US 12,466,491 B2
Upper body structure for vehicle body
Won Ki Song, Seongnam-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. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,826.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0187726 (KR), filed on Dec. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202572 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/025 (2013.01) [B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 25/2009 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upper body structure for a vehicle body, the upper body structure comprising:
a front body configured to be mounted on a front portion of an under body of the vehicle body, the front body comprising:
front side sills respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the front body based on a vehicle width direction; and
center pillars respectively coupled to the front side sills, each of the center pillars comprising:
a quadrangular closed cross-section defined by coupling a center pillar outer member and a center pillar inner member; and
an outer flange portion extending in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body, wherein the outer flange portion is connected to an outer surface of the center pillar outer member.