An upper-body frame for a vehicle includes a roof frame which is made of a carbon fiber composite material, and which forms a perimeter frame of a roof of the vehicle, and has a closed-loop shape. Door frames which are made of carbon fiber composite material, and form respective perimeter frames of door opening parts of a vehicle body, and each of which has an upper part that is connected to a corresponding side part of the roof frame. A windshield frame is made of a carbon fiber composite material and forms a perimeter frame of a windshield opening part of the vehicle. The windshield frame has an upper part which is connected to a front part of the roof frame, and side parts which is connected to respective front parts of the door frames.
UPPER-BODY FRAME FOR VEHICLE
2015-09-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |