US 12,280,649 B2
Vehicle floor system
Seung Min Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Gyu Gab Hong, Yongin-si (KR); and Ki Bong Park, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,984.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0153395 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145164 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle floor system comprising:
a floor;
a pair of side longitudinal members disposed on side edges of the floor, respectively, wherein each side longitudinal member extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and wherein each side longitudinal member comprises a horizontal rib provided therein and wherein a thickness of each side longitudinal member increases from an interior side thereof toward an exterior side thereof;
a structural transverse member disposed on the floor and extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle, wherein the horizontal ribs are aligned with the structural transverse member in the transverse direction of the vehicle; and
a battery assembly disposed under the floor.