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US 12,304,290 B2Granted
Vehicle side structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsEon Pyo Kim, Sang Gil Choi, Soel Ki Choi
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Abstract
A vehicle side structure including a rear impact beam mounted in a rear side door, a rear quarter section having a flange overlapping a rear portion of the rear impact beam, and a gusset aligned with the rear portion of the rear impact beam in an overlap area between the rear portion of the rear impact beam and the flange of the rear quarter section.
Claims15
A vehicle side structure, comprising:
- a rear impact beam mounted in a rear side door;
- a rear quarter section having a flange overlapping a rear portion of the rear impact beam;
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- a gusset at least partially overlapping the rear portion of the rear impact beam and the flange of the rear quarter section,
- wherein the rear quarter section includes a wheel house inner panel protruding toward a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and
- wherein the gusset is configured to connect the flange of the rear quarter section and the wheel house inner panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.