US 12,485,970 B2
Panel assembly for mobility vehicle
Kang Chul Lee, Seoul (KR); Sun Hyung Cho, Suwon-Si (KR); Ju Chul Kim, Ulsan (KR); and Do Hoi Kim, Sejong-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Compnay, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,446.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0157341 (KR), filed on Nov. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166263 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/02 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A panel assembly for a mobility vehicle, the panel assembly comprising:
a vehicle body frame; and
an external plate including a plurality of parts,
wherein each of the parts includes a bent portion that adjoins an external periphery of the vehicle body frame along the external periphery of the vehicle body frame, the parts are coupled to one another, and the bent portions of the parts are matched with the external periphery of the vehicle body frame so that the external plate is coupled to the vehicle body frame,
wherein the external plate includes:
a first portion disposed on a front part of the vehicle body frame;
a second portion disposed at an upper side of a rear part of the vehicle body frame; and
a third portion disposed at a lower side of the rear part of the vehicle body frame, and
wherein the third portion is formed so that a third bent portion at a front end portion thereof is located between the first portion and the vehicle body frame, a third bent portion at an upper end portion thereof is located between the second portion and the vehicle body frame, and a third bent portion at a rear end portion thereof is located at a rear end portion of an external periphery of the rear part of the vehicle body frame.