Vehicle body structure
View Patent ↗A vehicle body structure capable of reliably preventing water intrusion into an engine room is provided. For that purpose, there is provided a deck garnish ( 4 ), which is disposed so as to occlude a space between an upper surface of a lower part of a windshield ( 2 ) and a lower surface of a rear part of an engine hood ( 3 ) of a vehicle ( 1 ), and which extends in a vehicle width direction. On this front deck garnish ( 4 ), formed are: a stepped portion ( 42 ) inclined toward a front side of a vehicle body at a lower rear end of the engine hood ( 3 ); and drain grooves ( 43 ) formed at a front end of the stepped portion ( 42 ) so as to have a bag-shaped cross section and configured to communicate with a bottom portion of a deck panel ( 5 ).
1. A vehicle body structure, comprising:
a deck garnish extending in a vehicle width direction, and being disposed to occlude a space between an upper surface of a lower part of a windshield of a vehicle and a lower surface of a rear part of an engine hood of the vehicle,
the deck garnish including,
a stepped portion inclined toward a front side of a vehicle body below a rear end of the engine hood,
a drain groove formed at a front end of the stepped portion to have a bag-shaped cross section, and configured to communicate with a bottom portion of a vehicle body member,
a fitting formed on the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body, and
a weatherstrip fitted on the fitting for occluding a space defined between the fitting and the engine hood.
2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting has a concave shape.
3. A vehicle body structure, comprising:
a deck garnish extending in a vehicle width direction, and being disposed so as to occlude a space between an upper surface of a lower part of a windshield of a vehicle and a lower surface of a rear part of an engine hood of the vehicle,
the deck garnish including,
a stepped portion inclined toward a front side of a vehicle body below a rear end of the engine hood;
a drain groove formed at a front end of the stepped portion so as to have a bag-shaped cross section, and configured to communicate with a bottom portion of a vehicle body member; and
a concave fitting configured to fit a weatherstrip for occluding the space with the engine hood, the concave fitting being formed on the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body.
4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a waterwall provided at a lower end of the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body.
5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the weatherstrip has a waterproof lip to be connected to a rear end of the fitting.
6. The vehicle body structure according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a waterwall provided at a lower end of the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body.
7. The vehicle body structure according to claim 5 ,
wherein a convex rib is formed at a front end of the fitting.
8. The vehicle body structure according to claim 7 ,
wherein a protrusion protruding upward is formed at a front end of the flange portion.
9. The vehicle body structure according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a waterwall provided at a lower end of the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body.
10. The vehicle body structure according to claim 5 ,
wherein the fitting is bonded to a flange portion of the vehicle body member, and
joint surfaces of the fitting and the flange portion are located higher than a drain outlet of the drain groove.
11. The vehicle body structure according to claim 5 ,
wherein a convex rib is formed at a front end of the fitting.
12. The vehicle body structure according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a waterwall provided at a lower end of the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body.
13. The vehicle body structure according to claim 5 ,
wherein a protrusion protruding upward is formed at a front end of the flange portion.
14. The vehicle body structure according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a waterwall provided at a lower end of the drain groove on the front side of the vehicle body.