30 and the rear header 50 are in surface contact with the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 17a of the front header contact portion 17. The front header contact portion 17 and the rear header contact portion 19 are joined by welding to join the front header 30 and the rear header 50 to the side roof rail 10.

  In the present embodiment, the contact portion between the upper surface of the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 20, the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 of the roof bow 40, and the roof bow contact One of the contact portions with the top surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the contact portion 18 is selected and welded. For this reason, the operator installs the roof bow 40 into the roof panel 20 in the order of assembling the members constituting the superstructure 1 of the vehicle body according to the equipment at the manufacturing base, and then the roof panel into which the roof bow 40 is assembled. Assembling order for assembling 20 to the side roof rail 10, and assembling order for assembling the roof panel 20 to the side roof rail 10 to which the roof bow 40 is assembled, after assembling the roof bow 40 to the side roof rail 10, can be appropriately selected.

  Further, the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10 a of the side roof rail 10 excluding the contact portion between the outer contact portion 49 of the roof bow 40 and the inner joint end portion 10 a of the side roof rail 10 and the lower surface of the roof panel contact portion 22 of the roof panel 40. The side roof rail 10 and the roof panel 20 are joined by welding the inner joint end portion 10a and the roof panel contact portion 22 at the contact portion. That is, the side roof rail 10 and the roof panel 20 are welded and joined at a portion where the roof bow 40 is not interposed between the side roof rail 10 and the roof panel 20. Therefore, there are many target members to be welded (the side roof rail outer 11 of the side roof rail 10, the side roof rail inner 12, the reinforcement 13, the roof bow 40 and the roof panel 20), and other than the portion where the roof panel 20 and the side roof rail 10 can not be rigidly joined Thus, the roof panel 20 and the side roof rail 10 can be welded together efficiently.

  When the second step is adopted, the lower surface of the inner contact portion 48 of the roof bow 40 is brought into surface contact with the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 18a of the roof bow contact portion 18 so that the inner contact portion 48 and the roof bow contact portion 18 are brought into contact with each other. Are welded and joined by spot welding 63 at the surface contact portion, and the roof bow 40 and the side roof rail 10 are joined. Therefore, at the surface contact portion between the lower surface of the outer contact portion 49 and the upper surface of the inner joint end portion 10a. The roof bow 40 and the side roof rail 10 can be rigidly joined as compared with the case where the outer contact portion 49 and the inner joint end portion 10a are joined by welding.

  Further, since the front header contact portion 17 and the rear header contact portion 19 are provided, the assembly order can be selected for the front header 30 and the rear header 50 as well as the roof bow 40. One assembling order, the second assembling order, or the like can be appropriately employed.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied the invention made | formed by this inventor was described, this invention is not limited with the description and drawing which make a part of indication of invention by this embodiment.

  For example, when the second assembling order is adopted, the front header contact portion 17, the roof bow contact portion 18 and the rear header contact portion 19 that are in surface contact with each other, the front inclined surface portion and the rear inclined surface portion, and the front header 30, the front inclined surface portion and the rear inclined surface portion of the bulging portions 31, 41, 51 of the roof bow 40 and the rear header 50 may be welded by spot welding.

  In this embodiment, the rail inner end portion 12a of the side roof rail inner 12 extends from the inner joint end portion 10a to form the roof bow contact portion 18, but instead, the rail outer end portion 11a or rain The force end portion 13a may be extended from the inner joint end portion 10a to form a roof bow contact portion. Further, the rail inner end 12a, the rail outer end 11a, and the reinforcement end 13a, or two of these, for example, the rail inner end 12a and the reinforcement end 13a, are connected to the inner joint end 10a. The contact portion for rule bow may be formed by extending from the contact portion.

  In the present embodiment, the inner contact portion 48 and the outer contact portion 49 are provided only on the roof bow 40, but the same inner contact portion and outer contact portion are provided on the front header 30 and the rear header 50. You may provide in a vehicle width direction both ends.

  That is, it should be added that other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention can be widely applied to a method of manufacturing a superstructure of a vehicle body having a roof panel reinforcing member.

1: support structure 2: vehicle 3: vehicle compartment 10: side roof rail 10a: inner joint end (joint end)
11: Side roof rail outer 12: Side roof rail inner 13: Reinforce 18: Roof bow contact portion (rail side contact portion)
18a: bottom surface portion 18b: front inclined surface portion 18c: rear inclined surface portion 40: roof bow (reinforcing member)
41: bulge portion 42: front flange 43: rear flange 44: bottom surface portion 48: inner contact portion 49: outer contact portion

Claims (1)

Side roof rail outer disposed on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, side roof rail inner disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction relative to the side roof rail outer, and a rain force sandwiched between the side roof rail outer and the side roof rail inner And a side roof rail extending along the front-rear direction on both sides in the vehicle width direction,
A rail outer end portion on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the side roof rail outer, a rail inner end portion on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the side roof rail inner, and a rain force end portion on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the reinforcement are joined together. A formed joint end; and
The rail outer end, the rail inner end, and a rail-side contact portion formed to protrude inward in the vehicle width direction from at least one of the reinforcement ends;
A roof panel that partitions the upper surface of the passenger compartment;
Outer abutting portions having upper surfaces in surface contact with the lower surfaces of both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel and lower surfaces in surface contact with the upper surfaces of the joint end portions of the side roof rails at both ends in the vehicle width direction; A method for manufacturing an upper structure of a vehicle body, comprising: a reinforcing member having an inner abutting portion formed on an inner side in the vehicle width direction than the outer abutting portion and having a lower surface in surface contact with the rail side abutting portion. Because
A first joining step of joining the contact parts between the outer contact part and both ends of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction without joining the contact part between the inner contact part and the rail side contact part; A second joining step of joining the contact portion between the inner contact portion and the rail side contact portion without joining the contact portion between the outer contact portion and both ends of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction; Of these, the process of selecting and executing one joining process,
Joining the contact portion between the upper surface of the joint end portion excluding the contact portion with the outer contact portion of the upper surface of the joint end portion of the side roof rail and the lower surface of both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof panel; The manufacturing method of the superstructure of the vehicle body characterized by having.

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