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Document | Title | Date |
20080197673 | Closed Two-Wheel Motorcycle With Retractable Floors - The present invention relates to a dosed two-wheel motorcycle with retractable floors, in which the two-wheel motorcycle is equipped with a closed cockpit. Besides the each side of the driver, a retractable floor ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080203765 | Straddle-Type Vehicle - A straddle-type having a foot rest formed by a bar-shaped member disposed along a vehicle width direction and attached to a lower portion of a power unit. The footrest is formed by a cylindrical tubular member. An attachment portion of the footrest attached to a bottom face of a crank case of an engine has a recessed portion formed by bending a recess in to the tubular member. Minimum ground clearance and sufficient footrest rigidity is thereby provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20080258502 | FLOOR PANEL IN VEHICLE, HAVING POSITIONING HOLE FORMED IN JOINT BETWEEN BEADS - In a floor panel in a vehicle, a plurality of beads are arranged in parallel on the floor panel; a joint part for connecting adjacent two of the beads is provided so as to form a coplanar surface over the two beads; a positioning hole, which is used for positioning the floor panel during assembly, is provided in the joint part; and a burr, which protrudes toward the inside of the beads, is formed at the inner periphery of the positioning hole. Preferably, the length of the joint part along the length of the two beads is determined so as to secure the width length of each of the two beads on both sides of the positioning hole. Typically, a plurality of the positioning holes is provided so as to be dispersed in the front-to-back direction of the vehicle. | 10-23-2008 |
20080258503 | FLOOR PANEL IN VEHICLE, HAVING BEAD WHOSE INCLINED SURFACE HAS GRADUALLY-CHANGED INCLINATION ANGLE - In a floor panel in a vehicle, a plurality of beads, each having an arc form, are coaxially arranged on the floor panel; the center of the coaxially-arranged beads is positioned on either of side sills provided on the right and left sides of the vehicle; and each of the beads has an inclined surface, and the inclination angle of the surface with respect to the horizontal position is gradually decreased in a direction from the inner side to the outer side along the width of the vehicle. Typically, each of the beads protrudes upward, and has an inclined rear wall, and the inclination angle of the rear wall with respect to the horizontal position is gradually decreased in the direction from the inner side to the outer side along the width of the vehicle. | 10-23-2008 |
20080315629 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle body floor structure includes: a floor panel; a floor cross member provided on the floor panel and joined to left and side sills provided on left and right sides of the floor panel; and left and right front floor frames provided on the floor panel and extending from a dashboard cross member to a substantial middle region of the floor panel through a recessed portion of the floor cross member. The left and right front floor frames each have a rear section located rearwardly of the floor cross member, and these rear sections are bent outwardly to be joined to the left and right side sills, respectively. Each of the front floor frames may be provided on the upper surface of a downwardly concaved floor section of the floor panel and extend between the concaved floor section and the floor cross member. | 12-25-2008 |
20090001761 | Vehicle Body Floor Structure - A floor structure for a vehicle body whereby a load transmitted to left and right floor frames is reduced, and a reduction in weight is achieved. A cross member extends between the left and right floor frames. Both ends of the cross member are inclined inward in a width direction of a vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle body; and a front portion of the cross member has a concave shape. | 01-01-2009 |
20090039679 | ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE CARGO LOAD FLOOR - A reversible lid of a cargo bin also functions as a cargo load floor. The cargo load floor is located behind a rear passenger seat and above a spare tire. When the lid is closed, a first flat loading surface is parallel to the ground upon which the vehicle rests while the opposite side of the lid defines the second flat loading surface that is angled with respect to the ground but 180 degrees to the rear surface of a folded forward rear passenger seat to create a smooth continuous loading surface to slide cargo onto the rear surface of the rear seat. A peripheral protruding portion surrounds the first flat lading surface to retain cargo while, grooves in the loading surface may accommodate any deposition of water and mud from cargo. The load floor pivots to open while at opposite corners locking tabs secure into holes to lock the load floor closed. | 02-12-2009 |
20090058142 | Upper body structure for fuel cell vehicle for reinforcing floor kick-up portion - An upper body structure for a fuel cell vehicle for reinforcing a floor kick-up portion is disclosed. The upper body structure for the fuel cell vehicle includes: a center floor rear cross member ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090091159 | Structural chassis system - A rigidifying stabilizer device for installation against a floor pan of an automotive vehicle of a corresponding type with the device having a mating side substantially matching at least a substantial portion of a surface of the floor pan except at locations at which any interfering structures occur with the mating side having recesses provided therein to at least partially surround any of those interfering structures present. An opposite side shell is affixed to the mating shell at locations therein immediately adjacent to one another. A rigid solid filler is positioned between said opposite side shell inner shell surface and said mating side shell inner shell surface at locations therein where they are spaced apart from one another. The resulting rigidifying stabilizer device can then have the mating side shell thereof adhered to the surface of the floor pan of an automotive vehicle of the selected type. | 04-09-2009 |
20090102238 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure in which a panel is reinforced by a pair of reinforcing members, and a connecting member is included. The pair of reinforcing members intersects with each other and the reinforcing members are provided along one surface of the panel. The connecting member is connected to both of the pair of reinforcing members in a portion where the pair of reinforcing members intersects with each other. | 04-23-2009 |
20090134666 | Floor Plate for a Vehicle - Floor plate for attaching to the bottom of a vehicle, the floor plate comprising at least one element ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090134667 | Bottom Structure of Vehicle Body - A second cross member, which extends in the lateral direction of a vehicle, is provided between one of floor side members and one of tunnel under reinforcements below a front floor panel. The bottom wall of the second cross member is arch-shaped, and a space is provided under the bottom wall. Due to the arch-shaped bottom wall, the second cross member deforms upward upon side collision of the vehicle, whereby the components arranged in the space are not damaged. | 05-28-2009 |
20090134668 | Bodywork - A motor vehicle bodywork has a floor assembly with an upwardly convex and downwardly open longitudinal center tunnel and two side sills parallel thereto. Floor elements are disposed between the longitudinal center tunnel and the side sills. A driver side and a passenger side are each provided with at least one front and one rear seat crossmember, seen in the direction of travel. The seat cross-members extend in the transverse direction of the vehicle and rest on the associated floor elements. It is important that the driver side and/or passenger side seat cross-members are each connected to each other in their upper regions via a plate-like thrust element. | 05-28-2009 |
20090174224 | Floor Spacer for Vehicle and Vehicle Interior Structure - A floor spacer for a vehicle capable of effectively preventing a relative displacement of a floor carpet to the floor spacer while ensuring the easiness of removing the floor carpet without increasing manufacturing cost, and a vehicle interior structure are provided. A floor spacer | 07-09-2009 |
20090195029 | INSTALLATION SUPPORT OF A LOADING FLOOR OF A PASSENGER CAR - An installation support of a loading floor of a passenger car is distinguished in that it is a component which is different from the bodyshell of the passenger car and is provided in order to define fitting positions of side wall panels and of the loading floor relative to one another. Furthermore, a welded assemblage of a passenger car body has at least one rear longitudinal member. The welded assemblage is provided in order to be screwed to such an installation support by a screw connection. The screw connection has cage nuts which are provided for the screw connection and are guided moveably in the longitudinal member transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal member. | 08-06-2009 |
20090206632 | CENTRAL FLOOR PART OF A VEHICLE BODY - A central floor part of a floor assembly of a vehicle body is formed as a unipartite cast part which is delimited at the outer side of the body by in each case one sill profile. Alternatively the unipartite cast part can be two cast parts connected to each other by a vehicle tunnel disposed between the inner sides of the two cast parts. | 08-20-2009 |
20090230729 | FLOOR PANEL FOR A VEHICLE - A structural shear panel for forming a floor panel for support by a vehicle frame is formed by a composite of top and bottom sheets and a core with a vacuum infused resin. The core is formed of top and bottom layers each formed from a honeycomb panel defining an array of hexagonal tubular cells with walls which extend in the thickness direction filled with a foam material. A third layer is located between the first and second layers and is formed of a material such as foam, rubber or cork which is free from tubular cells in the thickness direction and free from rigid structural members in the thickness direction to reduce communication of sound through the panel. | 09-17-2009 |
20090230730 | Driver-side floor structure of vehicle - A floor structure on a driver side of a vehicle where a control pedal, such as a brake pedal | 09-17-2009 |
20090309390 | Removably Clamped Platform - According to some preferred examples, a vehicle having a removable deck plate or platform is disclosed. The vehicle preferably includes: a) a frame; b) a platform for placement upon the frame; c) a clamping plate for clamping against the frame; d) a clamping arm engageable with the clamping plate via a hole in the platform; and e) the clamping arm and the clamping plate being configured so as to clamp the platform to the frame upon moving the clamping arm into a position adjacent the platform. | 12-17-2009 |
