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US 11,628,887 B2Granted
Vehicle body structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsDeok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung, Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes: a front pillar joined to a dash panel; a front side member extending from the dash panel toward the front of a vehicle; a side sill connected to a bottom end of the front pillar; a rear lower member connecting a rear portion of the front side member and a front portion of the side sill; and a connection member connecting at least two of the front pillar, the side sill, and the rear lower member.
Claims12
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a front pillar joined to a dash panel;
- a front side member extending from the dash panel toward the front of a vehicle;
- a side sill connected to a bottom end of the front pillar;
- a rear lower member connecting a rear portion of the front side member and a front portion of the side sill;
- and
- a connection member connecting at least two of the front pillar, the side sill, and the rear lower member,
- wherein the connection member includes a first mounting wall parallel to a mounting surface of the front pillar and a mounting surface of the rear lower member and includes a second mounting wall parallel to a mounting surface of the side sill.
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A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a front pillar joined to a dash panel;
- a front side member extending from the dash panel toward the front of a vehicle;
- a side sill connected to a bottom end of the front pillar;
- a rear lower member connecting a rear portion of the front side member and a front portion of the side sill;
- and
- a connection member connecting at least two of the front pillar, the side sill, and the rear lower member,
- wherein the rear lower member includes a front-side connection portion connected to the rear portion of the front side member and includes a rear-side connection portion connected to the front portion of the side sill,
- wherein the side sill has a recessed wall provided in the front portion thereof and a cavity defined by the recessed wall, and
- wherein the rear-side connection portion of the rear lower member is received in the cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.