US 12,263,882 B2
Vehicle intermediate structure
Jeon Woong Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Huen Sick Min, 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 Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,466.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0153394 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143298 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/02 (2013.01) [B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle intermediate structure comprising:
a first intermediate crossmember connecting a pair of side sills in a width direction of a vehicle;
wherein each end face of the first intermediate crossmember is attached to an inboard side surface of a corresponding side sill; and
wherein a cross section of the first intermediate crossmember is uniform in a longitudinal direction thereof;
wherein the first intermediate crossmember is supported with respect to the pair of side sills through a pair of support brackets, respectively; and
wherein the support bracket includes a first fixed surface that is fixed to the inboard side surface of the corresponding side sill, a second fixed surface that is fixed to a bottom surface of the first intermediate crossmember, and an inclined surface extending obliquely between a bottom end of the first fixed surface and an inboard-side end of the second fixed surface.