Body for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12291279-B2
Application number	US-202217873600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2022
Priority date	Nov 2, 2021
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

An embodiment vehicle body includes a side sill coupled to a side of a vehicle floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, a coupling member coupled to a top of the side sill and having a coupling groove penetrating in an up-down direction, and a pillar member extending in the up-down direction such that an upper end portion is connected to a roof and a lower end portion is inserted into the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body comprising:
a side sill coupled to a side of a vehicle floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body;
a coupling member coupled to a top of the side sill and having a coupling groove penetrating in an up-down direction; and
a pillar member extending in the up-down direction such that an upper end portion is connected to a roof and a lower end portion is inserted into the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling member,
wherein the coupling member comprises a first injection hole that penetrates the coupling groove from outside and through which an adhesive material is injected.

2. The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein:
the coupling member comprises a protrusion portion protruding from an inner surface toward a center of the coupling groove; and
the pillar member comprises an insertion portion into which the protrusion portion is inserted, the insertion portion having a shape corresponding to the protrusion portion at the lower end portion.

3. The vehicle body of claim 2 , wherein the protrusion portion has a cross-sectional area that expands in a protruding direction and is fitted into the insertion portion concurrently with insertion of the pillar member into the coupling groove downward from above.

4. The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member comprises a rib formed inside and extending in a direction crossing the coupling groove that extends in the up-down direction and coupling the coupling groove to an outer surface of the coupling member.

5. The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member comprises a second injection hole that penetrates in the up-down direction and through which the adhesive material is injected to a lower surface of the coupling member.

6. The vehicle body of claim 5 , wherein the second injection hole comprises an opening portion in which a part of an outer surface is open.

7. The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member and the pillar member are coupled to each other by bolting inward from outside in a direction crossing a length direction of the pillar member.

8. The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the coupling member is inclined upward from an inside to an outside of the vehicle body.

9. The vehicle body of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member comprises a cover covering an upper surface.

10. A vehicle body comprising:
a side sill coupled to a side of a vehicle floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body;
a coupling member coupled to a top of the side sill and having a coupling groove penetrating in an up-down direction;
a pillar member extending in the up-down direction such that an upper end portion is connected to a roof and a lower end portion is inserted into the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling member; and
a connecting member extending in the up-down direction and inserted into the coupling groove, the connecting member connecting the pillar member to the coupling member by insertion of the lower end portion of the pillar member into a through groove that penetrates in the up-down direction.

11. The vehicle body of claim 10 , wherein:
the coupling member comprises a first injection hole that penetrates the coupling groove from outside and through which an adhesive material is injected; and
the connecting member comprises a first guide groove inclined downward and indented from an outer surface of the coupling member at a position where the adhesive material is introduced from the first injection hole to guide a flow of the adhesive material.

12. The vehicle body of claim 11 , wherein the connecting member comprises:
a first flow hole that penetrates the through groove at a lower end portion of the first guide groove such that the adhesive material flowing from the first flow hole is injected into the through groove; and
a second guide groove connected to the first flow hole and indented outward from an inner surface of the through groove to guide the flow of the adhesive material flowing in the first flow hole.

13. The vehicle body of claim 10 , wherein:
the coupling member comprises a first injection hole that penetrates in the up-down direction and through which an adhesive material is injected to a lower surface of the coupling member; and
the connecting member comprises:
a second flow hole that penetrates the through groove at a position corresponding to the first injection hole; and
a third guide groove connected to the second flow hole and indented outward from an inner surface of a third insertion groove to guide a flow of the adhesive material flowing in the second flow hole.

14. A method of forming a vehicle body, the method comprising:
coupling a side sill to a side of a vehicle floor, the side sill extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body;
coupling a coupling member to a top of the side sill, the coupling member comprising a coupling groove penetrating in an up-down direction; and
providing a pillar member extending in the up-down direction such that an upper end portion is connected to a roof and a lower end portion is inserted into the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling member,
wherein the coupling member comprises a first injection hole that penetrates the coupling groove from outside, and wherein the method further comprises injecting an adhesive material through the first injection hole.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:
the coupling member comprises a protrusion portion protruding from an inner surface toward a center of the coupling groove; and
the pillar member comprises an insertion portion into which the protrusion portion is inserted, the insertion portion having a shape corresponding to the protrusion portion at the lower end portion.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the coupling member comprises a rib formed inside and extending in a direction crossing the coupling groove that extends in the up-down direction and coupling the coupling groove to an outer surface of the coupling member.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the coupling member comprises a second injection hole that penetrates in the up-down direction, and wherein the method further comprises injecting the adhesive material through the second injection hole to a lower surface of the coupling member.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising coupling the coupling member and the pillar member to each other by bolting inward from outside in a direction crossing a length direction of the pillar member.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Kim Do Hoi
• Oh Joo Tae
• Petetin Frank
• Moarefi Bahman

Classifications

• B62D27/023 Primary

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D65/04

  Joining preassembled modular units composed of sub-units performing diverse functions, e.g. engine and bonnet (B62D65/06 - B62D65/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• B62D25/04

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B60Y2304/07

  Facilitating assembling or mounting · CPC title