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US 12,612,116 B2Granted
Connecting joint and assembly method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJe Joon Lee, Dong Ho Kang
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Abstract
An embodiment connecting joint includes a base panel and a plurality of sub-panels sequentially connected to sides of the base panel, respectively, the sub-panels configured to be inwardly bent with reference to the base panel to be assembled, wherein, in an assembled state, the sub-panels are configured to hold a connecting member for connection to the sub-panels.
Claims20
A connecting joint comprising:
- a base panel;
- a plurality of sub-panels sequentially connected to sides of the base panel, respectively, the sub-panels configured to be inwardly bent with reference to the base panel to be assembled, wherein, in an assembled state, the sub-panels are configured to hold a connecting member for connection to the sub-panels;
- a plurality of connecting members, wherein the connecting members are held in multi-axial directions on the sub-panels in the assembled state, and wherein the connecting members extend in a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a vertical direction of a vehicle, respectively;
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- a joint cover configured to cover the sub-panels and the connecting members.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body comprising a connecting joint, the connecting joint comprising:
- a base panel;
- a plurality of sub-panels sequentially connected to sides of the base panel and inwardly bent with reference to the base panel to define a sub-panel assembly, wherein the sub-panels are connected by welds at corner points where adjacent ones of the sub-panels abut each other in the sub-panel assembly;
- a plurality of connecting members held in multi-axial directions on the sub-panel assembly, wherein the connecting members extend in a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a vertical direction of the vehicle, respectively;
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- a joint cover covering the sub-panels and the connecting members.
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A connecting joint comprising:
- a base panel;
- a plurality of sub-panels sequentially connected to sides of the base panel, respectively, the sub-panels configured to be inwardly bent with reference to the base panel to be assembled, wherein, in an assembled state, the sub-panels are configured to hold a connecting member for connection to the sub-panels;
- bending lines at points where adjacent ones of the sub-panels are interconnected and at points where the sub-panels are connected to the base panel, wherein the sub-panels are configured to be bent along the bending lines to be assembled;
- a plurality of through holes perforated at each of the bending lines, wherein the sub-panels are bent along the through holes of the bending lines to be assembled;
- a plurality of connecting members, wherein the connecting members are held in multi-axial directions on the sub-panels in the assembled state, wherein the connecting members extend in a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a vertical direction of a vehicle, respectively, and wherein the sub-panels are tack-welded at corner points where adjacent ones of the sub-panels abut each other in a state of being inwardly bent with reference to the base panel;
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- a joint cover configured to cover the sub-panels and the connecting members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.