US 12,434,775 B2
Vehicle frame assembly
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 Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/118,176.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0149846 (KR), filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0158019 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 27/023 (2013.01) [B62D 21/03 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle frame assembly comprising:
a front cross member provided at a front of a cabin and extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle;
a front side member including a first end portion connected to the front cross member and a second end portion extending rearwards of the front cross member;
a fender member including a first end portion connected to the front cross member and a second end portion extending outwardly upwards of the vehicle; and
a connection joint connected to an end portion of the front cross member and configured to form an inner space therein, the connection joint configured to allow the front cross member, the front side member, and the fender member to be interconnected in the inner space.