20100001553 | VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a floor panel, a driver's seat and a passenger's seat fixed to the floor panel and arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction, and an electric power storage apparatus provided between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. The vehicle includes a reinforcing member for fixing a supporting frame of the driver's seat and a supporting frame of the passenger's seat to each other. The reinforcing member is formed to extend over the electric power storage apparatus so as to bridge between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. | 01-07-2010 |
20100060038 | Floor Spacer For Vehicle - A floor spacer for a vehicle constituted of an expanded resin molded article which can simultaneously satisfy sound absorbing performance while satisfying desired compression strength and reduction in weight is provided. A floor spacer A for a vehicle is constituted of a floor spacer main body | 03-11-2010 |
20100066125 | VEHICLE FLOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle floor structure including: a floor tunnel frame arranged along a center in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle length direction; side sills arranged on the right and left sides of a vehicle body and extending in the length direction; lateral frame members connecting the tunnel frame with the side sills; floor panels bridged between the tunnel frame and the side sills; obliquely extending portions provided on at least one of the lateral frame members and extending so as to be inclined to the length direction in a planar view, connecting respectively with the side sills; and concentric arc-shaped beads provided in the respective panels, with centers respectively at intersections of the side sills and the obliquely extending portions, wherein at least one of the beads has one end extending orthogonal to the side sill and the other end extending orthogonal to the width direction. | 03-18-2010 |
20100078966 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR STRUCTURE - Vehicle body floor structure includes a floor frame of an upwardly-opening U sectional shape extending in a length direction of a vehicle centrally on a floor panel provided in a floor section of a vehicle compartment, and a collective piping bracket provided under the floor panel between a flange of the floor frame and an outer surface of the floor panel. The collective piping bracket is fixedly joined to the flange of the floor frame in spaced-apart relation to the floor panel. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078967 | VEHICLE FRAME ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle frame assembly, system and method includes a vehicle frame assembly having a variable length longitudinal frame component. The longitudinal frame component is formed at a first length when used on a first vehicle type and formed at a second length when used on a second vehicle type. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078968 | VEHICLE BED FRAME ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle frame assembly, system and method includes a vehicle frame assembly having a variable length longitudinal frame component. The longitudinal frame component is formed at a first length when used on a first vehicle type and formed at a second length when used on a second vehicle type. | 04-01-2010 |
20100090502 | Adjustable Rear Load Floor for a Hybrid Vehicle - A vehicle includes a vehicle body which includes a storage area at the rear of the vehicle. A load floor located in the storage area is moveable between a first position and a second position relative to a stationary floor also located in the storage area. | 04-15-2010 |
20100133878 | FLOOR MODULE - A floor module ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100140977 | VEHICLE LOWER BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle lower body structure includes a cross member that extends in the vehicle-width direction, that defines part of a vehicle compartment, and that includes a first cross member which is formed of a plate member and a second cross member which is formed of a plate member and which is provided at a position closer to the rear of a vehicle than the first cross member, the first cross member and the second cross member facing each other. A plurality of closed section portions is formed by the first cross member and the second cross member. The closed section portions are connected to each other via a portion at which the first cross member and the second cross member are continuously overlapped with each other. | 06-10-2010 |
20100156146 | FLOOR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE BODY - A floor structure for a vehicle body whereby vertical vibration in the floor panel can be minimized. The floor structure for a vehicle body comprises a floor panel having a tunnel part provided laterally centrally of the vehicle body and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body. A ridge is formed in the tunnel part. An inner cross member provided inside the tunnel part and a first cross member on the floor panel are linearly bonded via the ridge. | 06-24-2010 |
20100164250 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A TRANSVERSE UNDERSTRUCTURE MEMBER AND A TECHNICAL FRONT PANEL - A method for mounting on a motor vehicle at least one transverse understructure member and a technical front panel to be mounted at a longitudinal end of a frame structural member including two transversely opposite rails and two transversely opposite portions of the frame structural member, in particular hinging members for holding the vehicle headlights. The method includes placing the technical front panel in a vertical position on the transversely opposite portions of the frame structural member, and transversely positioning the technical front panel on the portions. | 07-01-2010 |
20100187864 | VEHICLE STRUCTURE - A vehicle structure including a floor tunnel includes: tunnel reinforcing members for reinforcing at least a front portion of the floor tunnel; and a supporting frame combined with the tunnel reinforcing members and side members or a supporting frame combined with the tunnel reinforcing members, the side members, and side sills. The supporting frame is preferably arranged at a front end of the floor tunnel. | 07-29-2010 |
20100213741 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR STRUCTURE - Vehicle body floor structure has a floor tunnel provided on a laterally central portion of a vehicle body floor panel and extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, a desired stored component being stored in the floor tunnel. The stored component has a passageway formed therein to extend in a width direction of the vehicle body. The floor structure also has a cross member passed through the passageway of the stored component, the stored component is supported on the cross member via a resilient member, and the cross member is fixedly fastened at its opposite ends to the inner surfaces of opposed side walls of the floor tunnel. | 08-26-2010 |
20100237657 | Truck floor assembly - A floor filler plate assembly for use with a floor in a vehicle. The assembly includes a floor filler plate pan having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion joined together at a junction to form an enclosed area. At least one end panel attached to at least one of the horizontal and vertical portions on at least one of the curbside and roadside end to form a closed floor filler plate pan. A stiffener is also provided at the junction for added strength. The assembly may be fixedly mounted to the floor with other objects fastened to it. | 09-23-2010 |
20100264699 | Floorboard Assembly for Vehicle - A floorboard assembly for vehicle, comprising a front floorboard ( | 10-21-2010 |
20100289297 | COMPARTMENT MOUNTED AT AN UNDERSIDE OF AN UPPER FRAME OF A CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - Construction equipment includes an undercarriage on which an upper frame is mounted, especially in the form of an excavator or crane. At an underside of the upper frame at least one flap and/or at least one compartment is arranged which can be open and closed and which is adapted such that a component of the construction equipment can be operated or is accessible or can be stored when the flap or compartment is open, or such that a compartment is provided for a fuel filler pump, a fuel suction hose, tools, accessories and/or spare parts. | 11-18-2010 |
20100327628 | LOWER-BODY STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOBILE - A lower body structure for an automobile is provided in which a tank bracket for supporting a fuel tank N is disposed on the underside of the floor of the cabin compartment rear portion, to which the seat belt anchor is joined. The tank bracket, having a substantially inverse hat-shape cross section, forms a closed cross section together with the floor. At the rear end, a rear edge flange of a side wall is joined to the front face of a floor cross member, and a joint flange that extends from the rear end of a bottom wall is joined to the lower face of the floor cross member, thereby to enhance the joining force to the floor cross member. In the bracket, beads and are formed extending in the width direction of the bracket, so that the beads deform to spread in the front-rear direction, when the vehicle decelerates abruptly and the seat belt load acts, and to absorb the load thereby. As a result, the joint of the seat belt anchor to the floor is not displaced on account of the load. | 12-30-2010 |
20110001337 | REAR FLOOR ARANGEMENT AND FRAME STRUCTURE OF A SELF-SUPPORTING AUTOMOTIVE BODY - A rear floor arrangement as well as a frame structure of an automotive body are provided having at least one first supporting structure component, which may be disposed in the inner or dry region of the motor vehicle and which may be directly connected to a second supporting structure component and inside the inner or dry region of the vehicle, which is mounted ahead of the first supporting structure component in the direction of travel and which extends at least in certain areas over a floor middle of the body. | 01-06-2011 |
20110043000 | MOTOR VEHICLE FLOOR COMPRISING LOCALLY REINFORCED RAILS - The invention relates to an automobile floor ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110049935 | FIRE RETARDANT PANEL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME - A flame retardant panel apparatus, and method, utilize a flame retardant panel, having an exterior and an interior face thereof, with the panel including a panel structure having a primary core encapsulated within a panel frame of reinforced phenolic material, and a layer of flame retardant material attached to the panel structure and extending outwardly therefrom to at least partially define an exterior face of the flame retardant panel. The flame retardant panel is suitable for use in mass transit conveyances, such as subway cars, high speed cars, rail cars, buses, rapid response vehicles, marine vessels, and elevators. | 03-03-2011 |
