In-Vehicle Door Latch Structure and Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSoshiro MURATA, Kazuki Ohtake, Hideaki Kanasugi, Dai Hidaka
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Abstract
A latch structure includes: a door that is changeable between a closed state in which the door covers a door opening provided on a peripheral wall of a vehicle and an opened state in which the door opens the door opening; a floor panel that constitutes a floor surface of an interior space; a door-side engaging portion mounted on the door; and a floor-side engaging portion mounted on the floor panel and engageable with the door-side engaging portion when the door is in the closed state.
Claims8
A latch structure for an in-vehicle door, the latch structure comprising:
- a door that is changeable between a closed state in which the door covers a door opening provided on a peripheral wall of a vehicle and an opened state in which the door opens the door opening;
- a floor panel that constitutes a floor surface of an interior space;
- a door-side engaging portion mounted on the door;
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- a floor-side engaging portion mounted on the floor panel and engageable with the door-side engaging portion when the door is in the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.