US 12,240,526 B2
Side sill assembly for vehicle
Chang Hak Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Chan Woong Jeon, Incheon (KR); Sang Kyoung Han, Gunpo-si (KR); and Hae Hoon Lee, Seoul (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 Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,762.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0105005 (KR), filed on Aug. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059355 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/025 (2013.01) [B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side sill assembly for a vehicle, the side sill assembly comprising:
a side sill inner part coupled to a lateral portion of a floor of a vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the side sill inner part having an accommodation space formed by recessing a partial section toward an inside of the vehicle and configured such that a link mechanism connected to a door of the vehicle is rotatably accommodated in the accommodation space;
a side sill center part having a cross-section extending from the side sill inner part to an outside of the vehicle, the side sill center part extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the side sill inner part; and
a side sill cover configured to define a closed cross-section by connecting the side sill center part and an upper portion of the side sill inner part in a section except for the accommodation space.