US 12,434,774 B2
Vehicle structure
Seung Min Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Joo Nam Kim, Seoul (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 Apr. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/136,152.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0178374 (KR), filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199122 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/2009 (2013.01) [B62D 21/03 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle structure comprising:
a joint member having an upper side, a rear, and a side;
an A-pillar lower portion having a closed cross-section structure and having a lower end in surface contact with and coupled to the upper side of the joint member;
a side sill having a closed cross-section structure and having a front end in surface contact with and coupled to the rear of the joint member; and
a body front cross member having a closed cross-section structure and having a side end in surface contact with and coupled to the side of the joint member,
wherein the lower end of the A-pillar lower portion, the front end of the side sill, and the side end of the body front cross member are coupled to adjacent surfaces of an outer side of the joint member with two or three surfaces thereof in surface contact with the joint member and are coupled to an inner side of the joint member with two or three surfaces thereof in surface contact with adjacent surfaces of the joint member.