Under-Body Frame of Vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorYong Kew KIM
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Abstract
An under-body frame of a vehicle may include a floor constituting a lower part of a vehicle, rear side frames installed at both side ends of a rear portion of the floor, mounting brackets which are installed in front of wheel arch portions of the rear side frames, respectively, and in and to which front ends of trailing arms of a rear suspension device are inserted and fixed, and/or a rear cross member installed to extend across the floor from a side of the floor to the opposite side of the floor and having both ends fixed to the mounting brackets which are installed at opposite sides, respectively. With the under-body frame, it is possible to increase fixation security of a trailing arm of a suspension device and enhance safety of inside parts of a vehicle when a rear impact occurs.
Claims9
An under-body frame for a vehicle, comprising:
- a floor including a front and a rear portion, the rear portion having two sides;
- a rear side frame installed at each side of the rear portion of the floor and defining a wheel arch;
- a mounting bracket attached to each rear side frame in front of the wheel arch, each configured for a front end of a trailing arm of a rear suspension device to be attached thereto;
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- a rear cross member extending laterally across the floor and having two ends, each fixed to one of the mounting brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.