US 12,441,409 B2
Roof structure of vehicle and assembly method thereof
Chan Woong Jeon, Incheon (KR); Youngrock Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); HaeHoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Chang Hak Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sang Kyoung Han, Gunpo-si (KR); and Kwangok Han, 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. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,345.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0131196 (KR), filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124065 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/06 (2013.01) [B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A roof structure of a vehicle, the roof structure being couplable to side structures disposed along a vehicle width direction and being configured to mount a roof module, the roof structure comprising:
a side upper reinforce assembly coupled to an upper interior of the side structures along a vehicle length direction, wherein the side upper reinforce assembly comprises:
a first reinforce member coupled to an upper interior of a front side assembly of the side structures,
a second reinforce member coupled to an interior of a roof side assembly of the side structures,
a third reinforce member coupled to an upper interior of a rear side assembly of the side structures,
a first gusset disposed in a front end portion of the first reinforce member,
a second gusset coupled to a rear end portion of the first reinforce member and a front end portion of the second reinforce member,
a third gusset coupled to a center portion of the second reinforce member,
a fourth gusset coupled to a rear end portion of the second reinforce member and a front end portion of the third reinforce member, and
a fifth gusset disposed in a rear end portion of the third reinforce member; and
a plurality of roof rail assemblies arranged along the vehicle length direction, each of the plurality of roof rail assemblies being coupled to the side upper reinforce assembly by extending along the vehicle width direction into a cross-sectional interior of an upper portion of each of the side structures.