Reinforcement unit of side sill for electric vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSeungMin Jeong
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Abstract
A reinforcement unit of a side sill for an electric vehicle is disclosed. The side sill includes side sill inner panels and side sill outer panels that are respectively provided under opposite ends of a center floor panel. The reinforcement unit includes a reinforcement pipe member provided between the side sill inner panel and the side sill outer panel along a length direction of a vehicle body, and a connection apparatus comprising a plurality of fixing brackets and a plurality of pipe nuts. The connection apparatus fixes the reinforcement pipe member to the side sill inner panel.
Claims20
A reinforcement unit of a side sill for an electric vehicle, the side sill comprising side sill inner panels and side sill outer panels that are respectively provided under opposite ends of a center floor panel, the reinforcement unit comprising:
- a reinforcement pipe member to be provided between the side sill inner panel and the side sill outer panel along a length direction of a vehicle body;
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- a connection apparatus comprising a plurality of fixing brackets and a plurality of pipe nuts, the connection apparatus configured to fix the reinforcement pipe member to the side sill inner panel.
An electric vehicle comprising:
- a center floor panel;
- a side sill comprising side sill inner panels and side sill outer panels that are respectively provided under opposite ends of the center floor panel;
- a reinforcement pipe member provided between the side sill inner panel and the side sill outer panel along a length direction of a vehicle body;
- and
- a connection apparatus comprising a plurality of fixing brackets and a plurality of pipe nuts, the connection apparatus fixing the reinforcement pipe member to the side sill inner panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.