IP Library Granted Patent US 10,399,607
Granted Patent B2
US 10,399,607 · App. 15/873,437 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Vehicle floor structure

Inventor: Yuki Sasakura (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
B62D25/2018B62D27/02
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Patent No.
US 10,399,607
App. No.
15/873,437
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle floor structure includes: a floor tunnel extending in a vehicle-longitudinal direction at a center in a vehicle-width direction of a vehicle; and a floor pan fixed outward of the floor tunnel in the vehicle-width direction. The floor tunnel includes a top wall having a plate-like shape, a side wall extending downward from an edge of the top wall in the vehicle-width direction toward the floor pan, a tunnel reinforcement covering a corner ranging from the edge to an upper edge of the side wall in the vehicle-upward direction, and a reinforcement member provided on the side wall. A part of the reinforcement member is placed on an outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement, and is fixed to the outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement at a position adjacent to a front end of the floor tunnel.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle floor structure comprising:

a floor tunnel extending in a vehicle-longitudinal direction at a center in a vehicle-width direction of a vehicle; and

a floor pan fixed outward of the floor tunnel in the vehicle-width direction, wherein

the floor tunnel includes a top wall having a plate-like shape, a first side wall extending downward from a first edge of the top wall in the vehicle-width direction toward the floor pan, a tunnel reinforcement covering a corner ranging from the first edge to an upper edge of the first side wall in a vehicle-upward direction, and a reinforcement member provided on the first side wall, and

a part of the reinforcement member is placed on an outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement, and is fixed to the outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement at a position adjacent to a front end in the vehicle-longitudinal direction of the floor tunnel.

2. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , further comprising

a dash lower cross member provided on upper surface of the floor pan, the dash lower cross member extending in the vehicle-width direction along a front edge of the floor pan, wherein

an inner end portion of the dash lower cross member in the vehicle-width direction is connected to the first side wall, and

the reinforcement member is disposed on the first side wall at a position above a position of the first side wall to which the dash lower cross member is connected.

3. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a rear end portion of the reinforcement member in the vehicle-longitudinal direction is fixed to the outer surface of the tunnel reinforcement.

4. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the floor tunnel includes a second side wall extending downward from a second edge of the top wall, the second edge being on the other side of the first edge in the vehicle width direction,

a power unit generating driving force of the vehicle is located more frontward in the vehicle-longitudinal direction than the floor tunnel, and is disposed such that a center of the power unit is closer to the first edge of the top wall than to the second edge, and

no reinforcement member is provided on an opposite side of the center of the floor tunnel in the vehicle-width direction from the reinforcement member.

5. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the floor tunnel includes a front region ranging from a predetermined part of the floor tunnel in the vehicle-longitudinal direction to the front end, in the front region, the top wall is located more upward as the top wall extend frontward in the vehicle-longitudinal direction, and

the reinforcement member is fixed to the first side wall within the front region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2018
From: SASAKURA, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045084/0713 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-010258 · Jan 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180208250A1 · Jul 26, 2018
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