Vehicle cabin structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247598-B2
Application number	US-202016909488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2020
Priority date	Jun 28, 2019
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle cabin structure includes a vehicle cabin and a handrail having an inverted U-shape and including an upper portion extending in a width direction of a vehicle along a ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin, and right and left vertical portions connected to both ends of the upper portion and extending downward along right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin from the respective ends of the upper portion, in which the right and left vertical portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin, respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle cabin structure, comprising:
a vehicle cabin; and
a handrail having an inverted U-shape and including an upper portion extending in a width direction of a vehicle along a ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin, and right and left vertical portions connected to respective ends of the upper portion and extending downward along right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin from the respective ends of the upper portion, wherein the right and left vertical portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side surfaces, respectively, of the vehicle cabin,
wherein the vehicle cabin includes
right and left vertical frame members extending vertically along the right and left side surfaces, respectively, of the vehicle cabin to form a skeletal structure of the vehicle cabin, and
right and left vertical interior members covering vehicle cabin-side inner surfaces of the right and left vertical frame members, respectively, and

wherein the right and left vertical portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left vertical interior members, respectively.

2. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the handrail is disposed in a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle cabin, and
the upper portion of the handrail disposed in the front portion and the upper portion of the handrail disposed in the rear portion are connected together with a connecting member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 2 , wherein a strap is attached to the connecting member.

4. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the handrail includes right and left side portions extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle from lower ends of the right and left vertical portions, respectively, and
the right and left side portions are fixed to the right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin, respectively.

5. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the handrail includes right and left side portions extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from lower ends of the right and left vertical portions, respectively, and
the right and left side portions are fixed to the right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin, respectively.

6. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 3 , wherein
the handrail includes right and left side portions extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from lower ends of the right and left vertical portions, respectively, and
the right and left side portions are fixed to the right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin, respectively.

7. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 4 , wherein the vehicle cabin includes
right and left side frame members extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the right and left side surfaces, respectively, to form a skeletal structure of the vehicle cabin, and
right and left side interior members covering vehicle cabin-side inner surfaces of the right and left side frame members, respectively, and
the right and left side portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side interior members, respectively.

8. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 5 , wherein
the vehicle cabin includes
right and left side frame members extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the right and left side surfaces, respectively, to form a skeletal structure of the vehicle cabin, and
right and left side interior members covering vehicle cabin-side inner surfaces of the right and left side frame members, respectively, and

the right and left side portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side interior members, respectively.

9. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 6 , wherein
the vehicle cabin includes
right and left side frame members extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the right and left side surfaces, respectively, to form a skeletal structure of the vehicle cabin, and
right and left side interior members covering vehicle cabin-side inner surfaces of the right and left side frame members, respectively, and

the right and left side portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side interior members, respectively.

10. A vehicle cabin structure, comprising:
a vehicle cabin; and
a handrail having an inverted U-shape and including an upper portion extending in a width direction of a vehicle along a ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin, and right and left vertical portions connected to respective ends of the upper portion and extending downward along right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin from the respective ends of the upper portion,
wherein the right and left vertical portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side surfaces, respectively, of the vehicle cabin,
wherein the handrail includes right and left side portions extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle from lower ends of the right and left vertical portions, respectively, and
wherein the right and left side portions are fixed to the right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin, respectively,
wherein the vehicle cabin includes
right and left side frame members extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the right and left side surfaces, respectively, to form a skeletal structure of the vehicle cabin, and
right and left side interior members covering vehicle cabin-side inner surfaces of the right and left side frame members, respectively, and

wherein the right and left side portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side interior members, respectively.

11. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 10 , wherein
the handrail is disposed in a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle cabin, and
the upper portion of the handrail disposed in the front portion and the upper portion of the handrail disposed in the rear portion are connected together with a connecting member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

12. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 11 , wherein a strap is attached to the connecting member.

13. A vehicle cabin structure, comprising:
a vehicle cabin; and
a handrail consisting of an inverted U-shape and including an upper portion extending in a width direction of a vehicle along a ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin, and right and left vertical portions connected to respective ends of the upper portion and extending downward along right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin from the respective ends of the upper portion, wherein
the right and left vertical portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side surfaces, respectively, of the vehicle cabin.

14. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 13 further comprising:
a second handrail, wherein
the handrail is disposed in a front portion and the second handrail is disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle cabin, and
the upper portion of the handrail disposed in the front portion and an upper portion of the second handrail disposed in the rear portion are connected together with a connecting member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

15. The vehicle cabin structure according to claim 14 , wherein a strap is attached to the connecting member.

16. The vehicle cabin structure, according to claim 13 , wherein the vehicle cabin includes
right and left vertical frame members extending vertically along the right and left side surfaces, respectively, of the vehicle cabin to form a skeletal structure of the vehic

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shitara Masaki
• Yamanouchi Yuchi
• Hattori Ryo

Classifications

• B62D47/00

  Motor vehicles or trailers predominantly for carrying passengers (superstructures B62D31/00) · CPC title

• B60N3/026 Primary

  characterised by the fixing means (B60N3/023 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D23/005

  with integrated chassis in the whole shell, e.g. meshwork, tubes, or the like (B62D33/044 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D63/02

  Motor vehicles · CPC title

• B62D31/02

  for carrying large numbers of passengers, e.g. omnibus · CPC title