Roof structure for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsByeongkyu Kwon, Hae Hoon Lee, Hoyeon Kim
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Abstract
A roof structure may include side roof panels, a high-roof panel connected to the side roof panels disposed on both lateral sides of the high-roof panel, and the high-roof panel being disposed at a height difference from an upper portion of a vehicle body by the side roof panels, and transverse direction reinforcement members connected to a lower portion of the high-roof panel along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and longitudinal direction reinforcement members connected to the lower portion of the high-roof panel.
Claims20
A roof structure comprising:
- a high-roof panel;
- side roof panels disposed on lateral sides of the high-roof panel, wherein the high-roof panel is disposed at a height difference from an upper portion of a vehicle body by the side roof panels;
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- transverse direction reinforcement members connected to a lower portion of the high-roof panel along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and longitudinal direction reinforcement members connected to the lower portion of the high-roof panel.
A roof structure comprising:
- a high-roof panel disposed at a height difference from a roof side of a vehicle body;
- a side roof panel connected to the high-roof panel and connected to a roof side of the vehicle body such that the side roof panel is disposed between the high-roof panel and the roof side of the vehicle body;
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- a side reinforcement member connected to the side roof panel along a front-rear direction and a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and the side reinforcement member being connected to the roof side of the vehicle body at a lower portion of the side roof panel.
A modular vehicle comprising:
- a side structure of a common vehicle body;
- a modular roof structure configured to fit the common vehicle body, the modular roof structure comprising:
- a side roof panel,
- a side reinforcement member connected to the side roof panel along a front-rear direction and a vertical direction of the common vehicle body, and the side reinforcement member being connected to a roof side of the common vehicle body at a lower portion of the side roof panel,
- a high-roof panel connected to the side roof panel a lateral side of the high-roof panel, and the high-roof panel being disposed at a height difference from an upper portion of the common vehicle body by the side roof panel, and
- transverse direction reinforcement members connected to a lower portion of the high-roof panel along a front-rear direction of the common vehicle body, and longitudinal direction reinforcement members connected to the lower portion of the high-roof panel, wherein side ends of the transverse direction reinforcement members are connected to the side reinforcement member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.