Seat rail mounting structure for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11091059-B2
Application number	US-201916524648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2019
Priority date	Aug 1, 2018
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

The structure for mounting a seat rail includes a floor panel constituting the floor of a cabin; a seat rail disposed on the upper surface of the floor panel; and a retainer for supporting the floor panel at a position where the seat rail is present thereabove with the floor panel in-between. The seat rail, the floor panel, and the retainer are attached to one another with a bolt and a nut (a first attachmenting portion) at a position where the seat rail, the floor panel, and the retainer are placed overlapping one on the other. The floor panel is welded on the retainer at a position (a second attachmenting portion) away from the first attachment portion. The retainer has a bead formed between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The bead extends along the longitudinal direction of a seat rail.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel constituting a floor of a cabin;
a seat rail disposed on an upper surface of the floor panel;
a retainer for supporting the floor panel at a position where the seat rail is above the retainer with the floor panel located in-between the seat rail and the retainer;
a first attachment portion for attaching the seat rail, the floor panel, and the retainer at a position where the seat rail, the floor panel, and the retainer are disposed overlapping one another; and
a second attachment portion for attaching the floor panel and the retainer at a position away from the first attachment portion,
wherein
the retainer includes a bead formed between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion so as to extend along a longitudinal direction of the seat rail.

2. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat rail extends in a front-back direction of the vehicle, and
the second attachment portion is defined at a position away leftward or rightward relative to the first attachment portion.

3. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the first attachment portions and a plurality of the second attachment portions are respectively aligned along the longitudinal direction of the seat rail, and
the bead extends in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail between the plurality of aligned first attachment portions and the plurality of aligned second attachment portions.

4. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the seat rail extends in a front-back direction of the vehicle, and
the second attachment portion is defined at a position away leftward or rightward relative to the first attachment portion.

5. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of retainer attachment portions aligned in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the seat rail, for attaching the retainer and a framework member in a bottom of the vehicle, wherein
the bead is formed between two adjacent retainer attachment portions among the plurality of retainer attachment portions.

6. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the bead extends between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion to reach between two adjacent retainer attachment portions among the plurality of retainer attachment portions.

7. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein
a plurality of the first attachment portions and a plurality of the second attachment portions are respectively aligned along the longitudinal direction of the seat rail, and
the bead extends between the plurality of first attachment portions aligned and the plurality of second attachment portions aligned to reach between two adjacent retainer attachment portions among the plurality of retainer attachment portions.

8. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the retainer includes a section fixed to a framework member in a bottom of the vehicle, and a section expanding from the framework member, for supporting the floor panel, and
the bead extends in a direction in which the retainer expands from the framework member.

9. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the first attachment portion includes a fastening piece that penetrates respective holes defined on the retainer, the floor panel, and the seat rail, and
the second attachment portion includes a welding portion where the floor panel is welded to the retainer.

10. A structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel constituting a floor of a cabin;
a seat rail disposed on an upper surface of the floor panel;
a retainer for supporting the floor panel at a position where the seat rail is above the retainer with the floor panel located in-between the seat rail and the retainer;
a first attachment portion for attaching the seat rail, the floor panel, and the retainer at a position where the seat rail, the floor panel, and the retainer are disposed overlapping one another; and
a second attachment portion for attaching the floor panel and the retainer at a position away from the first attachment portion,
wherein
the retainer includes a bead spaced apart from the floor panel, the bead formed between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion so as to extend along a longitudinal direction of the seat rail.

11. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the seat rail extends in a front-back direction of the vehicle, and
the second attachment portion is defined at a position away leftward or rightward relative to the first attachment portion.

12. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
a plurality of the first attachment portions and a plurality of the second attachment portions are respectively aligned along the longitudinal direction of the seat rail, and
the bead extends in the longitudinal direction of the seat rail between the plurality of aligned first attachment portions and the plurality of aligned second attachment portions.

13. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein
the seat rail extends in a front-back direction of the vehicle, and
the second attachment portion is defined at a position away leftward or rightward relative to the first attachment portion.

14. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of retainer attachment portions aligned in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the seat rail, for attaching the retainer and a framework member in a bottom of the vehicle, wherein
the bead is formed between two adjacent retainer attachment portions among the plurality of retainer attachment portions.

15. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the bead extends between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion to reach between two adjacent retainer attachment portions among the plurality of retainer attachment portions.

16. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein
a plurality of the first attachment portions and a plurality of the second attachment portions are respectively aligned along the longitudinal direction of the seat rail, and
the bead extends between the plurality of first attachment portions aligned and the plurality of second attachment portions aligned to reach between two adjacent retainer attachment portions among the plurality of retainer attachment portions.

17. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the retainer includes a section fixed to a framework member in a bottom of the vehicle, and a section expanding from the framework member, for supporting the floor panel, and
the bead extends in a direction in which the retainer expands from the framework member.

18. The structure for mounting a seat rail for a vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein
the first attachment portion includes a fastening piece that penetrates respective holes defined on the retainer, the floor panel, and the seat rai

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshida Takahiro

Classifications

• B60N2/06

  slidable (B60N2/12 {, B60N2/2209} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/0715

  C or U-shaped · CPC title

• B60N2/005

  Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles {, e.g. dismountable auxiliary seats}(B60N2/02 takes precedence {; for railway vehicles B61D1/04}) · CPC title

• B60N2/015 Primary

  Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis · CPC title

• B62D25/20

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