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US 10,647,228 B2Granted
Protective seat load floor for hybrid vehicles
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsVikas Bhatia, Luke A. McKean, Peter J. Moegling
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Abstract
A vehicle seating apparatus includes a structural tub and a protective seat load floor wherein the protective seat load floor includes an anti-submarining feature. The apparatus can also be disposed on top of the structural tub housing a battery for an electrified vehicle, wherein the seat load floor serves as the battery cover.
Claims19
A vehicle seating component, comprising:
- a seat load floor including a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge is disposed towards a front end of a vehicle and the second edge is disposed towards a back end of the vehicle;
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- a raised portion of the seat load floor adjacent to and along the first edge and configured to impede a movement of an object towards the front end of the vehicle.
A vehicle seating apparatus, comprising:
- a structural tub including a vertical wall, a first side wall disposed on a first end of the vertical wall, and a second side wall disposed on a second opposite end of the vertical wall, wherein the structural tub is configured to secure a battery during vehicle movement and to support a structure secured to the top of the structural tub;
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- a vehicle seating component including
- a seat load floor including a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge is disposed towards a front end of a vehicle and the second edge is disposed towards a back end of the vehicle, and
- a raised portion of the seat load floor adjacent to and along the first long edge and configured to impede a movement of an object towards the front end of the vehicle.
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