# US 2024/0199136 A1 · Vehicle floor joints > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0199136 A1 - Document ID: US20240199136A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/068,180 - Filed: 2022-12-19 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-19 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Carlington George DEMETRIUS; Yoshiaki IKEDA; Yuze LI; Hiroaki TANIGUCHI; Yuichiro UMEDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240199136A1 ## CPC - B62D 25/20: Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} - B60R 13/02: {Internal} Trim mouldings {; Internal} Ledges; Wall liners {for passenger compartments}; Roof liners (B60R13/01 takes precedence {; padded linings for the vehicle interior B60R21/04; arrangements or adaptations of floor mats or carpets in vehicles B60N3/04; internal lining for trains B61D17/18}) - 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) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A vehicle floor system includes a floor garnish disposed in a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the floor garnish comprises a first peripheral edge, and a center floor disposed in the cabin area of the vehicle, the center floor comprising a second peripheral edge, wherein the second peripheral edge is on the first peripheral edge, and the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge form a joint between the floor garnish and the center floor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle floor system comprising: a floor garnish disposed in a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the floor garnish comprises a first peripheral edge; and a center floor disposed in the cabin of the vehicle, the center floor comprising a second peripheral edge, wherein the second peripheral edge is on the first peripheral edge, and the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge form a joint between the floor garnish and the center floor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle floor system of claim 1, wherein the floor garnish comprises: an upper surface; and an intermediate surface extending downward from the upper surface to the first peripheral edge. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle floor system of claim 1, wherein the center floor comprises a horizontal top surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle floor system of claim 3, wherein the second peripheral edge of the center floor comprises an angled edge portion extending downward from the horizontal top surface of the center floor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle floor system of claim 4, wherein the second peripheral edge of the center floor comprises a radius connecting the angled edge portion to the horizontal top surface of the center floor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The vehicle floor system of claim 3, wherein the second peripheral edge of the center floor comprises: an interface surface directly contacting the first peripheral edge of the floor garnish; a peripheral edge projection having a horizontal top projection surface and a vertical edge projection portion, the vertical edge projection portion extending upward from the interface surface; and an angled edge portion extending downward from the horizontal top surface of the center floor to the peripheral edge projection. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle floor system of claim 1, wherein the center floor comprises: a horizontal lower surface; and an undercut portion between the horizontal lower surface and the second peripheral edge. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle floor system of claim 1, wherein the first peripheral edge of the floor garnish extends in a generally horizontal direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle floor system of claim 1, wherein the floor garnish is a plastic material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle floor system of claim 1, wherein the center floor is one of a wood material, a laminate material, and a composite material. ### Claim 11 A vehicle floor system comprising: a center floor in a cabin area of a vehicle, the center floor comprising a first peripheral edge portion and a second peripheral edge portion; a front floor garnish disposed in the cabin of the vehicle, wherein the front floor garnish comprises a first peripheral edge; and a rear floor garnish disposed in the cabin of the vehicle, wherein the front floor garnish comprises a second peripheral edge, wherein the center floor is between the front floor garnish and the rear floor garnish, and the first peripheral edge portion is on the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge portion is on the second peripheral edge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, further comprising: a rear-left garnish comprising a rear-left peripheral edge; a rear-right garnish comprising a rear-right peripheral edge; a front-left garnish comprising a front-left peripheral edge; and a front-right garnish comprising a front-right peripheral edge, wherein the center floor is between the rear-left garnish, the rear-right garnish, the front-left garnish, and the front-right garnish, and the first peripheral edge portion is on the front-left peripheral edge and the front-right peripheral edge, and the second peripheral edge portion is on the rear-left peripheral edge and the rear-right peripheral edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle floor system of claim 12, further comprising: a left garnish along a left side of the center floor and between the rear-left garnish and the front-left garnish; and a right garnish along a right side of the center floor and between the rear-right garnish and the front-right garnish. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The vehicle floor system of claim 13, wherein the left garnish and the right garnish cover a plurality of brackets connecting the center floor to the vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, wherein each of the first peripheral edge portion comprises: an interface surface directly contacting the first peripheral edge of the front floor garnish; a peripheral edge projection having a horizontal top projection surface and a vertical edge projection portion, the vertical edge projection portion extending upward from the interface surface; and an angled edge portion extending downward from the horizontal top surface of the center floor to the peripheral edge projection. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, wherein each of the second peripheral edge portion comprises: an interface surface directly contacting the second peripheral edge of the front floor garnish; a peripheral edge projection having a horizontal top projection surface and a vertical edge projection portion, the vertical edge projection portion extending upward from the interface surface; and an angled edge portion extending downward from the horizontal top surface of the center floor to the peripheral edge projection. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, wherein the center floor comprises: a horizontal lower surface; a first undercut portion between the horizontal lower surface and the first peripheral edge portion; and a second undercut portion between the horizontal lower surface and the second peripheral edge portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, wherein the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge extend in a generally horizontal direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, wherein the front floor garnish and the rear floor garnish are a plastic material. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The vehicle floor system of claim 11, wherein the center floor is one of a wood material, a laminate material, and a composite material.