US 12,466,488 B2
Vehicle body structure
Do Hoi Kim, Sejong-si (KR); Sun Ho Song, Uiwang-si (KR); Jae Young Lim, Seongnam-si (KR); Sea Cheoul Song, Ansan-si (KR); Kang Chul Lee, Seoul (KR); Tae Ou Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Jae Sup Byun, Seongnam-si (KR); and Jang Ho Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,195.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0134327 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0124062 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 23/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 23/005 (2013.01) [B60R 13/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a roof side assembly configured to connect upper ends of pillars of a vehicle body along the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly constituting an A-pillar of the vehicle body; and
an outer garnish coupled to an outer side of the roof side assembly,
wherein the roof side assembly comprises:
a pipe having a closed cross-section shape and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body so as to form a closed section;
an upper reinforcement member coupled to an upper side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body;
a lower reinforcement member coupled to a lower side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; and
an inner reinforcement member coupled to a vehicle body inner side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body, and
wherein at least one C-pillar mounting bracket is disposed on a rear side of the roof side assembly so as to fix the pipe to an upper end of a C-pillar of a lower vehicle body.
 
12. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a roof side assembly configured to connect upper ends of pillars of a vehicle body along the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly constituting an A-pillar of the vehicle body; and
an outer garnish coupled to an outer side of the roof side assembly,
wherein the roof side assembly comprises:
a pipe having a closed cross-section shape and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body so as to form a closed section; and
a molding member injection-molded while the pipe is inserted therein, and
wherein multiple C-pillar fastening portions are provided on a rear side of the molding member so as to couple the roof side assembly to an upper end of a C-pillar of a lower vehicle body.