US 12,304,290 B2
Vehicle side structure
Eon Pyo Kim, Seoul (KR); Sang Gil Choi, Seoul (KR); and Soel Ki Choi, Icheon-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 Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,208.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0081938 (KR), filed on Jul. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001741 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0437 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0444 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle side structure, comprising:
a rear impact beam mounted in a rear side door;
a rear quarter section having a flange overlapping a rear portion of the rear impact beam; and
a gusset at least partially overlapping the rear portion of the rear impact beam and the flange of the rear quarter section,
wherein the rear quarter section includes a wheel house inner panel protruding toward a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and
wherein the gusset is configured to connect the flange of the rear quarter section and the wheel house inner panel.