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Granted Patent B2
US 11,325,650 · App. 16/934,959 · Granted May 10, 2022

Vehicle body structure

Inventors: Deok Hwa Hong (Suwon-si, KR); Hee Seouk Chung (Hwaseong-si, KR); Byeongcheon Lee (Seoul, KR); Hyunsik Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
B62D21/152B62D21/11B62D25/16B62D27/023B62D65/12B62D65/16
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Patent No.
US 11,325,650
App. No.
16/934,959
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body structure includes a fender apron member, a shock absorber housing joined to the fender apron member, and a side reinforcement member configured to connect the fender apron member and the shock absorber housing to a lower side of a front pillar and reinforce a side surface of an engine room, wherein the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member comprise stepped joining portions corresponding to and joined to each other.

Claims (44)

1. A vehicle body structure comprising:

a fender apron member;

a shock absorber housing joined to the fender apron member; and

a side reinforcement member configured to connect the fender apron member and the shock absorber housing to a lower side of a front pillar and to reinforce a side surface of an engine room, wherein the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member comprise stepped joining portions corresponding to and joined to each other.

2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the stepped joining portions comprise:

one or more longitudinal joining portions facing a front collision load direction; and

one or more transverse joining portions facing a lateral load direction.

3. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the stepped joining portions comprise:

one or more inclined joining portions facing a lateral load direction in a state of being inclined; and

one or more vertical joining portions facing a vertical load direction.

4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein joining portions of the fender apron member and the shock absorber housing comprise:

one or more vertical joining portions facing a vertical load direction;

one or more longitudinal joining portions facing a front collision load direction; and

one or more transverse joining portions facing a lateral load direction.

5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein joining portions of the fender apron member and the side reinforcement member comprise:

one or more vertical joining portions facing a vertical load direction; and

one or more transverse joining portions facing a lateral load direction.

6. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the shock absorber housing comprises an expansion portion having opposite sides expanded in an arcuate shape in a form in which a width of an upper surface portion gradually widens toward one side joined to the fender apron member.

7. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first reinforcement portion extending from the fender apron member to cover outer sides of the joining portions of the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member and joined to outer surfaces of the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member; and

a second reinforcement portion separately adhered to the outer surfaces to reinforce joining portions of the side reinforcement member and the shock absorber housing.

8. A vehicle comprising:

a front pillar;

a dash panel;

a fender apron member;

a shock absorber housing joined to the fender apron member; and

a side reinforcement member connected to the fender apron member, the shock absorber housing, a lower end of the front pillar, and the dash panel, wherein the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member comprise stepped joining portions corresponding to and joined to each other.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the stepped joining portions comprise:

one or more longitudinal joining portions facing a front collision load direction; and

one or more transverse joining portions facing a lateral load direction.

10. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the stepped joining portions comprise:

one or more inclined joining portions facing a lateral load direction in a state of being inclined; and

one or more vertical joining portions facing a vertical load direction.

11. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein joining portions of the fender apron member and the shock absorber housing comprise:

one or more vertical joining portions facing a vertical load direction;

one or more longitudinal joining portions facing a front collision load direction; and

one or more transverse joining portions facing a lateral load direction.

12. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein joining portions of the fender apron member and the side reinforcement member comprise:

one or more vertical joining portions facing a vertical load direction; and

one or more transverse joining portions facing a lateral load direction.

13. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the shock absorber housing comprises an expansion portion having opposite sides expanded in an arcuate shape in a form in which a width of an upper surface portion gradually widens toward one side joined to the fender apron member.

14. The vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a first reinforcement portion extending from the fender apron member to cover outer sides of the joining portions of the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member and joined to outer surfaces of the shock absorber housing and the side reinforcement member; and

a second reinforcement portion separately adhered to the outer surfaces to reinforce joining portions of the side reinforcement member and the shock absorber housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: HONG, DEOK HWA; CHUNG, HEE SEOUK; LEE, BYEONGCHEON; KIM, HYUNSIK
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053271/0219 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0131286 · Oct 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210114665A1 · Apr 22, 2021
Cited By (1)
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