Cowl structure of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9845114-B2
Application number	US-201615206509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2016
Priority date	Dec 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

A cowl structure of the vehicle is provided. The cowl structure of the vehicle includes a cowl top panel that extends in a width direction of the vehicle and coupled to a dash panel that divides an engine and passenger compartment, and a cowl lower panel that extends in the width direction of the vehicle, is coupled to the dash panel to divide the engine and passenger compartment, and is disposed at a lower side than the cowl top panel in the vertical direction of the vehicle. Further, a cowl upper supporting member has an upper portion coupled to the cowl top panel and a coupling component of the cowl top panel and the dash panel and a lower portion coupled to the cowl lower panel. A cowl lower supporting member is coupled to the cowl lower panel and the dash panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cowl structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a cowl top panel that extends in a width direction of the vehicle and is coupled to a dash panel to separate an engine compartment and a passenger compartment;
a cowl lower panel that extends in the width direction of the vehicle, is coupled to the dash panel to separate the engine compartment and the passenger compartment, and is disposed at a lower side than the cowl top panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle;
a cowl upper supporting member having an upper portion coupled to the cowl top panel and a coupling component of the cowl top panel and the dash panel and a lower portion coupled to the cowl lower panel; and
a cowl lower supporting member coupled to the cowl lower panel and the dash panel, wherein the cowl lower supporting member includes:
a horizontal flange of a rectangular shape that extends in the width direction of the vehicle; and
a side flange curved in a lower side of the vertical direction of the vehicle from an edge of the horizontal flange.

2. The cowl structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the lower portion of the cowl upper supporting member abuts and is coupled to an upper surface of the cowl lower panel in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and
the cowl lower supporting member abuts and is coupled to a lower surface of the cowl lower panel in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

3. The cowl structure of claim 1 , wherein the cowl upper supporting member includes:
two leg components disposed to be separated from each other;
an upper body having the two leg components coupled to an upper side; and
a lower body coupled to lower portions of the two leg components.

4. The cowl structure of claim 3 , wherein the cowl upper supporting member has a rectangular shape formed by the two leg components, the upper body, and the lower body.

5. The cowl structure of claim 3 , wherein:
the cowl upper supporting member includes two edges of a triangle shape toward an upper side of the vertical direction of the vehicle, and
a first flange perpendicularly disposed with respect to the cowl upper supporting member and is coupled to the cowl top panel by a welding.

6. The cowl structure of claim 5 , wherein a second flange perpendicularly disposed with respect to one of the two leg components, abuts the cowl top panel, and is coupled by a welding.

7. The cowl structure of claim 6 , wherein two third flanges are perpendicularly disposed at lower ends of the two leg components, respectively, and are coupled to an upper surface of the cowl lower panel by the welding.

8. The cowl structure of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal flange is coupled to an upper surface of the cowl top panel in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

9. The cowl structure of claim 1 , wherein the side flange is coupled to the dash panel.

10. The cowl structure of claim 1 , wherein the lower portion of the cowl upper supporting member and the cowl lower supporting member are disposed to overlap in the vertical direction of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hwang Changsup
• Eom Tae Jun
• Oh Heedae

Classifications

• B62D25/14

  Dashboards as superstructure sub-units (other dashboard aspects B60K) · CPC title

• B62D25/081 Primary

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

• B62D27/023

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title

• B62D25/08 Primary

  Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} · CPC title