20110068608 | DRIVING POSITION ADJUSTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A driving position adjusting apparatus for a vehicle comprises a driver's seat provided on a floor panel of a vehicle compartment, an operational pedal, such as an accelerator pedal, which is operated by a driver seated in the driver's seat, an incline-face portion which is provided on the floor panel, on which a heel of the driver operating the operational pedal is placed, the incline-face portion having an upper face which is inclined so that a front portion thereof is located at a higher position than a rear portion thereof, and a heel-placement height adjusting device which adjusts a height position of the driver's heel placed on the incline-face portion at least by moving up or down the incline-face portion. | 03-24-2011 |
20110074182 | Swivel Frame - A swivel frame for a swivel work machine includes a swivel base plate supported on a traveling machine body to be pivotable about a swivel axis and mounting an engine at a rear portion thereof, a support bracket provided at a front end of the swivel base plate for supporting an excavator, a partition wall provided on the swivel base plate for partitioning space forwardly of the engine in the fore/aft direction, and a pair of right and left vertical ribs provided on the swivel base plate for interconnecting the support bracket and the partition wall. The swivel base plate is divided into a rear plate portion on the rear side thereof and a front plate portion on the front side thereof, the rear plate portion being formed of a plate thinner than the front plate portion. The rear plate portion and the front plate portion are fixedly connected to each other in such in a manner that upper surfaces thereof are flush each other. A rear portion of the front plate portion projects more rearward than the partition wall. A pair of vertical walls are formed on and project from the rear plate portion. Front portions of the pair of vertical walls project more forward than the rear plate portion and are fixedly attached to the rear portion of the front plate portion and the partition wall. | 03-31-2011 |
20110095571 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A cargo management system includes a vehicle floor pan, a passenger seat having a seat back and a seat cushion, and an adjustable load floor. The passenger seat is disposed on the vehicle floor pan. The passenger seat has a seatback that is pivotally mounted to the seat cushion. The adjustable load floor is disposed above the vehicle floor pan. The adjustable load floor has a rear end and a front end wherein the front end is operatively configured to engage with the base of the seatback. The adjustable load floor being is operatively configured to move between a first position and a second position as the seat back moves between the upright position and the collapsed position. | 04-28-2011 |
20110095572 | HONEYCOMB-STRUCTURED FLOOR PANEL FOR A VEHICLE, THE PANEL INCORPORATING A FASTENER ELEMENT FOR FASTENING EQUIPMENT OF THE VEHICLE - The invention provides a laminated floor panel for a vehicle cabin. The panel comprises a core ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110095573 | SUBFRAME - A subframe for a front axle of a motor vehicle is arranged on the floor side of the vehicle structure and is connected to a front axle transverse beam and to the vehicle body. The subframe substantially contains two longitudinal beams which are arranged in a divergent fashion in relation to one another and which are connected at the rear end—as viewed in relation to the direction of travel—to a plate-shaped stiffening element. The latter is held together with the longitudinal beams on a central tunnel of the vehicle structure by fastening devices, with it being possible for the free front ends of the longitudinal beams to be fastened to the front axle transverse beam by further fastening devices. | 04-28-2011 |
20110115258 | MOUNTING OF SUBFRAME - In a structure for mounting a subframe, located under a vehicle body, to the vehicle body via an elastic assembly, the elastic assembly includes: a first mounting member located under the vehicle body and over the subframe; a second mounting member located immediately above the first mounting member; and an elastic member disposed between the first and second mounting members. The first mounting member is mounted to the vehicle body, while the second mounting member is mounted to the subframe. | 05-19-2011 |
20110210582 | VEHICLE FLOOR STRUCTURE - A tunnel is provided at a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of a floor panel. The tunnel extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. Along the lateral portion of the floor panel, a rocker extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided. A floor crossmember is spanned between the tunnel and the rocker. The floor crossmember is composed of a first floor crossmember and a second floor crossmember. A fragile portion is formed at a fitting portion between the first floor crossmember and the second floor crossmember. The fragile portion F is disposed at a position closer to a lateral center position of the floor panel than a lateral portion of the floor panel. | 09-01-2011 |
20110233967 | FLOOR PANEL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - In a vehicle in which a driver's seat is provided on a floor panel and an operational pedal, such as a brake pedal, is provided in front of the driver's seat, a slant floor portion is provided in an area of the floor panel where a heel of a driver pressing the operational pedal is placed. This slant floor portion slants with a specified slant degree in such a manner that its front portion is positioned at a higher level than its rear portion. An interference avoidance portion which is comprised of a horizontal face portion is provided in front of the slant floor portion. This interference avoidance portion has a slant degree which is smaller than the specified slant degree of the slant floor portion so as to avoid interference with the heel of the driver's foot. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233968 | TRANSMISSION TUNNEL - A transmission tunnel, in particular for installation in a motor vehicle body, is produced by hot-forming and press-hardening a sheet steel blank, and has a first region which underwent heat treatment, a second region which is not heat-treated, and a transition zone between the first and second regions. The transition zone is hereby defined by a width which is smaller than or equal to 50 mm. At least one component can be coupled to the transmission tunnel to form a floor assembly. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233969 | VEHICLE WIRING STRUCTURE - A vehicle wiring structure equipped with a pipe ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110266838 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY - A floor structure is provided for a motor vehicle body having a central tunnel, which extends essentially in the vehicle longitudinal direction and protrudes upward in the direction of a passenger compartment located above it, and having at least one transverse tunnel, which extends transversely to the central tunnel, and extends from the central tunnel up to an edge located in the vehicle transverse direction. | 11-03-2011 |
20110272969 | LOWER STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A floor member includes a floor member front arranged at a front side and a floor member rear arranged at a rear side. A member rear upper is mounted on the floor member front. The floor member front and the floor member rear respectively have a front upper bead and a rear lower bead that extend in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. | 11-10-2011 |
20110278881 | VEHICLE UNDERBODY STRUCTURE - To obtain a vehicle underbody structure that is capable of ensuring the capacity of a fuel tank while suppressing an increase in the size of the fuel tank. A fuel tank is mounted behind a front floor and under a center floor. An exhaust pipe partially overlaps the fuel tank when a vehicle is seen in a plan view, and the exhaust pipe is positioned between the fuel tank and the center floor at this overlapping section. | 11-17-2011 |
20110298245 | REDUCED HEIGHT PICKUP TRUCK BED SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A pickup bed support structure that includes longitudinally extending frame rails to which transversely extending beams used to support the truck bed box are assembled. The beams are received below a top surface of the frame rails by forming notches or holes in the frame rails into which the beams are inserted. Alternatively, notches or holes may be provided in the transversely extending beams that receive the longitudinal extending frame rails. One method of manufacturing a pickup truck bed support structure is disclosed in which holes are provided in the longitudinally extending frame rail that receive the transversely extending beam that support the pickup truck bed. An alternative method is also disclosed in which notches are formed in the frame rails that receive the beams that are welded to the frame rails prior to assembling the pickup truck bed to the beams. | 12-08-2011 |
20110298246 | REAR UNDERBODY FOR A VEHICLE - A rear underbody is provided for a vehicle with a rear frame structure, a floor structure forming the floor for the footwell of the vehicle and with a termination structure delimiting the footwell to the rear. It is provided that the rear frame structure extends at least partially forward and beyond the termination structure. | 12-08-2011 |
20120038187 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure which is subject to a small deformation amount at the time of offset collision and a large deformation amount at the time of full-wrap collision. A floor panel includes a groove which extends from a flat portion to a lower dash panel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and an upper floor member having an approximate U-shaped cross-section is accommodated inside the groove, so that a closed cross-section is formed. The upper floor member and the flat portion of the floor panel are connected to each other by being respectively welded to brackets. A floor cross member extending in the width direction of the vehicle is fixed to the flat portion across the groove. | 02-16-2012 |
20120061996 | Extension bracket - An extension bracket, comprising a front side and a top side, the front side at approximately ninety degrees from the top side; at least two openings on the front side, the two openings at different level from each other, one opening higher or elevated than the other; and, a pivot connector allowing one part to pivot relative to the extension bracket. The extension bracket can have a back side to provide additional support between the extension bracket and the part to which it is connected to. | 03-15-2012 |
20120068499 | FRAME STRUCTURE FOR THE BODY FLOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, FLOOR UNIT, UNDERBODY AND VEHICLE BODY - A frame structure is provided for the body floor of a motor vehicle, particularly of a motor vehicle with occupants seated up high, as for example off-road sedan, off-road car or van. It is provided that the frame structure is designed in the manner of a ladder frame. A floor unit is provided and an underbody for a vehicle body. Furthermore, the a motor vehicle is provided, particularly the vehicle body of a motor vehicle. | 03-22-2012 |
