Underbody structure of a motor vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshihisa Kenmochi, Tatsunori Nakamura
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Abstract
A floor panel disposed between a side sill and a center tunnel of a motor vehicle is constituted by a honeycomb panel having a honeycomb core which is sandwiched between an upper plate and a lower plate. The lower plate of the floor panel is formed integrally with a sill upper panel which defines the upper surface of the side sill and/or a tunnel panel which defines the upper surface of the center tunnel.
Claims4
An underbody of a motor vehicle having a plurality of strength members which give strength to a body of said vehicle and individually extend in a longitudinal direction of said body of said vehicle, and a floor panel disposed between said strength members, said floor panel comprising:
- a honeycomb sandwich structure having an upper plate, a lower plate, and a honeycomb core interposed between said upper plate and a recessed portion of said lower plate, wherein said recessed portion has a periphery for accommodating said upper plate, and wherein said lower plate is integrally formed with a panel for defining an upper surface of said strength members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.