Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle floor pan
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Application No.: US15434473Application Date: 2017-02-16
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Publication No.: US10207746B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Herbert Yang , Sean Timothy Ryan , John Michael McGuckin , Pratyaksh Kamath , Praveenmanickam Renganathan
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Jason Rogers
- Main IPC: B60N2/01
- IPC: B60N2/01 ; B62D25/20 ; B60N2/015 ; B62D21/15 ; B62D27/02

Abstract:
A floor pan assembly is disclosed that includes a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction that has a lower portion and a top surface. The floor pan may include a weld flange having a height H1 that is welded to the lower portion along a full length of the floor pan and an extended weld flange having a height H2 that is higher than H1 and welded to the top surface of the side sill along a limited length of the floor pan. The floor pan may also include a corrugated area integrally provided in the floor pan that includes a plurality of furrows and ridges that extend obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180229777A1 VEHICLE FLOOR PAN Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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