20120074732 | VEHICLE FRAMEWORK MEMBER - When front side members are bent by a front-rear-directional collision of a vehicle, the front side members come in surface, not point, contact with an adjacent member in the vehicle by a contact surface formed at a contact portion. Accordingly, the front-rear-directional collision load is stably transmitted to a member, such as an adjacent engine, such that it is possible to efficiently improve the effect of distributing and reducing the load in a collision. Further, since the bent front side members stably come in surface, not point, contact with the adjacent member, such as the engine in the vehicle, it is possible to decrease the possibility of unexpected fracturing of the front side members. | 03-29-2012 |
20120080907 | VEHICLE FLOOR FRAME STRUCTURE - In a vehicle floor frame structure, side members | 04-05-2012 |
20120091759 | REAR FLOOR STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A rear floor structure for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to two longitudinal girders extending between rear wheel houses. A downwardly open pocket for receiving a shock absorber is formed in each of the longitudinal girders. | 04-19-2012 |
20120098298 | REAR FLOOR FOR AN AUTOMOBILE AND AUTOMOBILE INCLUDING SUCH A FLOOR - A rear floor for an automobile, including a series of ribs punched into the metal sheet of the floor and extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. At least one of the punched-in ribs is connected to an adjacent rib by a rib portion that is inclined relative to the longitudinal direction. | 04-26-2012 |
20120119544 | CAR BODY WITH REINFORCING STRUCTURE - A car body is provided with a longitudinal beam structure that extends in essentially the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a front longitudinal beam, a rear longitudinal beam, and an intermediate piece that structurally connects the rear longitudinal beam to the front longitudinal beam. The longitudinal beam structure is connected to a reinforcing structure that bridges the intermediate piece and, referred to in the lateral direction of the vehicle, is arranged laterally offset to the longitudinal beam structure at least in certain areas. | 05-17-2012 |
20120119545 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF AN AUTOMOBILE BODY - A floor structure is provided for an automobile body that includes, but is not limited to a floor panel and a seat support structure disposed underneath the floor panel. The floor panel includes, but is not limited to at least two floor sections that adjoin one another in the vehicle longitudinal direction and are configured to be substantially flat, which are disposed offset with respect to one another in relation to the vehicle vertical direction. The seat support structure has at least one transverse structure stabilizing the floor section at least in the area of the higher floor section. | 05-17-2012 |
20120126579 | REINFORCED VEHICLE STRUCTURE - A reinforced vehicle structure includes a vehicle floor, a reinforcement member, an accessory attachment member and a plurality of mounting structures. The vehicle floor has an underbody floor surface facing an underbody of the vehicle and an interior floor surface facing an interior of the vehicle. The reinforcement member is mounted to the underbody floor surface. The accessory attachment member is mounted to the interior floor surface. The plurality of mounting structures is spaced along the reinforcement member and extends through the vehicle floor to couple the accessory attachment member to the reinforcement member. | 05-24-2012 |
20120126580 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VEHICLES AND VEHICLE OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of manufacturing vehicles, comprising at least the steps of: providing a first shaped panel made of plastic material; providing a second shaped panel; coupling the first shaped panel to the second shaped panel so as to define a structural element of the vehicle, in which a hollow space is confined between the first shaped panel and the second shaped panel; before or during coupling, arranging conductive tracks in the hollow space, which conductive tracks define at least part of an electric equipment of the vehicle; filling the hollow space with polyurethane. | 05-24-2012 |
20120133178 | REAR FLOOR ARANGEMENT AND FRAME STRUCTURE OF A SELF-SUPPORTING AUTOMOTIVE BODY - A rear floor arrangement as well as a frame structure of an automotive body are provided having at least one first supporting structure component, which may be disposed in the inner or dry region of the motor vehicle and which may be directly connected to a second supporting structure component and inside the inner or dry region of the vehicle, which is mounted ahead of the first supporting structure component in the direction of travel and which extends at least in certain areas over a floor middle of the body. | 05-31-2012 |
20120212009 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120242113 | VEHICLE BODY PANEL JOINING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a vehicle body panel joining structure including a structural frame ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120248822 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY - A floor structure of a motor vehicle body is provided that has two side member arrangements substantially extending in vehicle longitudinal direction, which are interconnected by way of at least one front cross member and one rear cross member, and with a floor panel arranged above the cross members, which is provided with a reinforcing element substantially extending in vehicle longitudinal direction and arranged above the floor panel, which is structurally connected to at least one front cross member and to one rear cross member. | 10-04-2012 |
20120256446 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR STRUCTURE - In this vehicle body floor structure, stiffeners that extend to a rear of a front cross member and that have a U-shaped concave portion that is open at to top thereof when viewed in a cross-section of a vehicle are joined to a bottom surface on both side portions of floor panel. Beads that have a U-shaped concave portion when viewed in a cross-section of the vehicle are provided at a rear portion of the floor panel, and the beads are aligned with the concave portion of the stiffeners and are provided continuously with the stiffeners. | 10-11-2012 |
20120267917 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE IN THE FLOOR REGION OF THE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD - The invention relates to a vehicle body structure in the floor region of the occupant compartment having on both sides a respective longitudinal beam ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120274100 | DIAGONAL REINFORCEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FLOOR STRUCTURE - A floor structure of a motor vehicle body is provided. The floor structure has two frame rail arrangements essentially extending in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle body. The arrangements are joined together by a cross member essentially extending in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle body. A floor panel extends between the cross member and the two frame rail arrangements. A diagonal reinforcement is located above the floor panel and abuts against the cross member in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle body. A reinforcing element essentially extends in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle body between the two frame rail arrangements. The diagonal reinforcement abuts against the reinforcing element in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle body. | 11-01-2012 |
20120286541 | Protective structure for vehicle electrical components - Provided is a protective structure for vehicle electrical components that can prevent the infiltration of water from above and more reliably protect electrical components (high-voltage electrical components). As a representative configuration of the present invention, a protective structure for vehicle electrical components for protecting an electrical component mounted on the vehicle floor panel includes a lid that covers the electrical component from above, and a front panel, rear panel, and pair of side panels that are arranged around the lid and parallel to an upper face of the lid, and the panels have gutter-shaped edges that support the periphery of the lid. | 11-15-2012 |
20120299335 | DEEP-DRAWN RECESS IN A PANEL | 11-29-2012 |
20120326469 | Vehicle bottom structure - A vehicle bottom structure is provided which, in the case where a vehicle is involved in an accident such as a rear-end collision, can prevent an exhaust system component reaching a high temperature from being brought into contact with a fuel tank without causing any trouble. A vehicle bottom structure according to the present invention includes a suspension member installed between a fuel tank and a muffler silencer and extending in the width direction of the vehicle, and a stopping member suspended from the bottom of the vehicle between the suspension member and the muffler silencer, the vertical position of the sopping member overlapping the vertical position of the muffler silencer. The suspension member is on a trajectory obtained by rotating the stopping member to the front side of the vehicle around the point at which the stopping member is suspended from the bottom of the vehicle. | 12-27-2012 |
20130026790 | FRONT UNDERFLOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A front underfloor structure of a vehicle (EV) includes a protruding member protruding downward from a front underfloor surface of the vehicle, and redirects a flow of traveling air that flows around a front underfloor while traveling. The protruding member is configured as a protruding member with curved surface ( | 01-31-2013 |
20130038090 | CENTER FLOOR PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A center floor panel assembly for a vehicle may include a first center floor panel and a second center floor panel mutually engaged to form a tunnel portion of a closed section in which a center muffler unit that may be provided in a vertical direction of a vehicle body may be accommodated, and provided in a continuous shape along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a support member provided in the tunnel portion between the first center floor panel and the second center floor panel and enclosing the center muffler unit to support the center muffler unit against the tunnel portion. | 02-14-2013 |
20130099526 | UNDERBODY STRUCTURE FOR AT LEAST TWO MOTOR VEHICLES - An underbody structure for at least two motor vehicles, in particular for at least two passenger cars having a first and a second wheelbase, is provided. The underbody structure comprises a middle underbody structure and a rear underbody structure with laterally arranged side members, between which at least one connecting profile is arranged. The connecting profile is connected to the side members and to a floor of the middle underbody structure to form a first overlap region for the first wheelbase and a second overlap region for the second wheelbase. The first and the second overlap region have an at least approximately same width. | 04-25-2013 |
