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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Jae Hyuk Cheong, Ulsan-shi, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A front pillar structure of vehicle, wherein a front pillar inner panel and a front pillar outer panel each joined and coupled at both ends thereof; a front door checker bracket having one lateral end thereof coupled at plane thereof with an inner surface of the front pillar outer panel and having the other lateral end thereof extended and bent along an inner surface of the front pillar inner panel; and a door checker reinforcing bracket inserted in the shape of layers and coupled at plane thereof between an inner surface of the front pillar inner panel and the front door checker bracket, whereby rigidity of the front pillar is reinforced by shapes and coupled structure of the front door checker bracket and the door checker reinforcing bracket such that, even when a head-on collision and offset collision occur while an automobile is running, both joined parts between the front pillar inner panel and the front pillar outer panel are prevented from easy separation therebetween, whereby the entire body is also avoided from being excessively disintegrated, thereby protecting the safety of passengers to a maximum, and improving the quality of the automobile.