Rigidity-improved vehicle panel door
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJe-Won Choi
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Abstract
A vehicle panel door includes an external panel positioned, toward the outside of a vehicle, in a door of the vehicle, an internal panel, an external edge portion of the internal panel being joined to the external panel and the internal panel being positioned, toward the interior of the vehicle, in the door of the vehicle, support members disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, reinforcement members coupled to a front end portion and a front end portion, respectively, of the door, joint members superposed and coupled to the reinforcement members, respectively and coupled to the support members to surround external surfaces of the support members.
Claims19
A vehicle panel door comprising:
- an external panel positioned in a door of the vehicle toward an outside of the vehicle;
- an internal panel positioned in the door of the vehicle toward an interior of the vehicle, wherein an external edge portion of the internal panel is joined to the external panel;
- a support member disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- a reinforcement member coupled to a front end portion and a rear end portion of the door, respectively;
- joint members superposed and coupled to the reinforcement member, respectively and coupled to the support member to surround an external surface of the support member;
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- an auxiliary bracket supporting a portion of the support member which is not joined to the reinforcement member, and joined to the support member and the reinforcement member,
- wherein the support member is supported by the joint member and the auxiliary bracket along a perimeter of the support member,
- wherein the support member is separated from the internal panel along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.