Patent ID: 11858552
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 20:
21. A sliding door mounting reinforcement structure, the structure comprising:
a sliding door lower reinforcement configured to be mounted on a side of a vehicle body along a length direction of the vehicle body, the sliding door lower reinforcement comprising a guide rail mounted therein, the guide rail being configured to guide a movement of a sliding door;
a center floor cross unit configured to be mounted in a width direction of the vehicle body, wherein the sliding door lower reinforcement and the center floor cross unit are combined,
wherein the sliding door lower reinforcement comprises a main body on which the guide rail is mounted and a longitudinal direction extension extending from the main body along the length direction of the vehicle body,
wherein the center floor cross unit comprises a first center floor cross member coupled to an end of the longitudinal direction extension, and
wherein the center floor cross unit further comprises a second center floor cross member coupled to a connection portion of the main body and the longitudinal direction extension; and
a center pillar disposed in a height direction of the vehicle body and combined with the sliding door lower reinforcement,
wherein the center pillar comprises a center pillar inner panel coupled with a center pillar upper coupling part extending in the height direction of the vehicle body from the sliding door lower reinforcement,
wherein a center pillar outer panel is coupled with a center pillar lower coupling part extending from the sliding door lower reinforcement in the width direction of the vehicle body, and
wherein the sliding door lower reinforcement and the center pillar define a center pillar closed cross-section inside the coupling parts.