Patent ID: 11952040
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A vehicle body for an electric vehicle, the vehicle body comprising:
a fender apron upper member;
an upper A-pillar; and
a side reinforcement comprising:
a front reinforcement attached to the fender apron upper member to form a fender apron upper part, a charging hole being formed in the front reinforcement;
a rear reinforcement combined with a lower part of the upper A-pillar to form an A-pillar part;
a plurality of first side ribs formed in a length direction of the vehicle body; and
a plurality of second side ribs formed in a height direction of the vehicle body;

wherein a first load path is formed in a length direction of the vehicle body on an upper part of the fender apron upper part;
wherein a second load path is formed in a vertical direction of the vehicle body along a connection portion of the fender apron upper part and the A-pillar part;
wherein a third load path connecting the first load path and the second load path is obliquely formed in a lower part of the fender apron upper part; and
wherein:
the charging hole is formed between the first, second, and third load paths, and
the first, second, and third load paths are located above a rear lower member.