Patent ID: 6092862
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A floor structure for a load-carrying platform of a truck, the truck having a pair of parallel side rails extending in a longitudinal direction of the truck and having a plurality of wheels, comprising:a hollow floor panel made from fiber reinforced plastic, the floor panel part having an upper wall, a lower wall and lateral edge portions connecting the upper and lower walls wherein said floor panel includes a first thickness in a plurality of first areas above the plurality of wheels, and a second thickness in a plurality of second areas located between a pair of longitudinal sills and longitudinally in front and rear of said plurality of wheels, wherein said first thickness is less than said second thickness;the pair of longitudinal sills extending along the pair of side rails under the floor panel part, each longitudinal sill being hollow and made from the fiber reinforced plastic;wherein a thickness of the floor panel part is also reduced, relative to said second thickness, in a plurality of third areas adjacent to the first areas in the longitudinal direction of the truck and first ribs arc attached to the lower wall of the floor panel part in the third areas, each of the first ribs extending in the width direction of the truck,and further wherein the first thickness is substantially the same as the thickness of the third areas.