Vehicle compartment lower portion structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorihiro Murashige
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Abstract
A cylindrical hydrogen tank is housed under a floor tunnel, which is disposed at the center in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel along a vehicle front-back direction so as to protrude upward along a height direction, and includes a casing having a load bearing property. A seat cross member is disposed on a side of the hydrogen tank along the vehicle width direction. A seat pipe is joined to the seat cross member and disposed so as to extend along the vehicle width direction. The seat pipe and the seat cross member are arranged within the height of the hydrogen tank in a vehicle height direction, and also respectively located above and below the most outwardly protruded lateral end point in the vehicle width direction of the hydrogen tank.
Claims2
A vehicle compartment lower portion structure, comprising:
- a cylindrical hydrogen tank housed under a floor tunnel which is disposed at a center in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel so as to extend along a vehicle front-back direction and protrude upward along a height direction, the hydrogen tank including a casing having a load bearing property;
- a seat cross member disposed on a side of the hydrogen tank so as to extend along the vehicle width direction;
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- a seat pipe joined to the seat cross member and disposed so as to extend along the vehicle width direction,
- wherein the seat pipe and the seat cross member are arranged within a height of the hydrogen tank in a vehicle height direction, and also respectively located above and below a lateral end point of the hydrogen tank, the lateral end point being the most outwardly protruded point in the vehicle width direction of the hydrogen tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.