JP2001063434A - Floor board for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To close a gap between an outer circumference of a floor board body and various self-contained components to enhance appearance and to eliminate a trouble such as falling-off, into the gap, of small articles, without bringing cost-up, by utilizing one portion of a skin material in a floor board. SOLUTION: This floor board for an automobile is fixed in a skin material 36 in a condition where a surface thereof is covered with respect to a floor board main body 31. The skin material 36 is extended by a prescribed length from a peripheral terminal of the floor board body 31, and a gap A between an outer circumference of the floor board body 31 and various self-contained components (for example, a scuff plate 27) of an automobile body is closed by an extended part 37A therein.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor board for an automobile, which is disposed on a floor in a loading space for luggage and the like located mainly behind a rear seat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of floorboard, a skin material such as a carpet is fixed to the surface of the floorboard body by means of adhesion or the like for the purpose of improving the appearance of the vehicle interior. The floorboard body is generally an integrally molded product made of a synthetic resin material, and the skin material is made of a synthetic fiber such as nylon or polypropylene. FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing the structure of a conventional floor board 60. As shown in FIG. In this floorboard 60, the outer peripheral portion of the skin material 64 is wound around the back side of the side plate 63 of the floorboard main body 62 as shown in FIG. 9A, or the floorboard main body 62 as shown in FIG. Processing is done by cutting along the terminal.

[0003]

By the way, the interior of an automobile is made up of various parts, and the outer periphery of the floor board 60 is adjacent to interior parts such as a scuff plate, deck side and rim. Since these interior components have dimensional errors in manufacturing, a gap is generated between the outer periphery of the floorboard 60 and the interior components. These gaps make the interior of the vehicle interior unattractive and also cause inconveniences such as small articles falling into the gaps.

One of the countermeasures is to increase the dimensional accuracy of the interior parts. However, since these parts are relatively large in number, it is difficult to reduce the dimensional error in manufacturing, and as a result, there is a gap. The cost is increased by preparing special parts for closing the door. Further, even if the gap is forcibly reduced, as long as there is a dimensional error in manufacturing, there arises a problem that the outer periphery of the floor board 60 interferes with the interior parts and cannot be assembled.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to utilize a part of a skin material of a floorboard, thereby preventing the outer periphery of the floorboard main body and various interior parts without increasing the cost. To improve the appearance and eliminate troubles such as small articles falling into the gap.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above-mentioned object. According to the first aspect of the present invention, a skin material is fixed to a floorboard body with its surface covered. An automobile floorboard, in which the skin material is extended from a terminal on the outer periphery of the floorboard body by a predetermined length, and the extension portion forms a gap between the outer periphery of the floorboard body and various interior parts of the automobile body. It is configured to close. This improves the appearance of the vehicle interior and eliminates troubles such as small articles falling into the gap without increasing the cost as compared with the case where a dedicated part for closing the gap is used.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the floor board for an automobile according to the first aspect, wherein the length of the extended portion of the skin material is the maximum width of the gap estimated from dimensional errors of various interior parts and the like. Is set to match. In this case, even if the gap has a large width, it will always be closed by the skin material, and if the width of the gap is small, the gap is bent in a state where the extended portion of the skin material interferes with the interior parts and is bent. Although it will be closed, this state does not cause any strangeness in design.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a seat arrangement state in a vehicle interior. As shown in this drawing, the front and rear seats 10, 12 are separate types that form a pair on both left and right sides of the vehicle interior. As for the type of vehicle, the space behind the rear seat 12 is a space for loading luggage and the like as it is (luggage room).
It is a so-called two-box type. Therefore, a large space in the luggage compartment can be secured by folding the rear seat 12 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 1 and storing it in the seat storage section 22 on the floor.

The sheet storage section 22 is formed in a concave shape with its upper surface opened at the rear of both sheets 10. The opening surfaces of the sheet storage sections 22 are covered with individual floor boards 30, which can be individually opened and closed. Further, two floor boards 40 and 50 are further provided on the floor continuing from the floor boards 30 to the rear side. As is apparent from FIG. 2 which shows the positional relationship among these floor boards 30, 40, and 50 in a perspective view, the floor board in a state where the seat 12 is stored in the sheet storage unit 22 (the phantom line in FIG. 1). Numeral 30 is substantially flush with the other floor boards 40 and 50 so that a flat floor surface can be obtained.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the floor board 30, and FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 are cross-sectional views showing the support structure of the floor board 30 to the body floor. The basic structure of the floorboard 30 is such that a skin material 36 such as a carpet is adhered to a floorboard body 31 integrally formed of a synthetic resin material while covering the surface thereof. The material of the carpet used for the skin material 36 is generally a synthetic fiber such as nylon or polypropylene. The basic structure of the floorboard body 31 is the same for the other floorboards 40 and 50. In the present embodiment, the floorboard 30 will be mainly described.

The floorboard body 31 has side plates 32 on both sides thereof. As shown in FIG. 5, near the front ends of the both side plates 32, a support surface 33 having a shape deeply cut upward from the lower surface thereof is provided. And a support surface 34 having a shallowly cut shape. On the other hand, on the body side of the car, the floor panel 2 forming the floor
The shape of 0 forms the above-mentioned sheet storage section 22. As shown in FIG. 5, a receiving member 24 is provided integrally with the floor panel 20 on the front side of the sheet storage section 22. When the sheet 12 is used, the support surface 33 is received by the receiving member 24 as shown by a solid line in FIG. 5, and when the sheet 12 is stored, the support surface 34 is received by an imaginary line.

