Floor connection structure of vehicle under body
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorWon Ki Song
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Abstract
An embodiment floor connection structure of a vehicle under body configured to connect a floor panel to side sills on both sides of the under body includes a plurality of box panels, each of the box panels including an opened portion and a closed portion, wherein the box panels are configured to be connected to each other along a vehicle width direction, and wherein a first box panel is coupled to a first side sill through the opened portion of the first box panel and a second box panel is coupled to a second side sill through the opened portion of the second box panel.
Claims20
A floor connection structure of a vehicle under body configured to connect a floor panel to side sills on both sides of the under body, the floor connection structure comprising:
- a plurality of box panels, each of the box panels including an opened portion and a closed portion, wherein the box panels are configured to be connected to each other along a vehicle width direction, wherein a first box panel is coupled to a first side sill through the opened portion of the first box panel and a second box panel is coupled to a second side sill through the opened portion of the second box panel, wherein each of the box panels has a “U” shaped cross-section, and wherein the box panels are connected to each other and joined to the side sills, and have a closed section of a rectangular shape.
A floor connection structure of a vehicle under body, the floor connection structure comprising:
- a first box panel and a second box panel each including an opened portion and a closed portion, wherein the closed portion of the first box panel and the closed portion of the second box panel face each other and are connected to each other along a vehicle width direction, wherein the first box panel is coupled to a first side sill through the opened portion of the first box pane, and wherein the second box panel is coupled to a second side sill through the opened portion of the second box panel;
- a first connection flange in the opened portion of the first box panel and connected to a first side sill inner corresponding to the first side sill;
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- a second connection flange in the opened portion of the second box panel and connected to a second side sill inner corresponding to the second side sill.
A vehicle under body comprising:
- a dash panel;
- a rear floor panel;
- a center floor panel disposed between the dash panel and the rear floor panel in a front and rear direction of the vehicle under body, wherein the center floor panel comprises a plurality of box panels, each of the box panels including an opened portion and a closed portion, wherein the box panels are connected to each other along a vehicle width direction, and wherein a first box panel is coupled to a first side sill through the opened portion of the first box panel and a second box panel is coupled to a second side sill through the opened portion of the second box panel;
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- a third box panel and a fourth box panel disposed with the closed portions of each facing each other and connected to each other, wherein the third box panel and the fourth box panel are disposed between the first box panel and the second box panel in the vehicle width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.