Vehicle floor tub having a laminated structure

Details Vehicle floor tub having a laminated structure Vehicle floor tub having a laminated structure

2006-05-09

2006-05-09

Gutman, H. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

Reexamination Certificate

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07040691

ABSTRACT:
A tub is configured for attachment to a vehicle floor to receive a collapsed vehicle seat therein. The tub is formed from a laminated sheet structure including two layers of cold rolled steel having a viscoelastic layer therebetween spanning the entirety of both steel layers. The tub body has a rim, side walls extending downward from the rim, and a bottom supported by the side walls. The tub body is approximately 10″ deep from the rim to the bottom. The laminated sheet structure has a bending rigidity between approximately 9.7 and 16.5 Nm to enable the forming of the side walls.

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