Patent ID: 6568747
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A vehicle floor comprising:a front floor formed in extrusion, said front floor being so oriented that a direction of the extrusion is parallel to a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; a rear floor joined to a rear end of said front floor; side sills disposed on sides of said front floor, each of said side sills extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and having an extension projecting backward from said front floor; a rear seat cross member having a length extending in a width-wise direction of the vehicle, said rear seat cross member being disposed on a connection of said rear floor to said front floor extending in the width-wise direction of the vehicle; rear side members disposed on sides of said rear floor, extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; pillars secured on said side sills above said rear seat cross member; and joint members each of which has a closed hollow structure and joins the extension of one of said side sills, an end of said rear seat cross member, and a front end of one of said rear side members, each of said joint members being installed between said end of said rear seat cross member and a respective one of said side sills and forming a lower-rigidity region adjacent the end of said rear seat cross member in the width-wise direction of the vehicle.