Vehicular floor brace
US9598118B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D27/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle floor brace has a tubular body formed by rounding a sheet metal material, and a pair of attachment portions made of the sheet metal material and formed integrally with the tubular body at both ends in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, and the vehicle floor brace is fixedly attached to an underside of a floor panel of a vehicle via the attachment portions to reinforce the floor panel, each of the attachment portions being configured to include a flat portion having an attachment surface to be attached to the floor panel, and a pair of reinforcing flanges formed by bending both side portions of the flat portion at right angles so that the side portions extend downward to an opposite side from the attachment surface and so that the attachment portion has a dish-shaped section.
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