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US 12,325,469 · App. 18/077,395 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Vehicle floor structure and method for manufacturing vehicle

Inventors: Nobuyo Kondo (Toyota, JP); Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Okazaki, JP); Yoshihiko Tsuzuki (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D25/2072B32B15/08B32B2255/06B62D25/20
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Patent No.
US 12,325,469
App. No.
18/077,395
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle floor structure, in one aspect, includes a floor pan, an upper surface-side reinforcing member joined to an upper surface of the floor pan, and a lower surface-side reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the floor pan. The floor pan is formed of a resin-coated steel plate, and a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate includes a first resin layer formed on the upper surface of the floor pan and a second resin layer formed on a part of the lower surface of the floor pan that is in contact with the lower surface-side reinforcing member.

Claims (30)

1. A vehicle floor structure comprising:

a floor pan;

an upper surface-side reinforcing member joined to an upper surface of the floor pan; and

a lower surface-side reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the floor pan, wherein

the floor pan is formed of a resin-coated steel plate,

a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate includes a first resin layer formed on the upper surface of the floor pan and a second resin layer formed on a part of the lower surface of the floor pan that is in contact with the lower surface-side reinforcing member,

the first resin layer is formed over the entire upper surface of the floor pan,

the second resin layer is formed only on a part of the lower surface of the floor pan including the part of the lower surface thereof in contact with the lower surface-side reinforcing member, and

the floor pan is formed of a tailored blank material in which a first resin-coated steel plate in which only the first resin layer is formed and a second resin-coated steel plate in which the first and second resin layers are formed are welded to each other.

2. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper surface-side and lower surface-side reinforcing members is formed of a steel plate coated with no resin.

3. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first resin layer is larger than that of the second resin layer.

4. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper surface-side and lower surface-side reinforcing members has a hat-like shape in cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof and is joined to the floor pan at a pair of flange parts extending in the longitudinal direction.

5. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 4 , wherein outer peripheries of the pair of flange parts joined to the floor pan are not coated with any rust-prevention sealer.

6. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 4 , wherein an overall shape of the flange parts are flat.

7. A vehicle floor structure comprising:

a floor pan;

an upper surface-side reinforcing member joined to an upper surface of the floor pan; and

a lower surface-side reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the floor pan, wherein

the floor pan is formed of a resin-coated steel plate,

a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate includes a first resin layer formed on the upper surface of the floor pan and a second resin layer formed on a part of the lower surface of the floor pan that is in contact with the lower surface-side reinforcing member

the upper surface-side reinforcing member is formed of a resin-coated steel plate, and

a thickness of a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate of which the upper surface-side reinforcing member is formed is smaller than that of the first resin layer of the floor pan.

8. A vehicle floor structure comprising:

a floor pan;

an upper surface-side reinforcing member joined to an upper surface of the floor pan; and

a lower surface-side reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the floor pan, wherein

the floor pan is formed of a resin-coated steel plate,

a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate includes a first resin layer formed on the upper surface of the floor pan and a second resin layer formed on a part of the lower surface of the floor pan that is in contact with the lower surface-side reinforcing member

the lower surface-side reinforcing member is formed of a resin-coated steel plate, and

a thickness of a resin layer of the resin-coated steel plate of which the lower surface-side reinforcing member is formed is smaller than that of the second resin layer of the floor pan.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: KONDO, NOBUYO; KAWAGUCHI, HIROSHI; TSUZUKI, YOSHIHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062023/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-012961 · Jan 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230242186A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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