Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-14
2005-06-14
Gutman, H. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S187080, C296S209000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06905165
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle floor structure is provided in which a plurality of cross-members are extended between left and right floor frame members at predetermined longitudinal intervals, and a floor panel is mounted to the left and right floor frame members and the crossmembers. A corrugated sheet having a plurality of longitudinally oriented ridges is disposed in a space formed by the left and right floor frame members and the crossmembers. Left and right side portions of the corrugated sheet are connected to the left and right floor frame members. Front and rear edge portions of the corrugated sheet are connected to opposite ones of the crossmembers. If the right floor frame member, for example, is subjected to a load upon an offset collision of the vehicle, the load is transmitted to the left floor frame via the corrugated sheet for dispersion.
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Kawabe Satoru
Yamaguchi Toshizumi
Gutman H.
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
Merchant & Gould P.C.
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