Patent ID: 8052205
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A floor structure for a vehicle body, comprising: a floor panel including a floor body and a tunnel part, the floor body defining a floor body plane and the tunnel part being provided laterally centrally of the vehicle body and extending longitudinally along the vehicle body, the tunnel part including a top wall and side walls, the side walls extending from the top wall toward the floor body plane; side sills mounted on respective left and right sides of the floor panel and extending longitudinally along the vehicle body; cross members extending over the floor panel laterally along the vehicle body and linking the tunnel part and the respective side sill, each of the cross members including a tunnel-interior cross member provided inside the tunnel part and extending between the side walls, wherein the side walls each including a horizontal ridge formed in respective vertical centers of the side walls for receipt of the tunnel-interior cross member and the respective cross members such that the tunnel-interior cross member is vertically spaced from the floor body plane.