IP Library Granted Patent US 10,787,206
Granted Patent B2
US 10,787,206 · App. 16/290,291 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Floor undercover and electric vehicle equipped with the floor undercover

Inventors: Koyo Nagano (Toyota, JP); Ryosuke Fukui (Aichi-gun, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D25/20B60K1/04B62D21/155B62D35/02B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 10,787,206
App. No.
16/290,291
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a floor undercover including: a flat plate portion that covers a bottom portion of a cabin located at a lower position than a front suspension member; side wall portions that rise in a vehicle upward direction from vehicle width direction outer end portions of the flat plate portion and that extend in a vehicle front and rear direction; and a curved portion that rises from a vehicle front-side edge portion of the flat plate portion toward the front suspension member, that curves from the vehicle width direction to a vehicle rearward direction heading outward in the vehicle width direction, and that is connected to the side wall portions.

Claims (15)

1. A floor undercover comprising:

a flat plate portion that covers a bottom portion of a cabin located at a lower position than a front suspension member;

side wall portions that rise in a vehicle upward direction from vehicle width direction outer end portions of the flat plate portion and that extend in a vehicle front and rear direction; and

a curved portion that rises from a vehicle front-side edge portion of the flat plate portion toward the front suspension member, that curves from the vehicle width direction to a vehicle rearward direction heading outward in the vehicle width direction, and that is connected to the side wall portions,

wherein a rear end edge of the front suspension member curves from the vehicle width direction to the vehicle rearward direction beading outward in the vehicle width direction, and

the curved portion is disposed along the rear end edge of the front suspension member.

2. The floor undercover according to claim 1 , wherein the curved portion has (i) upright surfaces that extend in a vehicle forward direction and inward in the vehicle width direction from the side wall portions, and (ii) a sloping surface that is connected to the upright surfaces and that slopes in the vehicle upward direction heading in the vehicle forward direction.

3. The floor undercover according to claim 2 , wherein connecting portions between the upright surfaces and the sloping surface are provided on a vehicle rear side between front tires and the front suspension member in the vehicle width direction.

4. The floor undercover according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cover front portion including a part of the curved portion adjacent to the front suspension member and a vehicle front end portion of the flat plate portion is made of metal, and

a cover main body portion excluding the cover front portion is made of resin.

5. An electric vehicle comprising:

the floor undercover according to claim 1 ; and

a battery pack covered by the floor undercover.

6. The electric vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising coupling members on which the battery pack is placed and which are secured to a pair of frame members that extend in the vehicle front and rear direction, wherein the floor undercover is secured at plural places to bottom surfaces of the coupling members.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2019
From: NAGANO, KOYO; FUKUI, RYOSUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048482/0129 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-051911 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190291785A1 · Sep 26, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,686,443