Body for vehicle

1 . A vehicle body comprising:

a subframe mounting member disposed vertically and having a subframe-mounting-member lower end mounted on an end of a subframe;

a front side member mounted on a rear of the subframe mounting member;

a side member extension mounted on a subframe-mounting-member inner surface of the subframe mounting member, such that the side member extension is an extension of the front side member;

a beam plate coupled to cover a front surface of the subframe mounting member to form a closed cross-sectional structure; and

a forming portion protruding from a beam-plate inner surface of the beam plate and facing the subframe mounting member, wherein the side member extension surrounds a periphery of the forming portion and is connected to the beam-plate inner surface of the beam plate.

2 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , further comprising:

a front cross member; and

a front upper side member, wherein the front cross member and the front upper side member are mounted, in different directions relative to each other, on the subframe mounting member.

3 . The vehicle body of claim 2 , wherein the subframe mounting member, the front cross member, and the front upper side member are mounted in directions perpendicular to one another.

4 . The vehicle body of claim 2 , wherein the front cross member is mounted laterally at a front of the subframe mounting member; and

wherein the front upper side member is mounted longitudinally at the rear of the subframe mounting member.

5 . The vehicle body of claim 2 , wherein the front cross member and the front upper side member are mounted on the subframe mounting member at a height at which the front cross member and the front upper side member face each other.

6 . The vehicle body of claim 2 , wherein the beam plate is mounted, together with the subframe mounting member, on the front cross member.

7 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , further comprising:

a front upper side member; and

a dash side member, wherein the front upper side member and the dash side member are connected to the subframe mounting member and the front side member to form a quadrilateral frame.

8 . The vehicle body of claim 7 , wherein front and rear portions of the subframe are mounted on lower ends of a structure configured to form the quadrilateral frame.

9 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , further comprising:

a front upper side member mounted longitudinally on an upper portion of the subframe mounting member, wherein the front side member is mounted longitudinally on the subframe mounting member below the front upper side member; and

a dash side member mounted vertically between the front side member and the front upper side member, such that the subframe mounting member, the front upper side member, the dash side member, and the front side member form a quadrilateral frame.

10 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , further comprising a tailgate-opening-frame member, wherein the subframe mounting member is connected to the tailgate-opening-frame member, and wherein the tailgate-opening-frame member is configured to be part of a tailgate-opening frame of a tailgate opening.

11 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , further comprising:

a front cross member mounted laterally on the subframe mounting member, wherein the front cross member is configured to form a tailgate-opening-frame lower end of a tailgate-opening frame of a tailgate opening; and

side outer members mounted vertically on the front cross member, wherein the side outer members are configured to form left and right ends of the tailgate-opening frame of the tailgate opening.

12 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein the side member extension has a side-member-extension cross-sectional shape that matches a front-side-member cross-section shape of the front side member.

13 . The vehicle body of claim 1 , further comprising:

a mounting bracket coupled to the subframe-mounting-member lower end of the subframe mounting member and mounted on the subframe; and

a mounting reinforcement secured to the subframe-mounting-member inner surface, adjacent to the mounting bracket, of the subframe mounting member, wherein the mounting reinforcement is mounted, together with the mounting bracket, on the subframe.

14 . A vehicle comprising:

a subframe having a subframe front portion and a subframe rear portion, wherein the subframe is at least partially on a first side of the vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between the subframe front portion and the subframe rear portion of the subframe; and

a vehicle body including a first quadrilateral frame coupled to the subframe front portion and the subframe rear portion of the subframe, wherein the first quadrilateral frame is above the subframe, wherein the first quadrilateral frame is on the first side of the vehicle and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and wherein the first quadrilateral frame comprises:

a subframe mounting member extending vertically and having a subframe-mounting-member lower end mounted on an end of the subframe at the subframe front portion,

a front side member coupled to the subframe mounting member and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the front side member includes a rear-lower portion mounted on the subframe rear portion of the subframe,

a side member extension mounted on a subframe-mounting-member inner surface of the subframe mounting member, such that the side member extension is an extension of the front side member,

a beam plate coupled to cover a front surface of the subframe mounting member to form a closed cross-sectional structure, and

a forming portion protruding from a beam-plate inner surface of the beam plate and facing the subframe mounting member, wherein the side member extension surrounds a periphery of the forming portion and is connected to the beam-plate inner surface of the beam plate.

