Side body structure for a compact car
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJae Hyuk Cheong
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Abstract
A side body structure for a compact car intended to increase its coupling strength by dispersing impact force applied to a rear side member is positioned at the rear side of a vehicle body. The side body structure has a rear side member mounted on both sides of a car body, a rear side lower member attached to an end of the rear side member, a side sill inner panel attached to a front portion of the rear side lower member, and a side member-reinforcing panel attached between the rear side member and the side sill inner panel and disposed to be parallel to a lower portion of the rear side lower member.
Claims2
A side body structure for a car, comprising:
- a rear side member adapted to form part of a car side body;
- a rear side lower member attached to an end of the rear side member;
- a side sill inner panel longitudinally attached to a front portion of the rear side lower member;
- a side member-reinforcing panel attached between the rear side member and the side sill inner panel;
- whereby impact force applied to the rear side member is dispersed and transmitted to the side sill inner panel;
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- wherein the side member-reinforcing panel is attached parallel to a lower portion of the rear side lower member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.