IP Library Granted Patent US 8,752,887
Granted Patent B2
US 8,752,887 · App. 13/692,784 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Hybrid combination structure of roof frame

Inventors: Jeong Hoon Park (Suwon-si, KR); Jong Rak Kim (Ulsan, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Webasto Donghee Holdings Co., Ltd.
B62D25/06Y10S296/90101
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Patent No.
US 8,752,887
App. No.
13/692,784
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid combination structure of a roof frame is provided. In particular, the hybrid combination structure of a roof frame is configured to include a roof frame made of a plastic material, a front reinforce panel made of a steel material and mounted at a front of the roof frame, a center reinforce panel made of a steel material and mounted at a middle of the roof frame, and a rear reinforce panel made of a steel material and mounted at a rear of the roof frame to provide the integral roof frame in which steel and plastic are combined with each other, thereby improving sag and torsion problems to improve support rigidity and reducing weight and costs to improve a value of the product.

Claims (9)

1. A hybrid combination structure of a roof frame, comprising:

a roof frame made of a plastic material;

a front reinforcing panel made of a steel material and mounted at a front of the roof frame;

a center reinforcing panel made of a steel material and mounted at a middle of the roof frame; and

a rear reinforcing panel made of a steel material and mounted at a rear of the roof frame.

2. The hybrid combination structure of a roof frame according to claim 1 , wherein the center reinforcing panel includes a center lower reinforcing panel and a center upper reinforcing panel.

3. The hybrid combination structure of a roof frame according to claim 2 , wherein the center upper reinforcing panel is mounted with a center reinforcing upper bracket in a width direction of the roof frame.

4. The hybrid combination structure of a roof frame according to claim 3 , wherein both ends of the center reinforcing upper bracket are provided with a plurality of insertion protrusions in a length direction and the center upper reinforcing panel is provided with a plurality of insertion grooves to be coupled with the insertion protrusions.

5. The hybrid combination structure of a roof frame according to claim 2 , wherein the middle of the roof frame is provided with a center bracket to combine the roof frame with the center reinforcing panel.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: WEBASTO KOREA HOLDINGS LTD.; HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
To: WEBASTO ROOF AND COMPONENTS SE; HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 060847/0926 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: WEBASTO ROOF AND COMPONENTS SE; HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
To: WEBASTO SE; HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 060848/0166 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: WEBASTO DONGHEE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: WEBASTO KOREA HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 056833/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2012
From: PARK, JEONG HOON; KIM, JONG RAK
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPARNY; WEBASTO DONGHEE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029395/0105 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0094992 · Aug 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140062144A1 · Mar 6, 2014