Vehicle body structure
AssigneesKia Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsDo Hoi Kim, Jong Woo Shim, You Jin Park, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly forming an A-pillar itself, a mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body, and an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section, and a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto.
Claims19
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein a front portion of the roof side assembly constitutes an A-pillar and a remaining portion of the roof side assembly connects to upper end portions of other pillars of the vehicle body;
- at least one mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body;
- and
- an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly,
- wherein the roof side assembly includes:
- a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section;
- and
- a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto,
- wherein a plurality of nut members and a plurality of insert brackets are mounted on the pipe, and
- wherein the molding member is molded to expose a portion including the nut members mounted thereon toward an interior side of the vehicle body and to surround the insert brackets.
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein a front portion of the roof side assembly constitutes an A-pillar and a remaining portion of the roof side assembly connects to upper end portions of other pillars of the vehicle body;
- at least one mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body;
- and
- an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly,
- wherein the roof side assembly includes:
- a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section;
- and
- a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto, wherein the at least one mounting bracket includes:
- an A-pillar mounting bracket coupling the roof side assembly to a fender of the lower vehicle body;
- and
- a B-pillar mounting bracket coupling the roof side assembly to an upper end portion of a B-pillar of the lower vehicle body.
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein a front portion of the roof side assembly constitutes an A-pillar and a remaining portion of the roof side assembly connects to upper end portions of other pillars of the vehicle body;
- at least one mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body;
- and
- an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly,
- wherein the roof side assembly includes:
- a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section;
- and
- a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto, wherein the external garnish includes a plurality of hook plates protruding toward the molding member, and
- wherein the molding member includes a plurality of hook plate holes formed therein and configured to allow the plurality of hook plates to be respectively inserted thereinto and fixed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.