Granted Patent B2

US 12,583,530 · App. 18/068,272 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Inventors: Carlington George Demetrius (Dublin, OH); Yoshiaki Ikeda (Takanezawa-machi, JP); Yuze Li (Tochigi, JP); Hiroaki Taniguchi (Royal Oak, MI); Yuichiro Umeda (Novi, MI)

Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

B62D25/20B32B7/12B32B27/08B32B27/10B32B27/34B32B37/12B32B2250/03B32B2317/12B32B2377/00B32B2398/20B32B2605/003

Abstract

Claims (30)

1 . A floor garnish for a vehicle comprising:

a composite sheet;

a core on the composite sheet;

a board layer on the core; and

an upper film on the board layer;

wherein the board layer comprises:

a material layer;

a first slit film on a first surface of the material layer; and

a second slit film on a second surface of the material layer, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface.

2 . The floor garnish of claim 1 , wherein the upper film extends over a vertical radius at a peripheral edge of the floor garnish.

3 . The floor garnish of claim 2 , wherein the vertical radius is between 3- and 8-millimeters round.

4 . The floor garnish of claim 1 , wherein the board layer is a double-sided adhesive board.

5 . The floor garnish of claim 1 , wherein the first slit film bonds the board layer to the upper film and the second slit film bonds the board layer to the core.

6 . The floor garnish of claim 1 , wherein the board layer is a co-polyamide layer.

7 . The floor garnish of claim 1 , wherein the core is one of paper material and a thermoplastic material.

8 . A floor garnish for a vehicle comprising:

a composite sheet;

a core on the composite sheet;

a board layer on the core; and

an upper film on the board layer;

wherein the composite sheet comprises:

a slit film directly contacting the core;

a material layer on the slit film; and

a scrim film on the material layer, opposite the slit film.

9 . The floor garnish of claim 8 , wherein the material layer is one of a polyamide material and a thermoplastic material.

10 . The floor garnish of claim 8 , wherein the upper film extends over a vertical radius at a peripheral edge of the floor garnish.

11 . The floor garnish of claim 10 , wherein the vertical radius is between 3- and 8-millimeters round.

12 . The floor garnish of claim 8 , wherein the board layer is a double-sided adhesive board.

13 . The floor garnish of claim 8 , wherein the board layer is a co-polyamide layer.

14 . The floor garnish of claim 8 , wherein the core is one of paper material and a thermoplastic material.

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