Under structure of vehicle body
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJiae Yong, Chulhee Heo, Dong Wook Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle underbody structure is provided. The vehicle underbody structure includes a center floor panel configured to form a lower surface of a vehicle body, a side sill installed on opposite sides of the center floor panel to extend along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, a longitudinal side member installed inside the side sill to extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, a transverse seat cross member connected to the longitudinal side member and installed to extend along a width direction of a vehicle, and a double‑pocket seat mounting portion provided on the longitudinal side member and installed to allow a seat of the vehicle to be mounted.
Claims20
A vehicle underbody structure comprising:
- a center floor panel configured to form a lower surface of a vehicle body;
- a first side sill installed on a first side of the center floor panel configured to extend along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a second side sill installed on a second opposite side of the center floor panel configured extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a longitudinal side member installed within at least one of the first side sill or the second side sill, wherein the longitudinal side member is configured to extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a transverse seat cross member connected to the longitudinal side member and configured to extend along a width direction of a vehicle;
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- a double‑pocket seat mount provided on the longitudinal side member, wherein a seat of the vehicle is configured to be mounted to the double-pocket seat mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.