Cowl cross member mounting unit
AssigneesHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJun Hyuck Choi, Jae Seob Choi, Phil Je Cho
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Abstract
The present invention features, in preferred aspects, a cowl cross member mounting unit that includes an adjustment bolt for suitably absorbing a tolerance occurring when a vehicle body panel and a cowl cross member are suitably coupled with each other, and a cap maintaining the coupling between the adjustment bolt and a fixing nut.
Claims8
A mounting unit for fixing a cowl cross member to a vehicle body panel using a bracket mounted on either end of the cowl cross member, the mounting unit comprising:
- a fixing nut fixed to the bracket, wherein the fixing nut includes a first thread portion formed adjacent to the vehicle body panel and a second thread portion formed adjacent to the bracket, the second thread portion having a diameter smaller than that of the first thread portion, the fixing nut having a groove in an outer circumference of an upper part thereof;
- an adjustment bolt t having a through-hole extending in an axial direction thereof, wherein the adjustment bolt includes a body having threads formed on an outer circumference thereof and screwing into the first thread portion of the fixing nut and a head having a diameter larger than that of the body of the adjustment bolt;
- a bolt fitted into the through-hole of the adjustment bolt and screwing into the second thread portion;
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- a cap coupled with the head of the adjustment bolt and having an elastic lug, wherein the elastic lug has a hooking protrusion formed at a distal end thereof, protruding from the head towards the groove of the fixing nut, and elastically fitting into the groove,
- wherein the adjustment bolt and the bolt have threads formed in opposite directions to screw into the fixing nut.
A mounting unit for fixing a cowl cross member to a vehicle body panel comprising:
- a fixing nut fixed to the bracket, wherein the fixing nut includes a first thread portion formed adjacent to the vehicle body panel and a second thread portion formed adjacent to the bracket;
- an adjustment bolt having a through-hole extending in an axial direction thereof, a body having threads formed on an outer circumference thereof and screwing into the first thread portion of the fixing nut, and a head having a diameter larger than that of the body of the adjustment bolt;
- a bolt fitted into the through-hole of the adjustment bolt and screwing into a second thread portion, wherein the second thread portion has a diameter smaller than that of the first thread portion, and wherein the fixing nut comprises a groove in an outer circumference of an upper part thereof;
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- a cap coupled with the head of the adjustment bolt and having an elastic lug, wherein the elastic lug has a hooking protrusion formed at a distal end thereof, protruding from the head towards the groove of the fixing nut, and elastically fitting into the groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.