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Vehicle floor lower structure

  • US 9,944,173 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2016
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle floor lower structure comprising:

  • a floor panel configuring a floor of a vehicle and formed with a floor tunnel, that projects out toward a vehicle body upper side and extends along a vehicle body front-rear direction, the floor tunnel is disposed at a vehicle width direction center of the floor panel and extends in a vehicle body up-down direction above other surfaces of the floor panel, wherein a widened section that is widened toward vehicle width direction outer sides is formed in a lower end portion of the floor tunnel, and the widened section includes an upper wall that is disposed between an upper surface of the floor tunnel and other surfaces of the floor panel in the vehicle body up-down direction;

    a fuel tank that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of the floor panel and that includes a main tank section disposed inside the floor tunnel and an extension tank section that is disposed inside the floor tunnel and that projects out from a front end of the main tank section toward a vehicle body front side inside the floor tunnel or a vehicle body rear side inside the floor tunnel; and

    an exhaust pipe that is configured to extend from an engine and that is routed so as to pass by inside the floor tunnel at a vehicle width direction outer side of the main tank section and the extension tank section.

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