US 12,145,652 B2
Vehicle truss member
Ho Yeon Kim, Daegu (KR); Seok Ju Gim, Seongnam-si (KR); Ji Ae Yong, Hwaseong-si (KR); Won Oh Kim, Ansan-si (KR); Chul Hee Heo, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Tae Gyu Park, Hwaseong-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. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,270.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0171032 (KR), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174161 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 23/00 (2006.01); B62D 65/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 23/005 (2013.01) [B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 65/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle truss member comprising:
a member body having a substantially C-shaped inner space having an open end, wherein the member body comprises a through-hole formed therethrough in a direction intersecting with the member body; and
an end patch coupled to the open end of the member body, the end patch comprising a coupling part configured to be selectively coupled to an external element, wherein the member body is configured to be coupled to a second coupling part of a second end patch of a second vehicle truss member through a bolt or a nut coupled to the through-hole.