Floor construction for a vehicle

摘要

A vehicle having a bottom frame including a plurality of rails includes a floor structure defined by a plurality of longitudinally extending flooring planks extending along at least part of the length of the vehicle body and arranged side by side at a coupling rail or overlapping joint so as to collectively span between the side walls. The planks are molded for example by pultrusion or vacuum resin infusion from a composite having an upper skin and a lower skin and an intervening core material layer. The planks can be easily provided at required different lengths including a center and side planks installed while standing on the center plank. The planks can be trimmed to any length for vehicles of varying lengths.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body having:
a roof,a first and a second side wall each extending longitudinally of the vehicle on respective sides of the vehicle body, each including a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of longitudinally extending members interconnecting the posts;and a vehicle floor; wherein the vehicle floor comprises: a welded frame structure having a plurality of longitudinal rails and a plurality of transverse rails welded thereto; a plurality of longitudinally extending flooring planks each extending along at least part of the length of the vehicle body; the planks being arranged side by side so as to collectively span between the side walls; the planks each being molded from a composite panel having an upper skin and a lower skin each including reinforcing fibers and an intervening core material layer and containing a cured resin material; wherein an underside of the planks sits on top of the longitudinal rails and the transverse rails of the frame structure and is attached thereto by adhesive.