IP Library Granted Patent US 10,696,188
Granted Patent B2
US 10,696,188 · App. 15/574,680 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Vehicle

Inventors: Toru Kanemori (Tokyo, JP); Nobuyuki Fujio (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiki Okubo (Tokyo, JP); Ryuji Karasawa (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,696,188
App. No.
15/574,680
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle including the following: a vehicle body having side walls on both sides in a width direction that is perpendicular to the direction of travel, and having an expanded portion between the upper end and the lower end of the side wall, the expanded portion being expanded further outward in the width direction than the upper end and the lower end; and a seat provided in the vehicle body and having a seatback along the side wall and a seat surface that extends inward in the width direction of the vehicle body from the seatback, the portion of the rear surface of the seatback that faces the side wall and that protrudes the farthest towards the side wall being disposed in a position facing the expanded portion of an in-vehicle-side lateral surface of the side wall.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body which is formed in a box shape and includes side walls on both sides in a width direction orthogonal to a travel direction and an expanded portion which is formed between an upper end and a lower end of the side wall so as to be expanded outward in the width direction from the upper end and the lower end;

a seat which is provided inside the vehicle body and includes a seatback along the side wall and a seat surface extending from the seatback inward in the width direction of the vehicle body, and in which a portion of a rear surface of the seatback which faces the side wall and protrudes farthest toward a side wall side is positioned at a position facing the expanded portion of a vehicle inner side surface of the side wall;

a door rail which is provided on a vehicle outer side surface of the side wall of the vehicle body so as to extend in the travel direction; and

a side sliding door which is provided on an outside in the width direction from the vehicle outer side surface of the side wall and slides along the door rail,

wherein the door rail is disposed in at least one of the upper side and a lower side of the expanded portion and is provided inward in the width direction of the vehicle body from the expanded portion.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the seat includes a frame which is fixed to the side wall and supports the seatback and the seat surface, and

wherein an upper end of the frame is fixed to the side wall at a position below the position of the vehicle inner side surface of the side wall facing the expanded portion.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a window portion which is provided on the side wall,

wherein an upper end of the seatback protrudes upward from a lower edge of the window portion.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper end and the expanded portion are linearly connected to each other and the lower end and the expanded portion are linearly connected to each other in the side wall, and a sectional shape of the vehicle body in a vertical surface orthogonal to the travel direction is hexagonal.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0774 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046499/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2017
From: KANEMORI, TORU; FUJIO, NOBUYUKI; OKUBO, YOSHIKI; KARASAWA, RYUJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044153/0682 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-148822 · Jul 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180126874A1 · May 10, 2018