Patent ID: 7644978

Claim:
A vehicle floor structure for a motor vehicle, comprising: a side sill assembly on each side of the vehicle; a longitudinal member; a cross member passing, on a predetermined portion between outer and inner ends thereof, the longitudinal member and providing a gap above the longitudinal member, the cross member being connected, on an outer end thereof, to the side sill assembly, the cross member including, between the longitudinal member and the side sill assembly, a connecting portion that divides the cross member into two cross member portions and connects the two cross member portions together, the two cross member portions including a remote cross member portion from the outer end of the cross member and the other cross member portion; and a reinforcement element extending through the connecting portion into the remote cross member portion and terminating in at an inner end thereof spaced above from a top wall of the longitudinal member, the reinforcement element being connected to an upper inner wall of the remote cross member portion to reinforce same, the reinforcement element extending into the other cross member portion and terminating in at an outer end thereof in the neighborhood of the side sill assembly, the reinforcement element being spaced from an upper inner wall of the other cross member portion.