Vehicle body floor structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10773660-B2
Application number	US-201816196782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2018
Priority date	Dec 5, 2017
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle body floor structure includes: a plurality of first vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle body front-rear direction; a plurality of second vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle width direction; a floor panel to which each of the first vehicle body framework members and the second vehicle body framework members is joined; and a vibration damping material that is applied to a surface of the floor panel. The floor panel includes a plurality of steps having ridge lines extending along a short-side direction of a first region. The first region is surrounded by the first vehicle body framework members and the second vehicle body framework members. The vibration damping material is applied along at least one outer edge portion of the first region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body floor structure comprising:
a plurality of first vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle body front-rear direction;
a plurality of second vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle width direction;
a floor panel to which each of the first vehicle body framework members and the second vehicle body framework members is joined, the floor panel including a plurality of steps having ridge lines extending along a short-side direction of a first region, the steps being arrayed along a long-side direction of the first region, the first region being surrounded by the first vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction and the second vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle body front-rear direction, the first region including outer edge portions extending along the long-side direction and outer edge portions extending along the short-side direction; and
a vibration damping material applied to a surface of the floor panel, the vibration damping material being applied along only at least one of the outer edge portions of the first region extending along the long-side direction among the outer edge portions extending along the long-side direction and the outer edge portions extending along the short-side direction.

2. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vibration damping material includes a first vibration damping material and a second vibration damping material, and a thickness of the first vibration damping material is set to be larger than a thickness of the second vibration damping material;
the first vibration damping material is applied to a surface of the floor panel along each of the outer edge portions extending along the long-side direction and the outer edge portions extending along the short-side direction of the first region of the floor panel; and
the second vibration damping material is applied to a surface of the floor panel at a central portion of the first region of the floor panel.

3. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein the ridge lines of the steps continue from one outer edge portion of the first region extending along the long-side direction to the other outer edge portion of the first region extending along the long-side direction.

4. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the steps include a plurality of steep parts, a plurality of panel parts, and a plurality of upright parts;
the steep parts have a larger inclination angle relative to a horizontal direction than the panel parts;
the panel parts are each laid between the steep parts and have a smaller inclination angle relative to the horizontal direction than the steep parts; and
the upright parts are located between edges of the panel parts at both ends in the vehicle width direction and a surface of the floor panel.

5. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration damping material is applied to the upright parts.

6. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
a second region is surrounded by the first vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction and the second vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle body front-rear direction, the second region being different region from the first region; and
a shape of an application region to which the vibration damping material is applied in the second region is different from a shape of an application region to which the vibration damping material is applied in the first region.

7. A vehicle body floor structure comprising:
a plurality of first vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle body front-rear direction;
a plurality of second vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle width direction;
a floor panel to which each of the first vehicle body framework members and the second vehicle body framework members is joined, the floor panel including a plurality of steps having ridge lines extending along a short-side direction of a first region, the steps being arrayed along a long-side direction of the first region, the first region being surrounded by the first vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction and the second vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle body front-rear direction, the steps include a plurality of steep parts, a plurality of panel parts, and a plurality of upright parts, the steep parts have a larger inclination angle relative to a horizontal direction than the panel parts, the panel parts are each laid between the steep parts and have a smaller inclination angle relative to the horizontal direction than the steep parts, and the upright parts are located between edges of the panel parts at both ends in the vehicle width direction and a surface of the floor panel; and
a vibration damping material applied to a surface of the floor panel, the vibration damping material being applied along at least one outer edge portion of the first region among outer edge portions extending along the long-side direction and outer edge portions extending along the short-side direction.

8. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 7 , wherein:
the vibration damping material includes a first vibration damping material and a second vibration damping material, and a thickness of the first vibration damping material is set to be larger than a thickness of the second vibration damping material;
the first vibration damping material is applied to a surface of the floor panel along each of the outer edge portions extending along the long-side direction and the outer edge portions extending along the short-side direction of the first region of the floor panel; and
the second vibration damping material is applied to a surface of the floor panel at a central portion of the first region of the floor panel.

9. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 7 , wherein the ridge lines of the steps continue from one outer edge portion of the first region extending along the long-side direction to the other outer edge portion of the first region extending along the long-side direction.

10. The vehicle body floor structure according to claim 7 , wherein the vibration damping material is applied to the upright parts.

11. A vehicle body floor structure comprising:
a plurality of first vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle body front-rear direction;
a plurality of second vehicle body framework members extending along a vehicle width direction;
a floor panel to which each of the first vehicle body framework members and the second vehicle body framework members is joined, the floor panel including a plurality of steps having ridge lines extending along a short-side direction of a first region, the steps being arrayed along a long-side direction of the first region, the first region being surrounded by the first vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction and the second vehicle body framework members that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle body front-rear direction; and
a vibration damping material applied to a surface of the floor panel, the vibration damping material being applied along at least one outer edge portion of the first region among outer edge portions extending along the long-side direction and outer edge portions extending along the short-side direction;
wherein a second region is surrounded by the first vehi

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shigihara Takayoshi

Classifications

• B60R13/083 Primary

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• B62D25/20

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