Safety-enhanced center pillar structure for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKyung-Tae Kwak, Ji-Won Chang
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Abstract
A safety-enhanced center pillar structure for a vehicle includes: a reinforced outer portion provided on the inner side of a center pillar of the vehicle; a reinforced inner portion provided on the inner side of the vehicle in a manner that is spaced apart from the reinforced outer portion; and a connection member. The connection member is positioned between the reinforced outer portion and the reinforced inner portion and connects the reinforced outer and reinforced inner portions to each other. One portion of the connection member is positioned over an upper horizontal surface of a side sill outer portion. Thus, the connection member creates a predetermined distance together with the upper horizontal surface of the side sill outer portion.
Claims20
A safety-enhanced center pillar structure for a vehicle, the center pillar structure comprising:
- a center pillar of the vehicle;
- a reinforced outer portion on an inner side of the center pillar;
- a reinforced inner portion on an inner side of the vehicle, the reinforced inner portion spaced apart from the reinforced outer portion;
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- a connection member positioned between the reinforced outer portion and the reinforced inner portion and connecting the reinforced outer portion and the reinforced inner portion to each other,
- wherein one portion of the connection member is positioned over an upper horizontal surface of a side sill outer portion of a side sill, and
- wherein the connection member creates a predetermined distance together with the upper horizontal surface of the side sill outer portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.