20130119710 | VEHICLE FLOOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLY - A method for fastening an in particular tub-shaped floor panel to an in particular frame-like vehicle structure is provided. The method includes applying an adhesive to a contact surface of the floor panel and/or of the vehicle structure, and joining the floor panel and the vehicle structure. The method includes expanding and/or activating the adhesive by heating the joint vehicle structure-floor panel composite. | 05-16-2013 |
20130127208 | Foot Isolation Platform - A foot isolation platform for a vehicle includes a base for connection with the vehicle floor to be movable with the vehicle floor; a foot support movable relative to the base and having an upper surface for supporting the feet of the vehicle occupant above the base; and an isolation member connected in a force-transmitting relationship between the base and the foot support. The isolation member supports the foot support in an extended position above the base. The isolation member acts to isolate the foot support from the vehicle floor in the event of rapid upward movement of the vehicle floor thereby to help protect the lower extremities of the vehicle occupant. | 05-23-2013 |
20130175826 | CHASSIS WITH RAISING BOX STRUCTURE TO ANCHOR PASSENGER SEATS - A motor vehicle chassis including a rear central cross member, a hollow beam positioned over the rear central cross member along this rear central cross member, and a floor seat-cushion support part including rear seat fittings, supported at the rear by the hollow beam positioned under the seat-cushion support part. The beam includes a rear raiser including a horizontal plate fixed to the rear central cross member and further includes a blanking sheet fixed to the horizontal plate of the rear raiser and including at least one anchoring reinforcement assembled on the inside of the hollow beam. The reinforcement, which forms a hollow box section, connects the rear raiser and the blanking sheet, an upper face of the anchoring reinforcement supports a connecting piece, the connecting piece also being assembled, on the outside of the hollow beam, with the rear raiser. | 07-11-2013 |
20130229030 | AUTOMOTIVE FLOOR STRUCTURE - To achieve efficient and proper transmission of an impact load from a floor frame on one side of a vehicle body to a floor frame on the other side to thereby protect a battery unit from damage, an automotive floor structure includes a first cross member upper and a first cross member lower. the first cross member upper extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and has ends attached to left and right side sills, respectively. The first cross member lower extends in the lateral direction below a front floor panel at a position under the first cross member upper, and has ends secured to the left and right floor frames, respectively. The first cross member upper and the first cross member lower vertically sandwich the battery unit therebetween. | 09-05-2013 |
20130257103 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY - A floor structure of a motor vehicle body having a floor panel and having a support structure provided below the floor panel is provided. The floor structure includes two longitudinal structures spaced from one another in vehicle transverse direction, which are interconnected via at least one cross member structure extending in vehicle transverse direction. In an intermediate space between the floor panel and the cross member structure at least one reinforcement element of plastic is arranged. | 10-03-2013 |
20130270869 | BODYWORK ARRANGEMENT FOR A FRONT END AND A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE - Bodywork arrangement comprising longitudinal members and cross-members that are connected at node points to other lateral structural elements to form part of a passenger compartment and part of a vehicle front end. Longitudinal members are provided at the lower side of the passenger compartment. Front-end longitudinal members are arranged on the vehicle front end. A front region of the passenger compartment has a floor cross-member, a splashboard cross-member, an armature cross-member and laterally arranged A-column elements. The floor cross-member together with the splashboard cross-member and two lateral structural elements form a lower trapezoidal structure. The splashboard cross-member together with the armature cross-member ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130278018 | ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A COMPRESSION-MOLDED, COMPOSITE PANEL WITH A HINGED MOUNTING FLANGE - An assembly including a compression-molded, composite panel with a hinged mounting flange is provided. The panel includes first and second outer layers and a core having first and second portions positioned between the outer layers. The first portion has a large number of cavities and the second portion is substantially free of cavities. The second outer layer is bonded to the core by press molding. The first outer layer includes a first portion bonded to the first portion of the core by press molding and a second portion bonded to the second portion of the core to form the mounting flange pivotally connected to the first portion of the first outer layer. A component is mounted to the flange to pivot with the flange. A living hinge allows the flange and the mounted component to pivot between different use positions relative to the first portion of the first outer layer. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278019 | ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A COMPRESSION-MOLDED, COMPOSITE PANEL LOCALLY REINFORCED ADJACENT A LIVING HINGE OF THE ASSEMBLY - A panel assembly including a compression-molded, composite panel is provided. The panel has first and second outer layers and a core positioned between the outer layers. The core has a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. The assembly also includes a component pivotally connected to the panel and a living hinge which allows the component to pivot about a pivot axis between different use positions relative to the panel. The assembly further includes a stiffening support having a support axis substantially parallel to the pivot axis. The support is bonded or joined to the panel to locally reinforce the panel adjacent the living hinge. The stiffening support eliminates the need for a metal hinge and provides for a light weight assembly with improved aesthetics and function. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278020 | SANDWICH-TYPE, GENERALLY PLANAR, STRUCTURAL MEMBER HAVING AN ATTACHMENT FEATURE AND ASSEMBLY UTILIZING SAME - A sandwich-type, generally planar, structural member having an attachment feature and an assembly utilizing same are provided. The member includes a first outer layer having an outer surface, a second outer layer and a core positioned between the outer layers and having a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. A portion of the member is locally crushed by the press molding to form a depression. The depression has bottom and side surfaces formed by the first outer layer. The member further includes a connector fixedly secured to the bottom surface of the depression to attach a second generally planar member to the first outer layer of the structural member. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278021 | Underbody for a motor vehicle - An underbody for a motor vehicle is provided. The underbody has a ladder frame with side members and cross members. The side members and the cross members bound at least one opening, and each comprises an upper shell and a lower shell. The upper shells are interconnected into an upper ladder and the lower shells into a lower ladder. | 10-24-2013 |
20130300156 | PIPE FIXING PART STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - To provide a pipe fixing part structure for a vehicle that can prevent the invasion of foreign substances into an under cover and the occurrence of a strange sound and can protect pipes without using a protective member. As a fixing part structure of pipes | 11-14-2013 |
20130313860 | Vehicle Floor Structure - A vehicle floor structure, in which a main structure of the vehicle floor structure is a double deck structure including two sheets of panels formed from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite material; in a region including the double deck structure, each of the panels includes at least two continuous reinforcing structures having a convex open cross-sectional shape; recesses are provided in at least two places of the reinforcing structures; and the panels are joined in such a manner that the reinforcing structures of the respective panels intersect with each other, and that the recesses provided in the reinforcing structures of the respective panels are fitted to each other. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320713 | VEHICLE LOWER SECTION STRUCTURE - A vehicle lower section structure is obtained that has a simple structure and is capable of increasing the rigidity and strength of a framework structure that is long in the vehicle front-rear direction. A vehicle lower section structure includes: an upper panel including a pair of respectively vehicle-downwards facing joining faces that are separated from each other in the vehicle width direction; a lower panel that with the upper panel configures a framework structure that is long in the vehicle front-rear direction and has a closed cross-section by the joining faces of the upper panel being joined to vehicle-upwards facing joining faces of the lower panel; and a seat rail that is long in the vehicle front-rear direction and is fixed to a portion of the upper panel that configures an upper wall of the closed cross-section of the framework structure. | 12-05-2013 |
20130328353 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY CENTER SECTION - In a floor structure of a vehicle body center section, a floor side member is provided at lower portions of a main floor panel, a vertical wall is formed at a front side of a rear floor panel, a rear seat is installed on the rear floor panel, a rear seat leg extends downward along the vertical wall, a lower end portion of the rear seat leg is mounted to a portion of the rear floor panel, a rear seat leg reinforcement member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction is disposed on each of upper portions at both left and right sides of the floor panels, a rear end portion of the reinforcement member is connected to the lower end portion of the rear seat leg, and a front end portion of the reinforcement member is connected to the main floor panel and the floor side member. | 12-12-2013 |
20130334839 | Floor Module for a Motor Vehicle with a Variable Driving Concept - A floor module for a motor vehicle includes a floor shell, which can be fastened to a shell of the motor vehicle, and equipment with a plurality of variant-specific constructional units arranged on the floor shell. A method for assembling a floor module involves equipping a respective shell of the motor vehicle with a floor module with corresponding chassis and drive train. | 12-19-2013 |
