Flooring for vehicle decks and manufacturing housing

A method for producing a vehicle deck floor, the method comprising:

• moving a sequence of planar substrate components along a first direction, wherein a trailing edge of a respective planar substrate component is perpendicular to the first direction and abuts a leading edge of an adjacent planar substrate component;
• moving a pair of laminate components continuously in the first direction and at a speed that matches movement of the sequence of planar substrate components;
• applying adhesive on one or more of:
• the respective planar substrate component and each of the pair of laminate components during movement thereof;
• attaching the respective planar substrate component between the pair of laminate components to form an intermediate assembly, wherein the pair of laminate components form outer surfaces of the intermediate assembly;
• mechanically compressing the outer surfaces of the intermediate assembly;
• and
• heating the the intermediate assembly during the mechanically compressing.

A vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• a flooring frame fastened to an upper surface of the chassis;
• and
• an integrated flooring deck, wherein a lower surface of the integrated flooring deck is affixed to an upper surface of the flooring frame, and wherein the integrated flooring deck comprises:
• a pair of laminate components;
• a planar substrate core disposed between the pair of laminate components, wherein the planar substrate core comprises an array of planar substrate components, wherein a respective planar substrate component is disposed between another two planar substrate components and comprises opposite lateral edges abutting lateral edges of the another two planar substrate components;
• and
• adhesive affixing each of the pair of laminate components with the planar substrate core.