US 11,981,276 B2
Exterior material for vehicles having honeycomb structure and wheel guard including same
Seong Je Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Keun Young Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Ji Wan Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jung Wook Lee, Bucheon-si (KR); Jong Eun Ha, Seoul (KR); Young Su Kim, Uijeongbu-si (KR); Sang Hoon Lee, Cheonan-si (KR); and Mu Jin Kim, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); HADO FNC CO., LTD., Pocheon-si (KR); and YONG SAN CO., LTD., Ulsan (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); Hado FNC Co., Ltd., Pocheon-si (KR); and Yong San Co., Ltd., Ulsan (KR)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,933.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0101952 (KR), filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048452 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/00 (2006.01); D04H 1/435 (2012.01); D04H 1/4391 (2012.01)
CPC B60R 19/00 (2013.01) [D04H 1/435 (2013.01); D04H 1/43914 (2020.05); B60R 2019/002 (2013.01); D10B 2401/063 (2013.01); D10B 2505/12 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An external material for a vehicle, the external material comprising:
a non-woven fabric in a form of a sheet,
wherein the non-woven fabric includes a convex portion having a hexagonal edge portion and a concave portion corresponding to the hexagonal edge portion of the convex portion, and
wherein the convex portion has a thickness d of 3 mm to 7 mm.