US 12,280,829 B2
Side body structure for vehicle
Won Ki Song, Seongnam-si (KR); Jung Jong Chun, Seoul (KR); Yeongjae Kim, Seoul (KR); Heedae Oh, Suwon-si (KR); Joon Tak Park, Gunpo-si (KR); and Seokju Gim, Seongnam-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 Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,758.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0188453 (KR), filed on Dec. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202571 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/02 (2013.01) [B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A side body structure for a vehicle, the side body structure comprising:
a center pillar comprising an outer flange part extending from an outer surface of the center pillar in a vehicle body length direction;
a side sill, wherein the outer flange part is coupled to the side sill;
a glass coupled to the outer flange part; and
a joint member coupled to the outer flange part and the side sill in a vertical direction, wherein the joint member comprises:
a joint bonding surface coupled to a pillar reinforcing surface of the center pillar along the vehicle body length direction;
a first joint flange extending from a first side edge of the joint bonding surface in the vehicle body length direction and coupled to the outer flange part;
a second joint flange extending from a second side edge of the joint bonding surface in the vehicle body length direction and coupled to a sill flange disposed on the side sill; and
a third joint flange coupled to a lower part of the first joint flange and a lower part of the second joint flange and coupled to an upper surface of the side sill.