US 12,454,317 B2
Front body structure
Byeongdo An, Anyang-si (KR); and Heeju Kim, Yongin-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 Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/883,136.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0104433 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040325 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/08 (2013.01) [B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front body structure of a vehicle for mounting front structure parts including a front back beam unit, a sub-frame, and a fender apron upper member thereon, the front body structure comprising:
front side members provided on left and right sides, respectively, in a width direction of a vehicle body while extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, each front side member being manufactured of an aluminum extrusion member; and
mounting units coupled to front portions of the front side members, respectively, to mount the front structure parts thereon, each mounting unit being made of an aluminum material,
wherein the mounting units form a plurality of load paths connected to the front side members through a plurality of reinforcing ribs outside the front side members, and
wherein each of the mounting units includes a rear coupling portion connected to a rear portion of a rib reinforcing portion, and inserted and coupled into an external side surface of each of the front side members at the front portions of the front side members inwardly in the width direction of the vehicle body.