Vehicle lower portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10124834-B2
Application number	US-201615235875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2016
Priority date	Aug 25, 2015
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle lower portion structure includes: a floor panel having a floor tunnel provided along a vehicle longitudinal direction, the floor tunnel being provided at a middle portion of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction including a side wall, and being open to a vehicle lower side; a pair of sub-tunnels, the sub-tunnels being disposed on respective sides of the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction, each of the sub-tunnels extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction on outer sides of the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction, and being joined to the side wall; and a reinforcing member coupling to respective sides of the floor panel, the respective sides of the floor panel sandwiching a middle portion of the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle lower portion structure comprising:
a floor panel having a floor tunnel provided along a vehicle longitudinal direction, the floor tunnel being provided at a middle portion of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, and the floor tunnel including a side wall and being open to a vehicle lower side;
a pair of sub-tunnels, the sub-tunnels being disposed on respective sides of the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction, each of the sub-tunnels extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction on outer sides of the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction, and being joined to the side wall; and
a reinforcing member coupling to respective sides of the floor panel, the respective sides of the floor panel sandwiching a middle portion of the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the reinforcing member is disposed inside the floor tunnel and couples a first part of an inner surface of the side wall and a second part of the inner surface of the side wall, the first part and the second part facing to inside of the floor tunnel and being opposed to each other.

3. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the reinforcing member is disposed at a position where at least a part of the reinforcing member overlaps the sub-tunnels in a vehicle side view.

4. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the reinforcing member is disposed at a position coupling front end portions of the pair of sub-tunnels to each other via the side wall and a position coupling rear end portions of the pair of sub-tunnels to each other via the side wall.

5. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein
a shaft extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction inside the floor tunnel, and the reinforcing member has a support portion supporting the shaft from the vehicle lower side.

6. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the reinforcing member includes:
a pair of vertical wall portions disposed with an interval between the vertical wall portions in the vehicle longitudinal direction and each of the vertical wall portions extending in a vehicle vertical direction in a vehicle side view; and
a bottom wall portion connecting between lower end portions of the vertical wall portions, and

a closed space is formed by the vertical wall portions, the bottom wall portion, and the floor tunnel.

7. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the side wall includes a first side wall and a second side wall facing each other in the vehicle width direction, and
the floor tunnel includes an upper wall connecting between a vehicle upper end portion of the first side wall and a vehicle upper end portion of the second side wall.

8. The vehicle lower portion structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pair of rockers provided on outer sides of respective ends of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction, the rockers each extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction;
a pair of sub-rockers, one of the sub-rockers being provided on an inner side of one of the rockers in the vehicle width direction and connected to the one of the rockers, and the other one of the sub-rockers being provided on an inner side of the other one of the pair of rockers in the vehicle width direction and connected to the other one of the rockers; and
a pair of floor cross members provided along the vehicle width direction and one of the floor cross members being connected to the one of the sub-rockers and to one of the sub-tunnels, and the other one of the floor cross members being connected to the other one of the sub-rockers and to the other one of the sub-tunnels, and the floor cross members sandwiching the floor tunnel in the vehicle width direction.

9. A vehicle lower portion structure comprising:
a floor panel having a floor tunnel, the floor tunnel being open to a vehicle lower side;
a pair of sub-tunnels provided on outer sides of the floor tunnel, the sub-tunnels sandwiching the floor tunnel in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the floor tunnel, and the sub-tunnels being connected to the floor tunnel; and
a reinforcing member connecting respective sides of the floor panel in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the floor tunnel, the respective sides of the floor panel sandwiching a middle portion of the floor tunnel in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the floor tunnel.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saeki Koji

Classifications

• B62D25/2036 Primary

  the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars (B62D21/157 takes precedence) · CPC title