Lower body construction for motor vehicle
US4593949A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D25/025
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lower body construction for a motor vehicle, including a pair of side sills, a floor panel attached to the side sills and formed with a tunnel portion, and a pair of cross members each having a hat-shaped cross section and provided on the floor panel. A pair of recesses are, respectively, formed at opposite sides of the floor panel, while an outer end of each of the cross members is spaced slightly away from each of the side sills inwardly, whereby a reinforcement member having the hat-shaped cross section and extending continuously between the tunnel portion and each of the side sills is constituted by each of the cross members and each of the recesses.
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