Front vehicle body reinforcing structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorIldo Kim
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Abstract
A front vehicle body reinforcing structure may include a front side member formed to extend along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and respectively disposed on both sides along a width direction of the vehicle; a side sill member formed to extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and disposed on both sides outside of the front side member along the width direction of the vehicle; and a reinforcing member formed to extend along the width direction of the vehicle and having one end portion and the other end portion, respectively coupled to the front side member and the side sill member to connect the front side member and the side sill member, increasing a structural strength to effectively respond to a front collision accident and a front small overlap collision accident.
Claims11
A front vehicle body reinforcing structure comprising:
- a front side member formed to extend along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and respectively disposed on a first side and a second side along a width direction of the vehicle;
- a side sill member formed to extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and disposed on a first side and a second side external to the front side member along the width direction of the vehicle;
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- a reinforcing member formed to extend along the width direction of the vehicle and having a first end portion and a second end portion thereof, respectively coupled to the front side member and the side sill member to connect the front side member and the side sill member,
- wherein a first end portion of the reinforcing member penetrates the front side member to be joined, and a second end portion thereof is inserted internal to the closed cross section formed by the side sill member to be joined.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.