Cowl cross bar for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10766529-B2
Application number	US-201816185520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2018
Priority date	Jun 1, 2016
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

A cowl cross bar for a vehicle comprising a main cross bar disposed in front of a driver's seat in a transverse direction of the vehicle, a sub-cross bar disposed in front of a passenger seat in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and a center supporter configured to couple the main cross bar and the sub-cross bar to each other such that diametric centers thereof are disposed eccentrically relative to each other, the center supporter may include a main center support bracket provided with a connector to which a longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar is fixed, and a sub-center support bracket fixed to the main center support bracket, and having an insert hole through which a longitudinal end of the main cross bar is fixed to the sub-center support bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cowl cross bar for a vehicle comprising a main cross bar disposed in front of a driver's seat in a transverse direction of the vehicle, a sub-cross bar disposed in front of a passenger seat in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and a center supporter configured to couple the main cross bar and the sub-cross bar to each other such that diametric centers thereof are disposed eccentrically relative to each other, the center supporter comprising:
a main center support bracket fixed to an outer circumferential surface of a longitudinal end of the main cross bar, and provided with a connector to which a longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar is fixed; and
a sub-center support bracket including an upper end fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the longitudinal end of the main cross bar, and a lower end fixed to the main center support bracket.

2. The cowl cross bar for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the main cross bar and the sub-cross bar are disposed such that a sum of a radius of the main cross bar and a radius of the sub-cross bar is less than a distance between the diametric center of the main cross bar and the diametric center of the sub-cross bar.

3. The cowl cross bar for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the main center support bracket comprises, to have a “C”-shaped cross-sectional structure, a center part and a side part bent from opposite sides of the center part, wherein a main lower flange is provided on an upper end of the center part and fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the longitudinal end of the main cross bar, and a main bonding part is provided on an upper end of the side part and fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the longitudinal end of the main cross bar.

4. The cowl cross bar for the vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the sub-center support bracket is disposed at a position spaced apart from the center part by a predetermined distance in a longitudinal direction of the main cross bar, and the main cross bar, the main center support bracket and the sub-center support bracket are coupled to each other in a closed cross-sectional structure.

5. The cowl cross bar for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an insert hole is formed in the sub-center support bracket so that the longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar is fixed to the sub-center support bracket through the insert hole, and the longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar passes through the connector and is fixed thereto, and is inserted into the insert hole and fixed to the sub-center support bracket.

6. The cowl cross bar for the vehicle of claim 5 , wherein a bonding flange is provided around the insert hole, and the longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar that is inserted into the insert hole is enclosed by and fixed to the bonding flange.

7. The cowl cross bar for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the connector protrudes in a conical shape from the sub-center support bracket, the longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar has an expanded pipe shape, and the connector is fixed to the longitudinal end of the sub-cross bar in a circumscribed state.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kong Byung Seok
• Jang Jung Yoon

Classifications

• B62D29/008

  predominantly of light alloys, e.g. extruded · CPC title

• B62D27/02

  rigid · CPC title

• B62D25/081

  Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28) · CPC title

• B62D21/08 Primary

  built up with interlaced cross members · CPC title

• B62D7/224 Primary

  acting between the steering wheel and the steering gear, e.g. on the steering column · CPC title