Vehicle body structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorGyeong Seok Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure can include a floor panel, a side sill coupled to the floor panel, wherein the side sill can include an external side sill, a first internal side sill coupled to the external side sill, and a second internal side sill coupled to the external side sill, wherein the second internal side sill has a level lower than a level of the first internal side sill, wherein at least one of the first internal side sill or the second internal side sill includes a panel coupling portion extending in a width direction of the floor panel and coupled to the floor panel.
Claims20
A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a floor panel;
- and
- a side sill coupled to the floor panel, wherein the side sill comprises:
- an external side sill,
- a first internal side sill coupled to the external side sill, and
- a second internal side sill coupled to the external side sill, wherein the second internal side sill has a second-internal-side-sill level lower than a first-internal-side-sill level of the first internal side sill, wherein at least one of the first internal side sill or the second internal side sill includes a panel coupling portion extending in a width direction of the floor panel and coupled to the floor panel.
A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a dash panel;
- side sills connected to both sides of the dash panel, respectively;
- and
- a floor panel positioned between the side sills, wherein each of the side sills comprises:
- an external side sill,
- a first internal side sill coupled to the external side sill, and
- a second internal side sill,
- wherein the second internal side sill has a second-internal-side-sill level lower than a first-internal-side-sill level of the first internal side sill,
- wherein at least one of the first internal side sill or the second internal side sill is coupled to the floor panel, and
- wherein the first internal side sill and the second internal side sill are in contact with each other.
A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a floor panel;
- and
- a side sill coupled to the floor panel, wherein the side sill comprises:
- an external side sill,
- an upper internal side sill coupled to the external side sill, and
- a lower internal side sill,
- wherein at least one of the upper internal side sill or the lower internal side sill is coupled to the floor panel, and
- wherein at least part of the upper internal side sill and the lower internal side sill are overlapping or underlapping with each other at or adjacent the floor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.