Polymeric vehicle floor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10889336-B2
Application number	US-201816221762-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2018
Priority date	Dec 17, 2018
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle includes a floor including a top panel and a bottom panel defining a cavity therebetween. At least one of the top panel and the bottom panel includes a polymeric material. A passenger-climate-control duct is disposed in the cavity and is integral with the at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a floor including a top panel and a bottom panel defining a cavity therebetween, at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel including a polymeric material;
a passenger-climate-control duct disposed in the cavity and being integral with the at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel; and
a battery, the bottom panel of the floor disposed between the battery and the top panel of the floor.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the passenger-climate-control duct extends from the bottom panel to the top panel.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the passenger-climate-control duct is integral with the bottom panel and connected to the top panel.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the top panel is sheet molding compound and the bottom panel is injection molded plastic.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the passenger-climate-control duct is injection molded plastic.

6. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the top panel includes a peripheral edge and the bottom panel includes a peripheral edge connected to the peripheral edge of the top panel.

7. The vehicle as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising rockers elongated in a vehicle-fore-and-aft direction, the peripheral edges of the top and bottom panels being adjacent both rockers.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a body defining a passenger cabin, the passenger-climate-control duct is in fluid communication with the passenger cabin.

9. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the passenger-climate-control duct extends through the top panel.

10. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the top panel is generally planar.

11. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a floor cross member adjacent at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel is overmolded to the floor cross member.

13. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the floor cross member is between the top panel and the bottom panel.

14. The vehicle of claim 11 , further comprising a seat mount supported by the floor cross member.

15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the top panel includes a planar portion and the seat mount is at the planar portion.

16. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a wire, at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel being molded to the wire.

17. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an electrical connection extending through the top panel and a wire connected to the electrical connection and extending along at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel.

18. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a foil sheet on the bottom panel.

19. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising temperature-insulating material disposed in the cavity external to the passenger-climate-control duct.

20. A vehicle comprising:
a floor including a top panel and a bottom panel defining a cavity therebetween, at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel including a polymeric material;
a passenger-climate-control duct disposed in the cavity and being integral with the at least one of the top panel and the bottom panel; and
temperature-insulating material disposed in the cavity external to the passenger-climate-control duct.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Friedman Peter A
• Jaranson John Wayne
• Caliskan Ari Garo
• Bondanza Christopher
• Azzouz Michael Musa

Classifications

• B60H1/00564 Primary

  of air ducts · CPC title

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title

• B60K1/04

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B62D29/041 Primary

  Understructures · CPC title

• B62D25/20

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