Vehicle floor portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9896131-B2
Application number	US-201615246997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2016
Priority date	Oct 22, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle floor portion structure that includes: a pair of rockers extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; a tunnel extending in the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and the tunnel including a first upper wall portion, and a pair of first side wall portions; cross-members that link the rockers with the tunnel in the vehicle width direction; a tunnel upper reinforcement provided above the tunnel, the tunnel upper reinforcement partially overlapping with the cross-members in side view and being joined together with the cross-members; and a tunnel lower reinforcement disposed in the tunnel, a closed cross section portion being formed between the tunnel lower reinforcement and the first upper wall portion and the pair of first side wall portions, and the tunnel lower reinforcement overlapping with the cross-members in side view and being joined together with the cross-members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle floor portion structure comprising:
a pair of rockers disposed at each of two outer sides in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel of a vehicle, the rockers extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction;
a tunnel disposed at a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the floor panel, the tunnel protruding to a vehicle cabin interior side and extending in the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and the tunnel including
a first upper wall portion that structures a top portion, and
a pair of first side wall portions that connect with the first upper wall portion and are disposed to oppose one another in the vehicle width direction;

cross-members of which second upper wall portions structuring a top portion thereof that link the rockers with the tunnel in the vehicle width direction;
a tunnel upper reinforcement provided above the tunnel, the tunnel upper reinforcement partially overlapping with the second upper wall portions of the cross-members in side view and being joined together with the cross-members; and
a tunnel lower reinforcement disposed in the tunnel, a closed cross section portion being formed between the tunnel lower reinforcement and the first upper wall portion and the pair of first side wall portions, and the tunnel lower reinforcement overlapping with the cross-members in side view and being joined together with the cross-members,
wherein the second upper wall portions link the rockers with the tunnel at a height overlapping with the tunnel upper reinforcement.

2. The vehicle floor portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein
each cross-member includes an upper flange portion that protrudes toward the upper side in a vehicle up-and-down direction from an end portion of the second upper wall portion at the side thereof at which the tunnel is disposed,
second side wall portions structure portions of the tunnel upper reinforcement and abut against the first side wall portions of the tunnel from the outer sides of the tunnel in the tunnel width direction, and
the upper flange portions overlap with the second side wall portions and the first side wall portions in side view and are joined together with the second side wall portions and the first side wall portions.

3. The vehicle floor portion structure according to claim 2 , wherein the each cross-member further includes:
a first front wall portion that connects with the second upper wall portion and is disposed at the front side of the second upper wall portion in the vehicle front-and-rear direction;
a first front flange portion protruding toward the front side in the vehicle front-and-rear direction from an end portion of the first front wall portion at the side thereof at which the tunnel is disposed;
a first rear wall portion that connects with the second upper wall portion and is disposed at the rear side of the second upper wall portion in the vehicle front-and-rear direction; and
a first rear flange portion protruding toward the rear side in the vehicle front-and-rear direction from an end portion of the first rear wall portion at the side thereof at which the tunnel is disposed,
the tunnel lower reinforcement includes:
a third upper wall portion that structures a top portion of the tunnel lower reinforcement and is disposed at the lower side in the vehicle up-and-down direction of the first upper wall portion of the tunnel;
a pair of third side wall portions that connect with the third upper wall portion and are disposed at respective inner sides in the vehicle width direction of the first side wall portions of the tunnel;
a front upright wall portion provided at front end portions in the vehicle front-and-rear direction of the pair of third side wall portions;
second front flange portions that are formed at the third side wall portions via the front upright wall portion, each second front flange portion protruding toward the front side in the vehicle front-and-rear direction;
a rear upright wall portion provided at rear end portions in the vehicle front-and-rear direction of the pair of third side wall portions; and
second rear flange portions that are formed at the third side wall portions via the rear upright wall portion, each second rear flange portion protruding toward the rear side in the vehicle front-and-rear direction,

the first front flange portions overlap with the first side wall portions and the second front flange portions in side view and are joined together with the first side wall portions and the second front flange portions, and
the first rear flange portions overlap with the first side wall portions and the second rear flange portions in side view and are joined together with the first side wall portions and the second rear flange portions.

4. The vehicle floor portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the pair of side wall portions and of the tunnel lower reinforcement are angled relative to one another towards the central side in the vehicle width direction of the tunnel lower reinforcement towards the upper sides thereof, and corner portions between the upper wall portion and the side wall portion and between the upper wall portion and the side wall portion are formed with small radiuses of curvature in a cross section cut along the vehicle width direction.

5. The vehicle floor portion structure according to claim 1 , further comprising
a reinforcing plate disposed at the lower side of the tunnel lower reinforcement to oppose the tunnel lower reinforcement.

6. The vehicle floor portion structure according to claim 5 , wherein
the reinforcing plate is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and each of two end portions of the vehicle width direction of the reinforcing plate is joined to the respective outer flange portion of the tunnel lower reinforcement.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Onishi Yoichiro

Classifications

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D21/157 Primary

  for side impacts · CPC title

• B62D25/2036

  the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars (B62D21/157 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D25/2009

  in connection with other superstructure subunits · CPC title

• B62D25/20 Primary

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