US 11,884,330 B1
Vehicle frame structure
Won Hae Lee, Seoul (KR); Nam Ho Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Dae Ki Jeong, Hwaseong-si (KR); Su Jin Lee, Seoul (KR); Jong Chan Baek, Hwaseong-si (KR); Byung Joo Chung, Gunpo-si (KR); Dong Ho Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Seung Hak Lee, Asan-si (KR); and Yeon Seo Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,968.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0119493 (KR), filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Int. Cl. B62D 24/04 (2006.01); B62D 63/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 24/04 (2013.01) [B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 63/025 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle frame structure comprising:
an inner panel connected to a rear side of a middle part of a side member so as to constitute an inside of a rear part of the side member;
an outer panel connected to the rear side of the middle part of the side member and coupled to an outside of the inner panel so as to form a closed section with the inner panel and to constitute an outside of the rear part of the side member;
an opening formed in lower sides of the inner panel and the outer panel so as to partially open the closed section formed by the inner panel and the outer panel such that a front end of a rear suspension arm can be inserted therein;
a first reinforcement member provided in the opening so as to form a first closed portion with the inner panel; and
a second reinforcement member provided in the opening so as to form a second closed portion with the inner panel, the outer panel, and the first reinforcement member and to isolate a space formed by the inner panel and the outer panel from an outer portion.