JP7207263B2 - Vehicle floor structure with organ pedals - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle floor structure having organ-type pedals.

Patent Literature 1 below discloses a vehicle floor structure in which a carpet is laid on the vehicle upper side of the raising material placed on the upper surface of the floor.

JP 2009-241920 A

However, when the vehicle floor structure described in Patent Document 1 is applied to the driver's seat, a structure is formed in which the carpet is sandwiched between the accelerator base and the raising material at the rear end of the accelerator base. In such a vehicle floor structure, for example, if the occupant's feet are placed on the carpet and the raising material is bent, a gap is created between the carpet and the accelerator base, which may result in an unattractive structure. be. As described above, there is room for improvement in terms of improving the design of the vehicle floor provided with the organ-type pedals.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle floor structure having organ-type pedals capable of improving the design of the vehicle floor.

A vehicle floor structure having organ pedals according to claim 1 comprises an organ pedal pad provided on a floor carpet arranged on the lower side of a vehicle in a driver's seat, and a vehicle pedal pad on the floor carpet. Between the pad pedestal, which is arranged on the front side and to which the lower end of the pedal pad is attached, and the pad pedestal, which is arranged on the vehicle lower side of the floor carpet and whose lower end is joined to the floor panel, and the pad pedestal a carpet support portion formed in a substantially flat plate shape capable of holding a floor carpet; and a vertical wall portion disposed at the same position or at a position within a predetermined distance on the vehicle front side from the rear end of the pad pedestal, and The corner portion is curved so that the rear side of the vehicle and the lower side of the vehicle are convex when viewed in the vehicle width direction .

According to the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to claim 1, the bracket is arranged on the vehicle lower side of the floor carpet and has a lower end joined to the floor panel. The bracket includes a substantially flat carpet supporting portion that can hold the floor carpet between itself and the pad pedestal. Further, the bracket extends downward from the rear end of the carpet support portion and is located at the same position in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle as the rear end of the pad pedestal or at a predetermined position on the front side of the vehicle from the rear end of the pad pedestal. It comprises a vertical wall portion positioned within the distance. For this reason, for example, when the floor carpet is pressed downward by the weight of the driver's feet, the floor carpet sandwiched between the pad base and the carpet supporting portion is greatly bent downward in the vehicle. can be suppressed or prevented. As a result, it is possible to improve the design of the vehicle floor on which the floor carpet is arranged.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the present invention has the excellent effect of improving the design of the vehicle floor.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the lower portion of the driver's seat to which the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment is applied, viewed from the vehicle width direction; FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the rear part of the pad pedestal in FIG. 1 ; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the lower portion of the driver's seat to which the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the comparison is applied, viewed from the vehicle width direction;

A vehicle floor structure having organ-type pedals according to an embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. Note that an arrow FR shown appropriately in the following drawings indicates the front side of the vehicle, and an arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 1, an organ-type accelerator pedal 12 is provided in a driver's seat 10 of a vehicle to which the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedal according to the present embodiment is applied. The accelerator pedal 12 is provided above the floor carpet 20 and includes an organ-type pedal pad 12A and a connecting bracket 12B.

The pedal pad 12</b>A is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape with a plate thickness direction substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction and a long side direction substantially in the vehicle vertical direction.

A connection bracket 12B is provided on the rear surface (surface on the front side of the vehicle) of the pedal pad 12A. The connection bracket 12B is formed in a flat, substantially U-shape when viewed from the side of the vehicle so that a space is formed between the connection bracket 12B and the pedal pad 12A. A pedal rod (not shown) is inserted into a space formed between the connecting bracket 12B and the pedal pad 12A. When an occupant steps on a pedal pad 12A of the accelerator pedal 12, a pedal rod inserted through a connecting bracket 12B rotates, and the opening of the throttle valve of the engine is changed according to the amount of rotation of the pedal rod detected by the sensor. (not shown).

