IP Library Granted Patent US 10,814,745
Granted Patent B2
US 10,814,745 · App. 16/246,706 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Lower vehicle body structure

Inventors: Hirotaka Natsume (Hiroshima, JP); Hidenori Matsuoka (Hiroshima, JP); Keisuke Ebisumoto (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
B60N2/005B60K17/04B60K17/08B62D25/20B62D39/00B62D25/2036B62D25/2045
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Patent No.
US 10,814,745
App. No.
16/246,706
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lower vehicle body structure is provided, which includes a vehicle body floor having a bottom surface part, a floor tunnel bulging upwardly from the bottom surface part of the vehicle body floor and extending in vehicle front-and-rear directions, a power transmission mechanism disposed inside the floor tunnel, a mount member supporting the power transmission mechanism from below, and seat rails disposed on the vehicle body floor and slidably supporting seats from below. The mount member and the seat rails are jointly fastened to the vehicle body floor.

Claims (25)

1. A lower vehicle body structure, comprising:

a vehicle body floor having a bottom surface part;

a floor tunnel bulging upwardly from the bottom surface part of the vehicle body floor and extending in vehicle front-and-rear directions;

a power transmission mechanism disposed inside the floor tunnel;

a mount member supporting the power transmission mechanism from below; and

seat rails disposed on the vehicle body floor and slidably supporting seats from below,

wherein the mount member and the seat rails are jointly fastened to the vehicle body floor.

2. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein floor cross members extending outwardly from the floor tunnel in vehicle width directions are disposed on the bottom surface part, and

wherein the mount member and each of the seat rails are jointly fastened to a respective floor cross member.

3. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 1 , wherein the mount member is disposed below the vehicle body floor,

wherein each of the seat rails is disposed on a respective intermediate member that is disposed above the vehicle body floor with a gap, and

wherein the mount member and each of the seat rails are jointly fastened via a respective spacer member intervening between the vehicle body floor and the respective intermediate member.

4. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 2 , wherein the mount member is disposed below the vehicle body floor,

wherein each of the seat rails is disposed on a respective intermediate member that is disposed above the vehicle body floor with a gap, and

wherein the mount member and each of the seat rails are jointly fastened via a respective spacer member intervening between the vehicle body floor and the respective intermediate member.

5. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 3 , wherein each spacer member is a high nut with which a respective bolt used for jointly fastening the mount member and the respective seat rail is threadedly engaged.

6. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 4 , wherein each spacer member is a high nut with which a respective bolt used for jointly fastening the mount member and the respective seat rail is threadedly engaged.

7. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 3 , wherein each intermediate member is a floor cross member forming with the vehicle body floor a respective closed cross-section continuing in the vehicle width directions, and

wherein each spacer member is disposed within the respective closed cross-section.

8. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 4 , wherein each intermediate member is a floor cross member forming with the vehicle body floor a respective closed cross-section continuing in the vehicle width directions, and

wherein each spacer member is disposed within the respective closed cross-section.

9. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 5 , wherein each intermediate member is a floor cross member forming with the vehicle body floor a respective closed cross-section continuing in the vehicle width directions, and

wherein each spacer member is disposed within the respective closed cross-section.

10. The lower vehicle body structure of claim 6 , wherein each intermediate member is a floor cross member forming with the vehicle body floor a respective closed cross-section continuing in the vehicle width directions, and

wherein each spacer member is disposed within the respective closed cross-section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2019
From: NATSUME, HIROTAKA; MATSUOKA, HIDENORI; EBISUMOTO, KEISUKE
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047986/0150 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-004632 · Jan 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190217742A1 · Jul 18, 2019
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