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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Gi Hwan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Chi Hoon Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Se Hee Oh, Daejeon, KR;
Ha Rim Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Gunter Roos, Russelsheim, DE;
Sven Wittke, Russelsheim, DE;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An upper-body frame for a vehicle includes a roof frame which is made of a carbon fiber composite material, and which forms a perimeter frame of a roof of the vehicle, and has a closed-loop shape. Door frames which are made of carbon fiber composite material, and form respective perimeter frames of door opening parts of a vehicle body, and each of which has an upper part that is connected to a corresponding side part of the roof frame. A windshield frame is made of a carbon fiber composite material and forms a perimeter frame of a windshield opening part of the vehicle. The windshield frame has an upper part which is connected to a front part of the roof frame, and side parts which is connected to respective front parts of the door frames.