15 . The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the first quadrilateral frame further comprises:

a front upper side member coupled to the subframe mounting member and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle above the front side member; and

a dash side member coupled to a front-upper-side-member rear end of the front upper side member, wherein the dash side member is coupled to the rear-lower portion of the front side member.

16 . The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the front side member is coupled to the subframe mounting member at a first mounting location at a first spaced distance above the subframe,

such that a subframe-mounting-member lower portion of the subframe mounting member at the first spaced distance, the front side member, and the subframe, together, form a triangular frame structure.

17 . The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the vehicle body further comprises a front cross member coupled to the subframe mounting member, wherein the front cross member extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle;

wherein the first quadrilateral frame further comprises:

a front upper side member coupled to the subframe mounting member and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle above the front side member, and

a dash side member coupled to a front-upper-side-member rear end of the front upper side member, wherein the dash side member is coupled to the rear-lower portion of the front side member;

wherein the subframe is at a first level;

wherein the first mounting location on the subframe mounting member is at a second level, wherein a front end of the front side member is at the second level, wherein the second level is above the first level separated by the first spaced distance; and

wherein the front cross member and the front upper side member are at a third level, wherein the third level is above the second level separated by a second spaced distance.

18 . A vehicle comprising:

a subframe having a subframe front portion and a subframe rear portion, wherein the subframe extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between the subframe front portion and the subframe rear portion of the subframe, wherein the subframe is at a first level; and

a vehicle body mounted on the subframe, wherein the vehicle body comprises:

a subframe mounting member extending vertically and having a subframe-mounting-member lower end mounted on an end of the subframe at the subframe front portion,

a front side member having a front-side-member front end coupled to the subframe mounting member at a first mounting location at a spaced distance above the subframe,

such that the subframe mounting member has a subframe-mounting-member lower portion of the subframe mounting member extending between the subframe and the first mounting location,

wherein the front side member includes a rear-lower portion mounted on the subframe rear portion of the subframe,

wherein the front side member extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and generally diagonally rearward from the first mounting location, such that the rear-lower portion of the front side member is mounted on the subframe rear portion of the subframe at the first level,

wherein the first mounting location on the subframe mounting member is at a second level,

wherein the front-side-member front end of the front side member is at the second level,

wherein the second level is above the first level by the spaced distance, and

such that the subframe-mounting-member lower portion of the subframe mounting member, the front side member, and the subframe, together, form a triangular frame structure,

a side member extension mounted on a subframe-mounting-member inner surface of the subframe mounting member, such that the side member extension is an extension of the front side member,

a beam plate coupled to cover a front surface of the subframe mounting member to form a closed cross-sectional structure, and

a forming portion protruding from a beam-plate inner surface of the beam plate and facing the subframe mounting member, wherein the side member extension surrounds a periphery of the forming portion and is connected to the beam-plate inner surface of the beam plate.

19 . The vehicle of claim 18 , further comprising a tailgate-opening-frame member, wherein the subframe mounting member is connected to the tailgate-opening-frame member, and wherein the tailgate-opening-frame member is configured to be part of a tailgate-opening frame of a tailgate opening.

20 . The vehicle of claim 18 , further comprising:

a front cross member mounted laterally on the subframe mounting member, wherein the front cross member is configured to form a tailgate-opening-frame lower end of a tailgate-opening frame of a tailgate opening; and

side outer members mounted vertically on the front cross member, wherein the side outer members are configured to form left and right ends of the tailgate-opening frame of the tailgate opening.