US 12,263,889 B2
Vehicle lower part structure
Toshiaki Sato, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,574.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-200457 (JP), filed on Dec. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182828 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/2036 (2013.01) [B62D 27/02 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle lower part structure comprising:
a floor panel;
a bracket fixed to the floor panel;
a cross member joined to a top surface of the floor panel; and
a component mounted on a lower side of the floor panel so as to be fastened by a fastener to the bracket, wherein:
the floor panel has a convex portion that is convex upward such that an internal space is open downward;
the bracket has a flat shape and is provided so as to cover the convex portion from a lower side;
the fastener includes a bolt and a nut located on an upper side of the bracket, at least part of the nut is located in the internal space of the convex portion, and the bolt is screwed to the nut;
the bolt has a head located on the lower side of the bracket and a shaft extending upward from the head and inserted in a hole formed in the bracket, and a distal end of the shaft is located in the internal space of the convex portion;
the cross member has a top wall, a pair of side walls, and a flange provided at a lower end of each of the side walls; and
the convex portion of the floor panel is convex in a direction to approach the top wall between the side walls of the cross member.