A hinge portion 14 is provided at the lower end portion of the pedal pad 12A. The hinge portion 14 is formed integrally with the lower end portion of the pedal pad 12A, and is formed in a substantially inverted T shape when viewed from the side of the vehicle. Further, the lower end of the pedal pad 12A is thinly formed at the connecting portion with the hinge portion 14. As shown in FIG. Therefore, the pedal pad 12A is configured to be swingable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle about the hinge portion 14.

An insertion portion 16 is formed integrally with the hinge portion 14 on the vehicle lower side of the hinge portion 14 . The insertion portion 16 has an upper end integrally formed with a lower end portion of the hinge portion 14, and is formed in a generally inverted T shape when viewed from the side of the vehicle. A pad pedestal 18 is provided on the vehicle lower side of the pedal pad 12A, and the insertion portion 16 is inserted into an insertion hole 18A1 formed in the pad pedestal 18 and described later.

The pad base 18 has a substantially T-shaped cross section when viewed from the side of the vehicle, and includes a base portion 18A and a bolt mounting portion 18B. The base portion 18A constitutes an upper portion of the pad pedestal 18, and is, for example, formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape whose plate thickness direction is the vertical direction of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 2, an insertion hole 18A1 is formed in the upper surface of the rear end portion of the base portion 18A. The insertion hole 18</b>A<b>1 has an inner peripheral shape corresponding to the insertion portion 16 of the accelerator pedal 12 . Specifically, a cross section cut along the vehicle up-down direction and the vehicle front-rear direction is formed in a substantially T-shaped cross section that is substantially the same as the insertion portion 16 when viewed from the side of the vehicle. Also, the insertion hole 18A1 is open at one end in the vehicle width direction. The accelerator pedal 12 is configured to be attached to the pad base 18 by inserting the insertion portion 16 into the base portion 18A from the open side of the insertion hole 18A1.

A corner portion 18A2 at the rear end and the lower end of the base portion 18A has an R shape with rounded corners. Since the corner portion 18A2 is pushed into the floor carpet 20, the corner portion 18A2 is located below the upper surface of the floor carpet 20 in the vehicle. The corner portion 18A2 is curved so that the vehicle rear side and the vehicle lower side are convex when viewed in the vehicle width direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, a counterbore portion 18A3 is formed on the upper surface side of the central portion of the base portion 18A. The counterbore portion 18A3 is recessed from the upper surface of the base portion 18A so as to accommodate the head portion of the bolt 22 attached therein. An upper portion of the counterbore portion 18A3 is open toward the upper side of the vehicle, and a substantially flat cover 26 is arranged to close the upper portion. By arranging the cover 26 so as to hide the counterbore portion 18A3 and the bolt 22 arranged therein, the design around the accelerator pedal 12 is ensured.

A bolt attachment portion 18B is formed integrally with the base portion 18A on the vehicle lower side of the pad base 18 . The bolt attachment portion 18B is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape whose axial direction is the vehicle up-down direction, and extends from the lower portion of the base portion 18A toward the vehicle lower side.

An insertion hole 18B1 is formed through the bolt mounting portion 18B from the lower end of the counterbore portion 18A3 to the lower end of the pad base 18. As shown in FIG. Therefore, the upper end of the insertion hole 18B1 is open to the counterbore 18A3. A bolt mounting portion 18B (pad base 18) and a bracket 32, which will be described later, are fastened by a bolt 22 and a nut 24 inserted through the insertion hole 18B1.

A floor panel 28 that constitutes the floor of the passenger compartment is arranged on the vehicle lower side of the pad pedestal 18 . The floor panel 28 is made of a substantially plate-shaped metal member. A tibia pad 30 is provided on the upper surface of the floor panel 28 on which the floor carpet 20 is arranged.

The tibia pad 30 is made of a foamed resin material and disposed between the floor carpet 20 and the floor panel 28 on the vehicle rear side of the pedal pad 12A. The tibia pad 30 is configured to be able to absorb the load input to the floor carpet 20 due to the weight of the passenger's feet FT (see FIG. 3), for example.

