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US 7,350,853 B2Granted
Floor module for a vehicle
AssigneeHerbert Fitze
InventorHerbert Fitze
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a floor module for a vehicle having a floor plate, already cut to size and ready for installation, which is integrally connected to at least one mounting rail. The floor plate is preferable bonded to at least one mounting rail, which may be a seat runner for mounting seats. The floor plate can have at least one slot-shaped cut-out to receive at least one mounting rail or the floor plate can consist of a plurality of elements joined together into one part by a mounting rail arranged between them.
Claims22
A floor module for a vehicle comprising:
- one or more floor plate portions;
- and
- one or more mounting rails arranged integral to said one or more floor plate portions, said mounting rails configured to accept a removable module;
- wherein said one or more floor plate portions and said one or more mounting rails are coupled such that said one or more floor plate portions and said one or more mounting rails can be handled as a single unit without any external couplings.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a floor panel;
- and
- a floor module comprising one or more floor plate portions and one or more mounting rails arranged integral to said one or more floor plate portions, said mounting rails configured to accept a removable module, wherein said one or more floor plate portions and said one or more mounting rails are coupled such that said one or more floor plate portions and said one or more mounting rails can be handled as a single unit without any external couplings;
- wherein said floor module is coupled to said floor panel via said one or more mounting rails.
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A method comprising:
- arranging one or more mounting rails integral to one or more floor plate portions, said mounting rails configured to accept a removable module;
- coupling, in said arranged position, said one or more floor plate portions to said one or more mounting rails such that said one or more floor plate portions and said one or more mounting rails can be handled as a single unit without any external couplings;
- and
- coupling said single unit to a floor panel of a vehicle via said one or more mounting rails.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.