Vehicle floor structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10843740-B2
Application number	US-201816234659-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2018
Priority date	Jan 10, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle floor structure is provided including: a vehicle interior opening formation section provided inside a vehicle cabin, and demarcating a vehicle interior opening that opens into the vehicle cabin; a vehicle exterior opening formation section provided further toward a vehicle lower side than a floor inside the vehicle cabin, and demarcating a vehicle exterior opening that opens toward a vehicle exterior; a storage section provided at the vehicle lower side of the floor, and demarcating a storage space that connects the vehicle interior opening and the vehicle exterior opening together; and a pull-out receptacle disposed inside the storage section at a position corresponding to the vehicle interior opening, and capable of moving from inside the storage section to the vehicle exterior through the vehicle exterior opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle floor structure of a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle interior opening formation section inside a vehicle cabin and demarcating a vehicle interior opening that opens into the vehicle cabin;
a vehicle exterior opening formation section lower in the vehicle than a floor inside the vehicle cabin and demarcating a vehicle exterior opening that opens toward a vehicle exterior;
a storage section at a vehicle lower side of the floor and demarcating a storage space that connects the vehicle interior opening and the vehicle exterior opening; and
a pull-out receptacle inside the storage section at a position corresponding to the vehicle interior opening and configured to move from inside the storage section to the vehicle exterior through the vehicle exterior opening.

2. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle interior opening formation section is in a back face of a vehicle seat inside the vehicle cabin.

3. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle interior opening formation section is in the floor.

4. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , wherein the floor includes a mesh pattern section formed in a mesh pattern by disposing a plurality of vehicle interior opening formation sections contiguously to each other.

5. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , wherein the pull-out receptacle includes a receptacle slope that faces the floor, and that is inclined toward the vehicle lower side in progression toward the vehicle exterior opening formation section when the pull-out receptacle is disposed inside the storage section.

6. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , wherein the storage section includes a storage slope that faces the floor, and that is inclined toward the vehicle lower side toward the pull-out receptacle.

7. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , wherein the storage section includes a blower to convey an airflow from a vehicle air conditioner toward the pull-out receptacle.

8. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
a drive battery at the vehicle lower side of the floor, wherein
the pull-out receptacle is configured from metal and is at a vehicle upper side of the drive battery.

9. The vehicle floor structure of claim 1 , further comprising:
a drive battery at the vehicle lower side of the floor, wherein
the pull-out receptacle is at the vehicle lower side of the drive battery.

10. The vehicle floor structure of claim 2 , wherein the vehicle interior opening formation section is at a back face of a vehicle seatback of the vehicle seat.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mizutani Atsushi
• Saiki Yuma
• Azuma Momoko
• Morita Yusaku
• Naruse Kanako

Classifications

• B60H1/143

  the heat being derived from cooling an electric component, e.g. electric motors, electric circuits, fuel cells or batteries · CPC title

• B60H2001/00221

  Devices in the floor or side wall area of the passenger compartment · CPC title

• B60H2001/003

  Component temperature regulation using an air flow · CPC title

• B62D25/20

  Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} · CPC title

• B60K2001/0494

  with arrangements for sliding · CPC title