Floor structure in vehicle body rear part

US8991905B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8991905-B2
Application numberUS-201214241599-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 21, 2012
Priority dateOct 14, 2011
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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A vehicle body rear floor structure characterized as follows is provided. The front end of a rear floor panel in a vehicle longitudinal direction includes a front wall extending between a pair of side sills. The front wall forms an arc whose central part in a vehicle width direction projects upward from the floor. The front wall lower end is joined to a rear end of a main floor panel. A cross member forms an arc whose central part in the vehicle width direction projects upward from the floor, and extends along the front wall with the central part of the cross member in the vehicle width direction placed on a floor tunnel. The cross member ends, in the vehicle width direction, are joined to the side sills and main floor panel. The cross member central part in the vehicle width direction is joined to the floor tunnel.

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What is claimed is: 1. A floor structure in a vehicle body rear part comprising: a pair of side sills extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction respectively arranged on sides, in a vehicle width direction, of a main floor panel and a rear floor panel which form front and rear floors of a vehicle cabin, a floor tunnel projecting upward extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction at a central part of the main floor panel in the vehicle width direction, a front end part of…

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    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8991905B2 cover?
A vehicle body rear floor structure characterized as follows is provided. The front end of a rear floor panel in a vehicle longitudinal direction includes a front wall extending between a pair of side sills. The front wall forms an arc whose central part in a vehicle width direction projects upward from the floor. The front wall lower end is joined to a rear end of a main floor panel. A cross m…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mochizuki Shinei, Suzuki Motor Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B62D25/20. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).