20130341969 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle body floor structure reinforces a floor body by a reinforcing portion, and the floor body includes a side sill, an outrigger, a floor cross member, and a tunnel frame. The reinforcing portion includes a first member that connects a corner portion between the side sill and a vehicle body skeleton part formed by the outrigger to a corner portion between a vehicle body skeleton part formed by the floor cross member and a vehicle body skeleton part formed by the tunnel frame, and a second member that connects a front-end vehicle body skeleton part of a front end of the floor body to a middle portion of the first member. | 12-26-2013 |
20140021745 | RELEASABLE TUNNEL BRACE FOR A VEHICLE - A releasable tunnel brace for releasably connecting a first side panel to a second panel of a vehicle is disclosed. One or both ends of the brace include a fastener-receiving aperture. The aperture has a round portion and an elongated slot extending therefrom. The round portion can allow the head of a shoulder bolt fastener to pass therethrough. The elongated slot is defined by a pair of opposed walls. The shoulder of the shoulder bolt fastener can pass between the opposed walls. In the event of a side impact, the brace is pushed vehicle inward and the bolt slides through the elongated slot and into the round portion where it is allowed to be released from its attachment position. The brace provides maximum torsion stiffness while withstanding only a minimum amount of lateral force before it releases and thus minimizes local deflection in the event of a side impact. | 01-23-2014 |
20140021746 | Support used as a chassis component - The invention relates to a support ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140062139 | Floor Arrangement of Driver's Section of Vehicle - A floor arrangement of a driver's section of a vehicle includes a floor frame, an acoustic absorbent placed on the floor frame and a floor mat placed on the acoustic absorbent. A wire harness is placed in an acoustic absorbent-free space formed between the floor frame and the floor mat. A protector is provided inside the acoustic absorbent-free space in the vicinity of the wire harness and extends upward from the floor frame. This protector is affixed to the floor frame and configured to receive a load applied to the floor harness from the upper side thereof. | 03-06-2014 |
20140077530 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR MADE BY A COMPOSITE, COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS AND HAVING A WOOD GRAIN FINISH - A cargo management system including a vehicle load floor to compartmentalize a cargo area of the vehicle into an upper compartment and a covered lower compartment is provided. The floor has a wood grain finish. The load floor includes a compression-molded composite panel that includes first and second outer layers and a core positioned between the outer layers. The core has a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. The first outer layer having a top surface on which a multi-layer sheet is bonded by the press molding. The sheet has a substantially planar upper support surface to support cargo in the upper compartment and to provide the load floor with the wood grain finish. | 03-20-2014 |
20140077531 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSING CARGO TRIM PANELS, EACH OF WHICH IS MADE BY A COMPOSITE, COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS AND HAS A WOOD GRAIN FINISH - A cargo management system including a vehicle load floor and a pair of opposing cargo trim panels supported above the load floor at opposite sides of the load floor within the interior of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle load floor compartmentalizes a cargo area into an upper compartment and a covered lower compartment. The load floor has a wood grain finish. The trim panels are compression-molded, composite cargo trim panels supported above the vehicle load floor at opposite sides of the load floor within the interior of the vehicle to at least partially define the upper compartment of the cargo area. Each panel includes a base layer and a coverstock sheet bonded to the base layer by press molding. Each coverstock sheet provides its respective trim panel with a wood grain finish in the upper compartment of the cargo area. | 03-20-2014 |
20140145470 | SYSTEM INCLUDING A PANEL ASSEMBLY HAVING A CONTAINER AND A COMPRESSION-MOLDED, COMPOSITE COVER FOR COVERING THE CONTAINER - A system including a panel assembly having a container and a compression-molded, composite cover for covering the container is provided. The system may be a flooring system such as a vehicle flooring system and the assembly may be a floor panel assembly. The assembly includes at least one load-bearing component positioned between a lower outer layer of the cover and a bottom wall of the container in a closed position of the cover. Each component is bonded or joined to the outer layer and is in abutting engagement with the bottom wall in the closed position of the cover to transfer a load appearing at an outer surface of an upper outer layer of the cover to the bottom wall of the container. The system also includes a structure such as floor having a cavity for receiving the panel assembly. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145471 | SET OF MEMBERS FORMING UPPER FRAME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A set of members forming an upper frame of a construction machine includes a center section, a left side deck, and a right side deck. The left side deck has a left deck beam. The right side deck has a right deck beam. At least one of the left deck beam or the right deck beam is adjustment deck beams. The adjustment deck beam has a contacting part that is adapted to be brought into contact with and is also adapted to be welded to an external side surface of an adjustment-side longitudinal plate, a first opposing part that is adapted to be opposed to a side surface of the bottom plate and is also adapted to be welded to the side surface, and a second opposing part that is adapted to be opposed to an upper surface of the bottom plate with a height-adjustment gap therebetween. | 05-29-2014 |
20140191537 | PLATFORM GRATING - A platform grating is provided. The platform grating includes an array of plates placed in a spaced apart arrangement. Each of the array of plates includes a plurality of apertures which are provided in transverse alignment with the apertures in the adjacent plate. The platform grating also includes an array of hollow tubes positioned within the apertures provided in the array of plates. Each of the array of hollow tubes is mechanically connected to the array of plates. | 07-10-2014 |
20140203595 | FLOOR REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE BODY - The invention includes a floor reinforcement structure for vehicle body providing rigidity to an area around a main and rear floor joint; improving vehicle-body rigidity and rigidity against floor shaking and associated vehicle interior noise; and improving vehicle running stability. A floor reinforcement structure includes: a main floor; rear floor; side sill; a floor tunnel with a hat-like cross-section protruding from the floor and located medially in the main floor in the vehicle width direction and extending in a front-and-rear direction; and a vertical wall at the front of the rear floor extending in a vehicle vertical direction. The vertical wall is continuous with no steps The height of a top face thereof is larger than twice the height of a top face of the side sill, which is more than twice the height of a top face of a rear end portion of the floor tunnel. | 07-24-2014 |
20140232141 | FLOOR STRUCTURE IN VEHICLE BODY REAR PART - A vehicle body rear floor structure characterized as follows is provided. The front end of a rear floor panel in a vehicle longitudinal direction includes a front wall extending between a pair of side sills. The front wall forms an arc whose central part in a vehicle width direction projects upward from the floor. The front wall lower end is joined to a rear end of a main floor panel. A cross member forms an arc whose central part in the vehicle width direction projects upward from the floor, and extends along the front wall with the central part of the cross member in the vehicle width direction placed on a floor tunnel. The cross member ends, in the vehicle width direction, are joined to the side sills and main floor panel. The cross member central part in the vehicle width direction is joined to the floor tunnel. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232142 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A brake component system for a vehicle having first and second brake assemblies associated with first and second wheels, respectively, can include a floor panel, a first structure, a housing cover, a brake actuator an equalizer, a first brake wire, and a second brake wire. The housing cover can extend from the first structure and can be spaced above the floor panel. The first and second brake wires can run along the first structure and each can have a first end portion connected to the equalizer and a second end portion connected to the respective brake assembly. The first brake wire and second brake wire can be located between the floor panel and the housing cover. The first structure can include at least one of a heater duct structure, a floor stiffener structure, and a combination heater duct and floor stiffener structure that is configured to form a channel in which the first brake wire and second brake wire extend in the first direction. The housing cover can be spaced above the channel and can span the channel. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232143 | Axle Support of a Vehicle, Said Support Consisting of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Material - An axle support of a vehicle, in particular a passenger motor vehicle, consists of an upper shell and a lower shell, each of which is formed from a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material. When the upper shell and the lower shell are assembled together, they form a hollow body. In this case, the upper shell and the lower shell are screwed together by way of metal insert parts, which are laminated at least in sections into the shell parts. A core part, in particular formed from a plastic foam, for transferring the shear stresses over a wide area can be glued into the cavity between the upper shell and the lower shell at least in the region of the opposing metal insert parts. Furthermore, at least one of the insert parts can be designed simultaneously for connecting an add on part. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232144 | BODY FRAME CONNECTION MEMBER, AND BODY FRAME STRUCTURE - A body frame connection member connects a first side frame portion and a second side frame portion which constitute each side frame. The body frame connection member is provided with a mount surface, an opposite-side surface, and a reinforcing rib. The mount surface is configured such that a loading platform can be mounted thereon, and includes an outer-side edge. The opposite-side surface is facing the opposite side from the mount surface, and is a recessed surface recessed toward the mount surface. The reinforcing rib extends upward from the outer-side edge of the mount surface. | 08-21-2014 |
