Side sill assembly of vehicle with reinforced stiffness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023072451-A1
Application number	US-202217742997-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 12, 2022
Priority date	Sep 9, 2021
Publication date	Mar 9, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A side sill assembly of the vehicle includes a side sill inner, a side sill outer, and a reinforcement unit provided between the side sill inner and the side sill outer. The reinforcement unit includes an upper member provided in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a lower member provided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and located to be spaced from the upper member under the upper member; and an intermediate member having an upper surface bonded to a bottom portion of the upper member and a lower surface bonded to an upper surface of the lower member alternately formed thereon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A side sill assembly of a vehicle with reinforced stiffness, the side sill assembly comprising:
a side sill inner, a side sill outer, and a reinforcement unit provided between the side sill inner and the side sill outer, wherein the reinforcement unit includes:
an upper member provided in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
a lower member provided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and located to be spaced from the upper member under the upper member; and
an intermediate member having an upper surface bonded to a bottom portion of the upper member and a lower surface bonded to an upper surface of the lower member alternately formed thereon.

2 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the side sill inner is formed with a first upper bonding portion and a first lower bonding portion, and the side sill outer is formed with a second upper bonding portion facing the first upper bonding portion and a second lower bonding portion facing the first lower bonding portion, and wherein the side sill inner and the side sill outer include intermediate portions formed to be convex in opposite directions to have a space therebetween, and wherein the reinforcement unit is provided in the space formed between the side sill inner and the side sill outer.

3 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the intermediate member are connected by a connection surface.

4 . The side sill assembly of claim 3 , wherein the connection surface is formed to be inclined with an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal direction.

5 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 , wherein the upper member includes:
an upper base formed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and an upper flange portion formed to extend upwards from the upper base to be bonded to an inside surface of the side sill inner.

6 . The side sill assembly of claim 5 , wherein an upper reinforcement bead having a convex cross section is formed on the upper base in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

7 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lower member includes:
a lower base formed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a lower flange portion formed to extend downwardly from the lower base to be bonded to a lower bonding portion of the side sill inner.

8 . The side sill assembly of claim 7 , wherein a lower reinforcement bead having a concave cross section is formed on the lower base in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

9 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lower member is formed so that a width directional width of the vehicle is narrower than a width of the intermediate member.

10 . The side sill assembly of claim 9 , wherein the lower member is formed from a width directional outside end portion of the vehicle of the intermediate member up to a predetermined width.

11 . The side sill assembly of claim 9 , wherein a width of the lower member is formed at 45% to 55% of the width of the intermediate member.

12 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate member is bonded to the upper member and the lower member by spot welding.

13 . The side sill assembly of claim 1 , wherein a width directional interior of the vehicle of the lower surface of the intermediate member is a welding surface bonded to an inclined surface of an inside surface of the side sill inner.

14 . The side sill assembly of claim 13 ,
wherein a nut mounting surface on which a lower end portion of a battery mounting nut configured to mount a battery is located is formed on the welding surface, and wherein the battery mounting nut has a lower end portion bonded to the nut mounting surface.

15 . The side sill assembly of claim 14 , wherein the lower end portion of the battery mounting nut is bonded to the nut mounting surface by CO2 welding or projection welding.

16 . The side sill assembly of claim 15 ,
wherein a through hole through which the battery mounting nut is provided to penetrate is formed in the upper base of the upper member, and wherein an outside circumference of the battery mounting nut is bonded to an inside circumference of the through hole.

17 . The side sill assembly of claim 16 , wherein the outside circumference of the battery mounting nut and the inside circumference of the through hole are bonded by CO2 welding.

18 . The side sill assembly of claim 13 , wherein a width of the lower member is formed from a width directional outside end portion of the vehicle of the lower surface up to a portion where the welding surface is formed.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Song Won-Jung

Classifications

• B62D21/157

  for side impacts · CPC title

• B62D25/025 Primary

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D27/023

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title