Structure of the vehicle body
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorHyun Sik Kim
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Abstract
An embodiment structure of a vehicle body includes a sub-frame coupled to opposite sides of the vehicle body, wherein the sub-frame includes sub-frame side members coupled to the opposite sides of the vehicle body, respectively, first crash boxes each coupled to an end of a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members, second crash boxes each spaced apart from a corresponding one of the first crash boxes inwardly in a width direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members, and a sub-frame back beam disposed at the first crash boxes and at the second crash boxes.
Claims20
A structure of a vehicle body, the structure comprising:
- a sub-frame coupled to opposite sides of the vehicle body, wherein the sub-frame comprises:
- sub-frame side members coupled to the opposite sides of the vehicle body, respectively;
- first crash boxes each coupled to an end of a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members;
- second crash boxes each spaced apart from a corresponding one of the first crash boxes inwardly in a width direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members;
- and
- a sub-frame back beam disposed at the first crash boxes and at the second crash boxes.
A structure of a vehicle body, the structure comprising:
- a sub-frame coupled to opposite sides of the vehicle body, wherein the sub-frame comprises:
- sub-frame side members coupled to the opposite sides of the vehicle body, respectively;
- first crash boxes each coupled to an end of a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members;
- second crash boxes each spaced apart from a corresponding one of the first crash boxes inwardly in a width direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members;
- and
- a sub-frame back beam disposed at the first crash boxes and at the second crash boxes;
- side members elongated in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body at the opposite sides of the vehicle body and coupled to the sub-frame;
- and
- a back beam disposed at a front of the side members.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body comprising side members separated from each other in a width direction of the vehicle body and disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at opposite sides of the vehicle body and a back beam disposed at an end of the side members and extending in the width direction of the vehicle body;
- a sub-frame disposed at an underside of the side members, wherein the sub-frame comprises:
- sub-frame side members each coupled to a corresponding one of the side members;
- first crash boxes each coupled to an end of a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members;
- second crash boxes each spaced apart from a corresponding one of the first crash boxes inwardly in the width direction of the vehicle body and coupled to a corresponding one of the sub-frame side members;
- and
- a sub-frame back beam disposed at the first crash boxes and at the second crash boxes, wherein an end of the back beam in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and an end of the sub-frame back beam in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body are on a same line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.