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Vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicles

US4457525A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 1982
Grant dateJul 3, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K15/073
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle, wherein a tunnel upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel, downwardly opening and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of the floor panel, a fuel tank is disposed in the tunnel, and a protector is disposed in a manner to block the bottom opening of the tunnel at least within a range of the fuel tank and connected to the floor panel at opposite sides of the opening.

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