20140252805 | Group of Motor Vehicles - In the case of motor vehicles from at least two vehicle series assigned to different vehicle classes, a particularly economical manufacturing of the vehicle body of the motor vehicles is achieved in that only the forward section of the rear longitudinal members has a different design depending on the vehicle class, while the center section and the rear section of the rear longitudinal members have a vehicle-class-spanning uniform construction. | 09-11-2014 |
20140265450 | VEHICLE FRAME STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure includes a floor connected to a main frame assembly. The main frame assembly includes first and second side rails and interconnecting cross-members. A front frame structure located near a forward part of the vehicle body structure is connected to the main frame assembly. The front frame structure includes first and second diagonal members and a laterally extending member. Each of the first and second diagonal members includes a forward end portion connected to the main frame assembly and a rearward end portion connected to the lateral member. The rearward end portions converge toward one another and the lateral member is connected to the first and second side rails. The front frame structure transfers an impact load caused by a narrow offset frontal collision from the first side rail to the second side rail by transferring the load through the front frame structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292036 | CABIN SPACE STRUCTURE FOR ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - A cabin space structure for an all terrain vehicle that enables optimization of the shape of a dashboard in the case where seats are so arranged that three persons can be seated side by side in the vehicle width direction. The cabin space structure includes seats on which three passengers are seated side by side in the vehicle width direction, a step floor on which the passengers seated on the seats place their feet, wheel wells for left and right front wheels, the wheel wells provided to project rearwardly at a left-side portion and a right-side portion of the step floor and the dashboard disposed forwardly of the seats. The dashboard is adapted to restrict forward movement of the passengers seated on the seats. A left-side portion and a right-side portion of the dashboard are disposed on the rear side relative to a vehicle-width-directionally central portion of the dashboard. | 10-02-2014 |
20140300141 | RESIN FLOOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - Rocker portions and a tunnel portion that serve as frame portions extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction respectively at vehicle transverse direction both end portions of an upper floor and a vehicle transverse direction central portion of an upper floor. On the other hand, a dash panel or a back panel is provided erect respectively at a front end portion of a lower floor ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140327271 | VEHICLE BODY LOWER PORTION STRUCTURE - It is a subject of the present invention to ensure foot space for an occupant and lower a side portion of a floor portion. A vehicle body lower portion structure ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140346815 | Magnetic Field Shield for Electromagnetic Fields and Vehicle Having an Integrated Magnetic Field Shield - The invention relates to a magnetic field shield for electromagnetic fields, preferably in the frequency range of 50 Hz to 200 kHz, essentially comprising a composite sheet formed from at least three layers arranged one above the other, wherein at least one of the layers is made of electrical steel sheet or electrical steel strip. In order to provide at low cost such a magnetic field shield that has low weight and good shielding effect, it is proposed that at least one of the layers is made of sheet steel and at least one of the layers is made of plastic and/or elastomer, wherein the at least one layer made of plastic and/or elastomer integrally bonds together the at least one layer made of electrical steel sheet/electrical steel strip and the at least one layer made of sheet steel. | 11-27-2014 |
20140367998 | LOAD FLOOR FOR A VEHICLE - A load floor for a vehicle includes a first facing layer and a substrate layer. The first facing layer presents a first inner surface. The substrate layer presents a first outer surface and a second outer surface in opposition to the first outer surface. The substrate layer defines a plurality of cells that extend between the first outer surface and the second outer surface. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367999 | FRONT FLOOR PANEL - A front floor panel for an automotive body as a lightweight sheet can be reliably press-formed without a press forming loads becoming excessively large, can have desired stiffness, and noise and vibration characteristics for all directions since there is little stiffness anisotropy. The front floor panel includes a floor tunnel formed in a center in an automotive width direction to be oriented to a longitudinal direction, upright flanges disposed left and right formed at a left and right end portions in the automotive width direction to be joined to side sills, and a left and right plane portions formed between the upright flanges disposed left and right and a left and right longitudinal wall portions of the floor tunnel. In loop-shaped areas including outer edge portions of the plane portions, convex-concave parts in specific shapes are formed, and remaining areas excluding the loop-shaped areas are formed into flat sheet shapes. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368000 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR REAR SUB-FRAME - A rear subframe comprises: a pair of right and left side member segments; and a front cross member segment and a rear cross member segment each coupling the side member segments together. The rear cross member segment has: a central portion; and a front branch portion and a rear branch portion branched forwardly and rearwardly from each of vehicle-widthwise outer ends of the central portion, while extending in the vehicle width direction. Each of the side member segments has a bent portion with its axis extending in a curved manner between a coupling portion between the front branch portion and the side member segments, and a coupling portion between the rear branch portion and the side member segments. The bent portion has a wall thickness set to be less than that of a region of the side member segment located forward of the bent portion. | 12-18-2014 |
20150035319 | Cooling Line Grommet Sealing Passage Through Multiple Vehicle Panels - A grommet assembly for sealing an opening through a floor pan and a reinforcement panel that are spaced apart is disclosed. The grommet assembly also seals around cooling lines that pass through the grommet assembly. The grommet assembly defines hollow sealing legs having extended and inverted positions in which the cooling lines are sealed when the hollow sealing legs are in the inverted position. The grommet assembly seals on the floor pan and is attached to the reinforcement panel. A mounting bracket for the grommet is disclosed having recessed and slotted apertures to aid in receiving the mounting post and aligning the grommet in the opening. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042128 | VEHICLE BODY FLOOR PANEL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME - A floor panel comprises: an article storage portion formed to protrude downwardly at a position spaced apart from each of two frame members on vehicle widthwise opposite sides thereof; and a pair of right and left lateral coupling portions each provided between a respective one of the frame members and the article storage portion. A storage bottom of the article storage portion has an upwardly or downwardly convex curved surface, and a storage wall of the article storage portion is configured such that each of right and left upper ends thereof is located below a corresponding one of two joint sections between respective ones of the lateral coupling portions of the floor panel and respective ones of the frame members. At least one of the pair of lateral coupling portions is formed by a downwardly inclined planar or curved surface. | 02-12-2015 |
20150076865 | ANCHORAGE DEVICE - An anchorage device for anchoring a portable seat is disclosed. The anchorage device includes a shackle with two legs and a mounting plate equipped with two sockets receiving end of the legs. The shackle and mounting plate are laser welded in such a manner that the legs of the shackle are directly connected to the mounting plate and lie at the most surface-flush with the bottom side of the mounting plate. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084376 | STRUCTURE OF FLOOR PANEL OF VEHICLE BODY - Disclosed is a structure of a floor panel which includes a rear floor panel that is provided in a vehicle body, and has a storage portion for a spare tire; a rear crossmember that is installed on a front side of the rear floor panel so as to extend in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, and is joined to the rear floor panel; a rear end panel that is installed on a rear side of the rear floor panel | 03-26-2015 |
20150084377 | VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A SEATBACK - A vehicle load floor assembly includes a vehicle seat that has a seatback that pivots between upright and stowed positions. A cargo floor extends rearward from the seat. A first panel pivotally couples with an upper portion of the seatback and pivots to a raised position away from the seatback in a forward stowed position. A second panel pivotally couples with the first panel and is pivotally deployable rearward to define a support surface together with the first panel that engages the cargo floor. | 03-26-2015 |
20150091333 | UNDERSTRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An understructure for a motor vehicle includes two side members and multiple cross members fastened to the side members in each case via adapters. The adapters each include two identical shells which are each connected at the face end to a cross member and side member and to one another alongside. | 04-02-2015 |