A bracket 32 is arranged on the vehicle front side of the tibia pad 30 and on the vehicle upper side of the floor panel 28 . Also, the bracket 32 is arranged so as to be positioned on the lower side of the vehicle than the floor carpet 20 . The bracket 32 is formed by bending sheet metal. Both ends of the bracket 32 in the vehicle front-rear direction are joined to the floor panel 28, and the bracket 32 and the floor panel 28 form a closed cross section.

A front flange 32</b>A extending along the floor panel 28 is formed at the vehicle front end of the bracket 32 . The front flange 32A is joined to the floor panel 28 by welding or the like in a state where it overlaps a front protrusion 28A that protrudes toward the passenger compartment of the floor panel 28 .

A rear flange 32</b>B extending along the floor panel 28 is formed at the end of the bracket 32 on the vehicle rear side. The rear flange 32B is joined to the floor panel 28 by welding or the like in a state of being overlapped with the rear projection 28B projecting from the floor panel 28 . The tibia pad 30 is arranged such that its front end is located between the upper surface of the rear flange 32B and the floor carpet 20. As shown in FIG.

A vertical wall portion 32C is formed at the front end of the rear flange 32B and extends upward from the front end of the rear flange 32B. The vertical wall portion 32C is arranged substantially parallel to the end face of the tibia pad 30 on the vehicle front side.

The vertical wall portion 32C is arranged at the same position in the vehicle front-rear direction as the rear end of the pad base 18 where the corner portion 18A2 is formed, or at a position within a predetermined distance DT on the vehicle front side from the rear end of the pad base 18. It is In this embodiment, the predetermined distance DT may be 5 mm from the rear end of the pad pedestal 18 to the front side of the vehicle.

The tibia pad 30 is arranged such that its front end is positioned close to the vertical wall portion 32C in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Specifically, the tibia pad 30 does not hit the vertical wall portion 32C even when the tibia pad 30 receives a load downward of the vehicle via the floor carpet 20 from the foot FT (see FIG. 3) of the occupant P, for example. It is arranged at a position close to the vertical wall portion 32C to the extent that it is possible to suppress large deformation toward the front side of the vehicle. As a result, even if a load is applied to the floor carpet 20 and the tibia pad 30, it is possible to suppress or prevent the floor carpet 20 from being greatly bent and the gap between the floor carpet 20 and the pad base 18. .

A carpet support portion 32D is provided extending from the upper end of the vertical wall portion 32C toward the front side of the vehicle. The carpet support portion 32</b>D is formed in a substantially flat plate shape along the lower surface of the floor carpet 20 . Therefore, the bracket 32 is configured to be able to sandwich the floor carpet 20 between the pad pedestal 18 and the carpet support portion 32D.

The bracket 32 is formed with a front connecting portion 32E extending from the front end of the carpet support portion 32D toward the front side of the vehicle and the lower side of the vehicle. A base fixing portion 32F is formed extending from the front end of the front vertical wall portion 32E toward the front side of the vehicle.

The pedestal fixing portion 32</b>F is formed in a substantially flat plate shape substantially parallel to the lower surface of the bolt mounting portion 18</b>B of the pad pedestal 18 on the vehicle lower side. Further, a hole is formed through the pedestal fixing portion 32F on the vehicle lower side of the bolt mounting portion 18B, and the shaft portion of the bolt 22 inserted through the pad pedestal 18 is inserted through the hole. The pad pedestal 18 and the bracket 32 are fastened by attaching a nut 24 to the tip of the shaft portion of the bolt 22 inserted through the hole.

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Next, the operation and effect of the driver's seat 10 of the vehicle to which the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment is applied will be described through comparison with the comparison shown in FIG.

In the vehicle floor structure 40 having the organ-type pedals according to the comparison, as shown in FIG. and the pad pedestal 18 and the vehicle up-down direction are spaced apart from each other. For this reason, the tibia pad 30 is largely deformed forward of the vehicle when a load is applied to the floor carpet 20 by the foot FT of the occupant P in the downward direction of the vehicle. As a result, the floor carpet 20 is greatly bent and a gap is created between the floor carpet 20 and the pad base 18 .

