Swept crossmember for vehicle floor
AssigneeShape Corp.
InventorsTomohisa Honda, Kazutoyo Fujikawa
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Abstract
A vehicle floor assembly having a floor panel and a pair of elongated members disposed along opposing sides of the floor panel. A central tunnel extends longitudinally between the pair of elongated members and has an upper surface elevated vertically from a planar extent of the floor panel. A crossmember beam is coupled to and spans between the pair of longitudinal members. The crossmember beam has a cross-sectional shape extending continuously along a length of the crossmember beam. The crossmember beam includes a curved shape along at least a section of the length of the crossmember beam that positions a lower surface of the crossmember beam above the upper surface of the central tunnel.
Claims20
A vehicle floor assembly comprising:
- a floor panel;
- a pair of elongated members disposed along opposing sides of the floor panel;
- a central tunnel extending longitudinally between the pair of elongated members and having an upper surface elevated vertically from a planar extent of the floor panel;
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- a crossmember beam coupled to and spanning between the pair of longitudinal members,
- wherein the crossmember beam comprises a cross-sectional shape defined by top walls and bottom walls extending continuously along a length of the crossmember beam, and
- wherein the crossmember beam includes a curved shape along at least a section of the length of the crossmember beam that positions a lower surface of the crossmember beam above and spaced from the upper surface of the central tunnel.
A vehicle floor assembly comprising:
- a floor panel;
- a raised obstruction disposed at a central portion the floor panel between opposing longitudinal sides of the floor panel, the raised obstruction having an upper surface elevated vertically relative to the opposing longitudinal sides of the floor panel;
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- a crossmember beam comprising a length spanning laterally over the floor panel between the opposing longitudinal sides of the floor panel,
- wherein the crossmember beam comprises a cross-sectional shape extending continuously along the length of the crossmember beam,
- wherein the crossmember beam includes a curved shape along at least a central section of the length of the crossmember beam that positions a lower surface of the crossmember beam above the upper surface of the raised obstruction, and
- wherein an upper surface of the crossmember beam and the lower surface of the crossmember beam are substantially parallel along the length of the beam.
A swept crossmember for a vehicle floor, the swept crossmember comprising:
- a beam comprising a length configured to span laterally over a floor panel and comprising a cross-sectional shape extending continuously along the length of the beam,
- wherein the beam includes a curved shape along at least a central section of the length of the beam that positions a lower surface of the crossmember beam above and spaced from an upper surface of a raised obstruction protruding from the floor panel;
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- a pair of mounting brackets coupled to opposing ends of the tubular beam and configured to mount at longitudinal members that span along sides of the floor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.