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US 12,691,945 B2Granted
Reinforced structure of vehicle for absorbing side collision
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSeong-Su Shin, Jang-Won Hong
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Abstract
A side lower structure of a vehicle includes a seat cross member disposed in a width direction of the vehicle and assembled to a floor panel of the vehicle, a seat cross member extension assembled to the seat cross member and connecting a side sill inner with the seat cross member, and inclined ribs formed in the width direction of the vehicle, and disposed to be spaced by a predetermined distance from each other on the seat cross member extension in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
Claims17
A side lower structure of a vehicle, the side lower structure comprising:
- a seat cross member disposed in a width direction of the vehicle and assembled to a floor panel of the vehicle;
- a seat cross member extension assembled to the seat cross member for connecting a side sill inner with the seat cross member;
- and
- inclined ribs formed on the seat cross member extension in the width direction of the vehicle, the inclined ribs being spaced by a predetermined distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
- wherein the inclined ribs include:
- first inclined ribs configured to transmit a collision load input to the side sill inner to side and upper surfaces of the seat cross member and disposed to be spaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the seat cross member extension;
- and
- second inclined ribs configured to transmit the collision load input to the side sill inner to the upper surface of the seat cross member and formed between the first inclined ribs spaced apart from each other.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a floor panel mounted with a battery;
- a side sill coupled to a side surface of the floor panel;
- a seat cross member disposed in a width direction of the vehicle and assembled to the floor panel;
- a seat cross member extension assembled to the seat cross member and connecting a side sill inner with the seat cross member to support a side collision load;
- and
- inclined ribs formed on the seat cross member extension in the width direction of the vehicle, and spaced by a predetermined distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
- wherein the inclined ribs include:
- first inclined ribs configured to transmit a collision load input to the side sill inner to side and upper surfaces of the seat cross member and disposed to be spaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the seat cross member extension;
- and
- second inclined ribs configured to transmit the collision load input to the side sill inner to the upper surface of the seat cross member and formed between the first inclined ribs spaced apart from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.