US 12,275,455 B2
Member joint device for vehicle
Jang Hyeon Nam, Whasung-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 Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,609.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0125497 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097065 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/17 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/17 (2013.01) [B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 25/2054 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A member joint apparatus for a vehicle, the member joint apparatus comprising:
a pair of cross members arranged laterally;
two pairs of rail members, each pair being arranged longitudinally; and
a member joint crosswise-connecting the cross members and the rail members for running and carrying wires and pipes,
wherein each of the rail members has a mounting hole, penetrating thereinto, for inserting and fixing the wires and the pipes while turning directions of the wires and the pipes to predetermined directions, and
wherein the member joint includes:
a first body portion and a second body portion, laterally spaced from each other, each including:
a first fastening bar, on a lateral side of the first body portion and the second body portion, to be inserted and fastened to a corresponding cross member among the cross members, respectively; and
a second fastening bar and a third fastening bar, on a front side and a rear side of the first body portion and the second body portion, respectively, wherein each of the second fastening bar and the third fastening bar is inserted into and fastened to a corresponding rail member among the rail members; and
a connecting plate integrated with upper portions of the first body portion and the second body, thereby connecting the first body portion and the second body portion.