US 12,441,410 B2
Vehicle floor joints
Carlington George Demetrius, Dublin, OH (US); Yoshiaki Ikeda, Takanezawa-machi (JP); Yuze Li, Tochigi (JP); Hiroaki Taniguchi, Royal Oak, MI (US); and Yuichiro Umeda, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,180.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199136 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/20 (2013.01) [B60R 13/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle floor system comprising:
a floor garnish disposed in a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the floor garnish comprises a first peripheral edge; and
a center floor disposed in the cabin of the vehicle, the center floor comprising a second peripheral edge disposed at a front or rear of the center floor,
wherein the second peripheral edge is on the first peripheral edge, and the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge form a joint between the floor garnish and the center floor; and
wherein the second peripheral edge comprises:
an interface surface directly contacting the first peripheral edge of the floor garnish;
a peripheral edge projection having a horizontal top projection surface and a vertical edge projection portion, the vertical edge projection portion extending upward from the interface surface; and
an angled edge portion extending downward from a horizontal top surface of the center floor to the peripheral edge projection.