According to the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. A bracket 32 is provided which is joined to the floor panel 28 . The bracket 32 includes a substantially flat carpet supporting portion 32</b>D that can sandwich the floor carpet 20 between the bracket 32 and the pad base 18 . The bracket 32 extends from the rear end of the carpet support portion 32D toward the lower side of the vehicle and is positioned at the same position in the vehicle front-rear direction as the rear end of the pad base 18 or from the rear end of the pad base 18 toward the front of the vehicle. It includes a vertical wall portion 32C arranged at a position within a predetermined distance DT on the side. For this reason, for example, when the floor carpet 20 is pressed downward in the vehicle by the weight of the foot FT (see FIG. 3) of the driver P operating the pedal pad 12A, the pad base 18 and the carpet support portion 32D may It is possible to suppress or prevent the sandwiched floor carpet 20 from greatly bending downward of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to suppress or prevent the formation of a gap between the pad pedestal 18 and the floor carpet 20, thereby improving the design of the vehicle floor in the driver's seat 10 on which the floor carpet 20 is arranged. .

Further, according to the vehicle floor structure 10 having organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment, the front end of the tibia pad 30 is positioned near the vertical wall portion 32C in the vehicle front-rear direction. Therefore, the tibia pad 30 is prevented from being significantly deformed toward the front of the vehicle by striking against the vertical wall portion 32C even when a load is applied toward the vehicle lower side by the foot FT of the occupant P, for example. be. As a result, even when a load is applied to the floor carpet 20 and the tibia pad 30, it is possible to suppress or prevent a gap from being generated between the floor carpet 20 and the pad base 18, and the vehicle floor in the driver's seat 10 can be prevented. Designability can be improved.

As described above, it is possible to improve the design of the vehicle floor in the driver's seat 10 to which the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment is applied.

Furthermore, according to the vehicle floor structure 10 provided with the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. Therefore, even if the base portion 18A bites into the floor carpet 20, damage to the floor carpet 20 can be suppressed.

In this embodiment, the accelerator pedal 12 is configured such that the pedal rod is inserted through the connecting bracket 12B. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Other structures may be used as long as the power is changed.

Further, although the pedal pad 12A of the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedal according to the present embodiment has been described as the pedal pad 12A of the accelerator pedal 12, it is not limited to this, and may be used as a pedal pad of an organ-type brake pedal. may be applied.

Further, in the vehicle floor structure having the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment, the pad pedestal 18 is bolted to the bracket 32 in the description. A bracket may be provided on the vehicle lower side of the pad base separately from the bracket.

Furthermore, the vehicle floor structure provided with the organ-type pedals according to the present embodiment may be applied not only to a vehicle that runs by the driving force of an engine, but also to an electric vehicle that runs by the driving force of a motor.

10 Driver's seat (vehicle floor structure with organ pedals)
12A Organ-type pedal pad 18 Pad base 20 Floor carpet 28 Floor panel 32 Bracket 32C Vertical wall 32D Carpet support DT Predetermined distance

Claims (1)

an organ-type pedal pad provided on the floor carpet arranged on the lower side of the vehicle in the driver's seat;
a pad pedestal arranged on the floor carpet on the front side of the vehicle and to which the lower end of the pedal pad is attached;
a carpet supporting portion which is disposed on the vehicle lower side of the floor carpet, has a lower end joined to the floor panel, and is formed in a substantially flat plate shape capable of holding the floor carpet between itself and the pad pedestal; extending toward the lower side of the vehicle from the rear end of the portion and positioned in the vehicle front-rear direction at the same position as the rear end of the pad pedestal or within a predetermined distance from the rear end of the pad pedestal on the front side of the vehicle. a bracket configured to include an arranged vertical wall portion;
with
A floor structure for a vehicle provided with an organ-type pedal, wherein corners of the rear end and the lower end of the pad pedestal are curved so as to protrude toward the rear side and the lower side of the vehicle when viewed in the vehicle width direction .

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