Patent · US Expired

Secondary floor assembly

US6224133A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 1998
Grant dateMay 1, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/0226
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A secondary floor assembly for a motor vehicle having a floorpan extending generally horizontally and a toeboard extending generally upwardly at an angle from the floorpan includes a heel portion extending laterally and longitudinally along the floorpan and a toe portion connected to the heel portion and extending laterally and upwardly along the toeboard for pushing a heel of a foot of an occupant of the motor vehicle rearwardly during a frontal impact of the motor vehicle.

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