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Granted Patent B2
US 11,667,215 · App. 17/530,968 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Vehicle

Inventors: Akihiro Yanaka (Nagoya, JP); Shinji Kurachi (Kariya, JP); Yoshinori Ikegami (Kariya, JP); Yoshikazu Tanoue (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/005B60N2/90B60Y2304/07
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,667,215
App. No.
17/530,968
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The technology described in the present specification is embodied in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat, and a seat bracket. The vehicle body includes a pipe material extending in the vehicle right-left direction. The seat is provided in the vehicle body, and an occupant of the vehicle sits on the seat. The seat is fixed to the pipe material via the seat bracket. The seat bracket includes a bracket lower and a bracket upper. The bracket lower is placed below the pipe material. The bracket upper is placed above the pipe material such that the pipe material is sandwiched between the bracket upper and the bracket lower.

Claims (20)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body including a pipe material extending in a vehicle right-left direction and a second pipe material placed behind the pipe material in a vehicle front-rear direction;

a seat provided in the vehicle body such that an occupant of the vehicle sits on the seat; and

a seat bracket via which the seat is fixed to the pipe material, wherein the seat bracket includes:

a bracket lower placed below the pipe material, and

a bracket upper placed above the pipe material such that the pipe material is sandwiched between the bracket upper and the bracket lower, the bracket upper extending rearward in the vehicle front-rear direction from the pipe material toward the second pipe material and is fixed to the second pipe material from below.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the seat bracket further includes a second bracket upper placed above the second pipe material such that the second pipe material is sandwiched between the second bracket upper and the bracket upper.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein:

the seat bracket further includes a third bracket upper; and

the third bracket upper is adjacent to the bracket upper in the vehicle right-left direction and placed above the pipe material such that the pipe material is sandwiched between the third bracket upper and the bracket lower.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the third bracket upper has the same shape as the bracket upper.

5. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein:

the seat bracket further includes a fourth bracket upper; and

the fourth bracket upper is placed above the second pipe material such that the second pipe material is sandwiched between the fourth bracket upper and the third bracket upper.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the fourth bracket upper has the same shape as the second bracket upper.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least either of the pipe material and the second pipe material is made of high tensile steel.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle body further includes a floor panel placed below the pipe material; and

a battery as a driving power supply for the vehicle is provided below the floor panel.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein an electric device connected to the battery is provided between the floor panel and the seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: YANAKA, AKIHIRO; KURACHI, SHINJI; IKEGAMI, YOSHINORI; TANOUE, YOSHIKAZU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058165/0406 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-194125 · Nov 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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