Vehicle structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11110818-B2
Application number	US-202016822309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

The vehicle structure includes seats provided away from each other in a vehicle width direction, a support provided on a vehicle floor, and attached between the seats, a vehicle structural part provided between the seats, and an armrest detachably attached to the support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle structure comprising:
seats provided away from each other in a vehicle width direction,
a support provided on a vehicle floor, and attached between the seats,
a vehicle structural part provided between the seats, and
an armrest detachably attached to the support,
wherein each of the seats comprises a seat cushion and a seat back, and is configured to be foldable to a storage position,
a height position of a back face upper part of the seat back in a state where the seat is in the storage position, a height position of an upper surface of the support, and a height position of an upper surface of the vehicle structural part are equal, and
the armrest is detachable in a condition which the seats are in the storage position.

2. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the armrest comprises a coupling portion, and
the support comprises an attaching portion to hold the coupling portion.

3. The vehicle structure according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling portion includes a plurality of cutouts provided at a predetermined interval, and
the attaching portion includes an engagement portion that engages with at least one cutout of the plurality of cutouts to hold the coupling portion.

4. The vehicle structure according to claim 3 , wherein the armrest is configured so that a position of the cutout to be engaged with the engagement portion can be adjusted to adjust a height position of the armrest.

5. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the armrest comprises a rotary shaft.

6. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein an article storage part is provided in the support.

7. The vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle structural part is a structural part to protect or store vehicle parts or a center console.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Maruoka Ryoji
• Matsuyama Shohei

Classifications

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/77 Primary

  Height adjustment · CPC title

• B60N3/101

  fixed · CPC title

• B60N2/787 Primary

  detachable · CPC title

• B60N2/793

  for use as storage compartments · CPC title