20150130220 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A VEHICLE LOAD FLOOR HAVING A CELLULOSE-BASED CORE AND MADE BY A COMPOSITE, COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS AND HAVING A WOOD GRAIN FINISH - A cargo management system including a vehicle load floor having a cellulose-based core to compartmentalize a cargo area of the vehicle into an upper compartment and a covered lower compartment is provided. The floor has a wood grain finish. The load floor includes a compression-molded composite panel that includes first and second outer layers of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, first and second sheets of thermoplastic adhesive and a core of cellulose-based material and positioned between the outer layers. The core has a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by the first and second sheets and by press molding. The first outer layer having a top surface on which a multi-layer sheet is bonded by the press molding. The multi-layer sheet has a substantially planar upper support surface to support cargo in the upper compartment and to provide the load floor with the wood grain finish. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130221 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE SEAT HAVING A CARGO TRIM PANEL MADE BY A COMPOSITE, COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS AND HAVING A WOOD GRAIN FINISH - A cargo management system including an automotive vehicle seat having a backrest which separates the vehicle interior into a passenger area at the front of the vehicle and a cargo area at the rear of the vehicle is provided. The system includes a vehicle load floor which includes first and second outer layers and a core of cellulose-based material positioned between the outer layers and having a large number of cavities. The outer layers of the load floor are bonded to the core by press molding. The load floor has a wood grain finish. A compression-molded, composite cargo trim panel is secured to the backrest and includes a base layer and a coverstock sheet bonded to the base layer by press molding. The coverstock sheet provides the trim panel with a wood grain finish in an upper compartment of the cargo area. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130222 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSING CARGO TRIM PANELS, EACH OF WHICH IS MADE BY A COMPOSITE, COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS AND HAS A WOOD GRAIN FINISH - A cargo management system including a vehicle load floor and a pair of opposing cargo trim panels supported above the load floor at opposite sides of the load floor within the interior of the vehicle is provided. The load floor has a wood grain finish. The load floor includes a first outer layer, a second outer layer and a core of cellulose-based material positioned between the outer layers and having a large number of cavities. The outer layers are bonded to the core by press molding. The trim panels are compression-molded, composite cargo trim panels supported above the vehicle load floor at opposite sides of the load floor. Each panel includes a base layer and a coverstock sheet bonded to the base layer by press molding. Each coverstock sheet provides its respective trim panel with a wood grain finish. | 05-14-2015 |
20150137558 | FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC CABIN FOR VEHICLE - A subframe supporting a suspension system is secured to an insert member embedded in a core material of an inclined wall of a dash panel. Since the core material is formed from the corrugated plate having a large number of concave-convex portions extending in the fore-and-aft direction, one apex of the insert member, is oriented in the vehicle width direction, and two sides sandwiching the apex abut against the core material, when a load in the vehicle width direction is inputted from the suspension system into the subframe, it is possible, by absorbing the load by dispersing it from the two sides sandwiching the apex of the insert member toward the core material of the inclined wall of the dash panel, to enhance the support rigidity of the subframe with respect to the inclined wall of the dash panel without complicating the structure of the insert member. | 05-21-2015 |
20150137559 | STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING WHEEL HOUSE PANEL TO REAR FLOOR OF VEHICLE - A structure for connecting a wheel house panel with a rear floor of a vehicle, which connects the rear floor forming a rear portion of a bottom of the vehicle with the wheel house panel on which shock absorber mounting brackets attached to both sides of the rear floor and supporting a shock absorber are mounted may include a first member bending between a lower end of an inner side of the wheel house panel and a side of the rear floor, with both ends attached to the wheel house panel and the rear floor, respectively, a second member vertically elongated and attached to an outer side of the wheel house panel and disposed behind the shock absorber mounting brackets, and a third member vertically elongated and attached to the outer side of the wheel house panel and disposed in front of the shock absorber mounting brackets. | 05-21-2015 |
20150137560 | ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A COMPRESSION-MOLDED COMPOSITE COMPONENT HAVING A SANDWICH STRUCTURE WITH A CELLULOSE-BASED CORE AND AT LEAST ONE FASTENER COMPONENT - An assembly including a compression-molded composite component having a sandwich structure with a cellulose-based core and at least one fastener component is provided. The composite component has a first outer layer of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, a first sheet of thermoplastic adhesive, a second outer layer of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, a second sheet of thermoplastic adhesive, and a core of cellulose-based material and positioned between the outer layers. The outer layers are bonded to the core by the first and second sheets by press molding. Each fastener component has a fastener part having a length and width and a mounting part mounting the fastener part to the first outer layer. | 05-21-2015 |
20150145287 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - In one aspect of the invention there is provided a method of manufacture of an assembly comprising: forming an assembly by coupling a first component ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150353145 | FLOOR MADE FROM PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH METAL FITTTING INSERTS - A mold for producing a floor made from a polymer material for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one metal insert in the form of sheet metal that is partially overmolded, i.e. having a portion intended to be covered with polymer material and a portion intended to not be covered in this way, the mold comprising a die and a punch defining a cavity, the cavity comprising a location intended to receive the portion of a metal insert intended to be covered with polymer material, wherein the mold, in this location of the cavity, comprises gadroons on the die and on the punch, the gadroons having a thickness that is greater than a predefined minimum thickness (H). The invention also concerns a floor obtained by this method. | 12-10-2015 |
20150375791 | PICKUP TRUCK CAB WITH E-COAT HOLES - A floor pan for a body-in-white vehicle includes a front seat footwell portion and a rear seat footwell portion. The front seat footwell portion defines a front fluid passage hole for porting a surface treatment liquid during submersion of the floor pan in a surface treatment bath. The rear seat footwell portion defines a rear fluid passage hole for porting the surface treatment liquid during submersion of the floor pan in the bath. | 12-31-2015 |
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20160052467 | COMPOSITE FLOOR AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A FLOOR - The invention relates to a motor vehicle floor having a lower floor made from a composite material; and an upper floor made from a composite material, extending opposite at least part of the lower floor, the lower and upper floors being connected to one another. The floor includes at least one cavity at least partially delimited by the lower or upper floor and communicating with the exhaust line of the motor vehicle. | 02-25-2016 |
20160083010 | STIFFENING ELEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FRAME - A stiffening element for a subframe of a motor vehicle, including a substantially horizontal section in order to confer rigidity to the subframe in the horizontal plane, and a substantially vertical section in order to confer rigidity to the subframe in the vertical plane, wherein the stiffening element is designed in such a manner that the stiffening element is arrangeable on the subframe above a steering mechanism. | 03-24-2016 |
20160101687 | FUEL TANK COUPLING ASSEMBLY - A fuel tank assembly includes a fuel tank and a coupling assembly for coupling the fuel tank to the underbody of a vehicle. The fuel tank includes a tank body and a plurality of tabs extending from the tank body. Each tab has a tab opening. The coupling assembly includes at least one strap partially surrounding the fuel tank. The strap defines a strap opening. The coupling assembly further includes at least one fastener extending through the strap opening and the tab opening. Further, the coupling assembly includes a compression sleeve partially positioned in the tab opening. The compression sleeve defines a sleeve opening for receiving the fastener. The compression sleeve has a height that is greater than the height of each of the tabs in order to attenuate the transfer of tensile loads from the at least one strap to the tabs. | 04-14-2016 |
20160107704 | VEHICLE BODY LOWER PORTION STRUCTURE - A vehicle body lower portion structure that may prevent or suppress an occurrence of cracks in a support plate even if a load from an obstacle on a road surface is inputted at an end portion of the support plate. Support portions are configured at a stack frame. Lower faces of flange portions of a metal plate member are fixed to the support portions via adhesive layers. Extended end portions are formed extending from the support portions at a front end portion and a rear end portion of the stack frame. At each extended end portion of the stack frame, an inclined portion is formed. The inclined portion is inflected toward a vehicle body upper side from a projected portion of the support portion, and is inclined to a side away from the flange portion of the metal plate member. | 04-21-2016 |
20160121935 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls and to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer back wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in the vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer back wall. | 05-05-2016 |
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20160159405 | VEHICULAR FLOOR BRACE - A vehicle floor brace has a tubular body formed by rounding a sheet metal material, and a pair of attachment portions made of the sheet metal material and formed integrally with the tubular body at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, and the vehicle floor brace is fixedly attached to an underside of a floor panel of a vehicle via the attachment portions to reinforce the floor panel, each of the attachment portions being configured to include a flat portion having an attachment surface to be attached to the floor panel, and a pair of reinforcing flanges formed by bending both side portions of the flat portion at right angles so that the side portions extend downward to an opposite side from the attachment surface and so that the attachment portion has a dish-shaped section. | 06-09-2016 |
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