As shown in FIG. 6, a plate-shaped receiving member 26 is provided on the rear side of the sheet storage section 22 so as to protrude from the vertical wall of the floor panel 20. Sheet 1
When the seat 12 is used, the side plate 32 of the floorboard main body 31 is received on the bottom surface of the sheet storage portion 22 as shown by a solid line in FIG.
2 is received by the receiving member 26 at the rear side lower surface. However, since the flange portion 42 formed on the front side of the floor board 40 is mounted on the upper surface of the receiving member 26,
The rear lower surface of the side plate 32 is actually received by the receiving member 26 through the flange portion 42.

The interior parts of the vehicle body adjacent to the outer periphery of the floor board 30 include a scuff plate 27 (FIG. 4) located below the entrance and a console box 28 (FIG. 3 or FIG. 3) located between the front seats 10. 5) and a track cover 29 (FIG. 3) that covers the ends of the seat rails of both seats 10. Since these are relatively large interior parts, there is a dimensional error in their manufacture, which is caused by each interior part and the floor board 30.
Appears as a gap between the outer circumference.

In the outer periphery of the floorboard 30, in the side portion adjacent to the scuff plate 27, and in the portion adjacent to the console box 28 and the truck cover 29, the skin material 36 is moved from the terminal on the outer periphery of the floorboard body 31 to the above-mentioned gap. It is extended by the length that closes. For example, regarding the gap A between the scuff plate 27 and the floorboard main body 31 shown in FIG.
Is closed by the extended portion 37A. A gap B between the console box 28 (or the truck cover 29) and the floorboard body 31 shown in FIG.
It is closed by the extension 37B of the skin material 36. As a result, the appearance of the vehicle interior is improved, and small articles can be prevented from falling into the gaps A and B.

For example, the length of the extension 37A is adjusted to the size of the gap A having the maximum width predicted from the dimensional error of the scuff plate 27 and the like.
7A is always closed. Therefore, when the gap A is smaller than the estimated maximum width, the extension 37A interferes with the scuff plate 27 and closes the gap A in a state where it is bent as shown by the phantom line in FIG. The condition does not cause any discomfort in the design.

As described above, the floor board 30 is positioned with respect to the floor panel 20 as shown by solid lines in FIGS. Therefore, in order to store the sheet 12, the floor board 30 is once removed, the sheet storage portion 22 is opened, and the sheet 12 is folded and stored therein. This sheet 12
Of the floor board 30 when the floor panel 2
It is positioned with respect to 0 in the state shown by the imaginary line in FIGS.

That is, the height and the front-back position of the floorboard 30 change between the use and storage of the seat 12, so that the floorboard body 31 and the console box 28
(Or the track cover 29) also changes (FIG. 5). In response to this change, the extended portion 37B closes the gap B in a flat state when the width of the gap B is large (the imaginary line in FIG. 5), and flexes by interfering with the console box 28 when the width of the gap B is small. It is closed in the closed state (solid line in FIG. 5). Therefore, the gap B whose width changes can also be closed by the extended portion 37B of the skin material 36 without a sense of incompatibility.

When the skin material 36 is made of a soft material, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the extension portion 37B is double-folded to have rigidity. This is the extension 37A
As a matter of course, this is also performed as necessary. As a result, when the shape of the extension portions 37A and 37B is flat, the extension portions 37A and 37B are held flat and when bent, they are held in such a shape. Further, by making the extending portions 37A and 37B of the skin material 36 double, fraying of the terminal is prevented depending on the kind of the fiber of the skin material 36 and the like.

The extended portions 37A and 37B of the skin material 36 need not necessarily be provided over the entire outer periphery of the floorboard 30. For example, in a limited range of the outer circumference, by setting it as a reference position for assembling the floor board 30 to the body floor, the gap between the adjacent interior parts can be reduced to a size without any problem. Need not be extended. When the skin material 36 is not extended, a rib 38 is integrally formed on the outer peripheral edge of the floorboard main body 31 as shown in FIG.
The terminal of the skin material 36 is made to fit along the inside. The same structure is applied to a portion where prevention of peeling of the skin material 36 due to hooking of a foot or the like is more important than closing the gap. The portion of the floorboard 30 that adopts the structure of FIG. 8 may be, for example, the outer periphery adjacent to the floorboard 40 (FIG. 6) or the outer periphery where two floorboards 30 are adjacent to each other.

In the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the floorboard 30 has been described.
An extension is formed on each skin material as in the case of 0,
The gaps between the outer periphery of each floorboard body and various interior components are closed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a seat arrangement state in a vehicle cabin.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a positional relationship between floor boards.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one floor board.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a support structure of a floor board for a body floor.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a support structure of a floor board for a body floor.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a support structure of a floor board for a body floor.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing an example in which the extended portion of the skin material is double-folded in correspondence with FIG.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an outer peripheral structure of a floorboard in a case where an extension is not provided on a skin material.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing the structure of a conventional floorboard.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 30 floor board 31 floor board body 36 skin material 37A, 37B extension 40 floor board 50 floor board A, B gap

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Toru Iwamura 1 Toyota Town, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Toyota Motor Corporation F-term (reference) 3B088 FA01 FB06 FC02 3D003 AA00 BB01 CA14 DA19 DA24

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automobile floorboard in which a skin material is fixed in a state of covering the surface of the floorboard body, wherein the skin material is a predetermined length from a terminal on the outer periphery of the floorboard body. An automobile floorboard that is extended and configured to close gaps between the outer periphery of the floorboard body and various interior parts of the automobile body with the extension. 2. The vehicle floorboard according to claim 1, wherein the length of the extension of the skin material is set in accordance with the maximum width of the gap predicted from dimensional errors of various interior parts. Automotive floorboards.