Vehicle floor pan
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHerbert Yang, Sean Timothy Ryan, John Michael McGuckin, Pratyaksh Kamath, Praveenmanickam Renganathan
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Abstract
A floor pan assembly is disclosed that includes a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction that has a lower portion and a top surface. The floor pan may include a weld flange having a height H1 that is welded to the lower portion along a full length of the floor pan and an extended weld flange having a height H2 that is higher than H1 and welded to the top surface of the side sill along a limited length of the floor pan. The floor pan may also include a corrugated area integrally provided in the floor pan that includes a plurality of furrows and ridges that extend obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction.
Claims15
A floor pan assembly comprising:
- a side sill having a vertically extending lower portion and a contiguous, horizontally extending top wall;
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- a floor pan including a weld flange having a height H1 welded to said lower portion along a full length of the floor pan and an extended weld flange having a height H2 higher than H1 and welded to said top wall along a limited length of the floor pan.
A floor pan assembly comprising:
- a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction;
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- a floor pan having a side weld flange welded to a side wall of the side sill, corrugations integrally formed in the floor pan that include a plurality of furrows and ridges extending obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction.
A floor pan assembly comprising:
- a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction and having a vertically extending lower portion and a contiguous, horizontally extending top wall;
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- a floor pan including a weld flange having a height H1 welded to said lower portion along a full length of the floor pan and an extended weld flange having a height H2 higher than H1 and welded to said top wall of the side sill along a limited length of the floor pan and, a corrugated area integrally provided in the floor pan including a plurality of furrows and ridges that extend obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.