US 12,420,715 B2
Vehicle luggage box
Doo Young Jung, Suwon-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. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,909.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0171033 (KR), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173987 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 7/02 (2006.01); B60R 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 7/02 (2013.01) [B60R 7/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luggage box for a vehicle, the luggage box comprising:
an inner housing disposed between multiple pillar members arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and bent so as to protrude upward from an upper body of the vehicle and to connect sides of the upper body of the vehicle, the inner housing having a box shape to allow an item to be loaded therein and having an opening part openable toward a lateral side of the upper body of the vehicle;
a gate covering the opening part of the inner housing and rotatably coupled to an upper part of the inner housing;
an outer housing coupled to the inner housing along an end of the opening part of the inner housing and in contact with an end of the gate; and
multiple pipes defining the upper body, each having an open end and an end patch coupled to close the open end so as to connect the multiple pipes to each other.