US 12,103,369 B2
Sliding door mounting reinforcement structure and vehicle body provided with the same
Won Ki Song, 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 Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,695.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0179621 (KR), filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182549 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/06 (2013.01) [B62D 25/06 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sliding door mounting reinforcement structure comprising:
a roof rail side lower member mounted in a length direction of a vehicle body, the roof rail side lower member including a lower member flange;
a roof rail center member mounted in a width direction of the vehicle body and coupled to the lower member flange;
a roof rail side upper member which forms a sliding upper reinforcement together with the roof rail side lower member, the roof rail side upper member having an upper member upper surface coupled with the roof rail center member;
an upper guide rail mounted on the sliding upper reinforcement configured to guide the movement of a sliding upper roller, the upper guide rail having a rail upper surface welded to the sliding upper reinforcement in a height direction of the vehicle body; and
a rail mounting bracket for mounting the upper guide rail to the sliding upper reinforcement, the rail mounting bracket being welded to the roof rail side lower member in a width direction of the vehicle body.