# US 2023/0264607 A1 · Vehicle Driver's Seat Structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0264607 A1 - Document ID: US20230264607A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/895,151 - Filed: 2022-08-25 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-21 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Seung Min Jeong; Seung Ho Noh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230264607A1 ## CPC - B60N 2/015: Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis - B60N 2/005: Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles {, e.g. dismountable auxiliary seats}(B60N2/02 takes precedence {; for railway vehicles B61D1/04}) - B60N 2/90: Details or parts not otherwise provided for - B60N 2/995: {Lower-leg-rests, e.g. calf-rests} - B60N 3/06: of footrests - B62D 25/2018: {the subunits being front structures} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract An embodiment vehicle driver's seat structure includes a dashboard floor panel combined with a front of a center floor panel and having a shape extending in an upward inclined direction, a lower seat support installed on a top surface of the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, an upper seat support installed on top of the lower seat support and underneath a driver's seat to support the driver's seat, and an upper floor horizontally connecting the upper seat support and the dashboard floor panel to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle driver's seat structure comprising: a dashboard floor panel combined with a front of a center floor panel and having a shape extending in an upward inclined direction; a lower seat support installed on a top surface of the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle front-rear direction; an upper seat support installed on top of the lower seat support and underneath a driver's seat to support the driver's seat; and an upper floor horizontally connecting the upper seat support and the dashboard floor panel to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of the lower seat supports arranged in parallel along a vehicle transverse direction; and a vehicle frame cross member arranged underneath the center floor panel and extending along the vehicle transverse direction, wherein the vehicle frame cross member overlaps the plurality of the lower seat supports with the center floor panel in between. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 2, wherein the lower seat supports have a hexagonal shape and lower surfaces thereof are sealed by the center floor panel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of the vehicle frame cross members, wherein some of the vehicle frame cross members overlap vehicle front sides of the lower seat supports and others of the vehicle frame cross members overlap vehicle rear sides of the lower seat supports. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 1, wherein the upper seat support has a rectangular box-like shape. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 5, wherein the upper seat support comprises an opening hole at one surface thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of the lower seat supports arranged in parallel along a vehicle transverse direction; and a plurality of the upper seat supports extend along the vehicle transverse direction and connect the plurality of the lower seat supports to each other, wherein the upper seat supports are spaced apart in parallel with each other along the vehicle front-rear direction. ### Claim 8 A vehicle driver's seat structure comprising: a dashboard floor panel combined with a front of a center floor panel and having a shape extending in an upward inclined direction; a lower seat support installed on a top surface of the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle front-rear direction; an upper seat support installed on top of the lower seat supports and underneath a driver's seat to support the driver's seat; a dashboard cross member provided on an upper lateral surface of the dashboard floor panel and extending along a vehicle transverse direction; and an upper floor horizontally connecting the upper seat support and the dashboard floor panel to each other and connecting the dashboard cross member and a front of the upper seat support to each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 8, further comprising: front brackets provided on the front of the upper floor, the front brackets being supported on an upper surface of the dashboard cross member and supporting a lower surface of the upper floor; and rear brackets provided on a rear of the upper floor and combined with the front of the upper seat support to support the lower surface of the upper floor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 9, wherein: floor longitudinal members are integrally combined with lower surfaces, respectively, of opposite lateral end portions of the upper floor and extending along the vehicle front-rear direction; front end portions of the floor longitudinal members are combined with the front brackets, respectively, and are supported thereon; and rear end portions of the floor longitudinal members are combined with the rear brackets, respectively, and are supported thereon. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 10, wherein the upper floor is combined with the front brackets and the rear brackets using respective fastening bolts. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 11, wherein the floor longitudinal members, each having an inverted U-shaped cross section, are combined with the lower surface of the upper floor, and the fastening bolts sequentially pass through the upper floor and each of the floor longitudinal members and then are fastened to the front brackets or the rear brackets. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The vehicle driver's seat structure of claim 11, wherein the floor longitudinal members, each having a U-shaped cross section, is combined with the lower surface of the upper floor, through-holes through which the fastening bolts pass through are formed in the upper floor, and the fastening bolts, after heads thereof pass through the through-holes, are fastened such that the floor longitudinal members are fixed to the front brackets or the rear brackets. ### Claim 14 A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body comprising a center floor panel; a vehicle seat installed in a front region of an interior of the vehicle; a dashboard floor panel combined with a front of the center floor panel, the dashboard floor panel extending in an upward inclined direction; lower seat supports installed on a top surface of the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle front-rear direction; upper seat supports installed on top of the lower seat supports and underneath the vehicle seat to support the vehicle seat; and an upper floor horizontally connecting the upper seat supports and the dashboard floor panel to each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The vehicle of claim 14, further comprising a vehicle frame cross member arranged underneath the center floor panel and extending along a vehicle transverse direction, wherein the vehicle frame cross member overlaps the lower seat supports that are arranged in parallel along the vehicle transverse direction with the center floor panel in between. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the lower seat supports have a hexagonal shape and lower surfaces thereof are sealed by the center floor panel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The vehicle of claim 15, further comprising a plurality of the vehicle frame cross members, wherein some of the vehicle frame cross members overlap vehicle front sides of the lower seat supports and others of the vehicle frame cross members overlap vehicle rear sides of the lower seat supports. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the upper seat supports have a rectangular box-like shape. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vehicle of claim 18, wherein the upper seat supports each comprise an opening hole at one surface thereof. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The vehicle of claim 14, wherein: the lower seat supports are arranged in parallel along a vehicle transverse direction; the upper seat supports extend along the vehicle transverse direction and connect the lower seat supports to each other; and the upper seat supports are spaced apart in parallel with each other along the vehicle front-rear direction.