US 12,479,515 B2
Center floor attachment for a vehicle
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. 18/067,953.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199135 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/20 (2013.01) [B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle floor system comprising:
a center floor panel; and
a plurality of brackets connected to a lower surface of the center floor panel, wherein a portion of each of the brackets extends beyond an edge of the center floor panel and receives a mechanical fastener that fixes the center floor panel to a structure of a vehicle;
wherein each of the brackets further comprises a raised perimeter; and
wherein the lower surface of the center floor panel is directly supported by the raised perimeter of each of the brackets.