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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventors:
Vikas Bhatia, South Lyon, MI (US);
Luke A. McKean, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter J. Moegling, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Erlanger, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/4263 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01M 2/1083 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0422 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0433 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seating apparatus includes a structural tub and a protective seat load floor wherein the protective seat load floor includes an anti-submarining feature. The apparatus can also be disposed on top of the structural tub housing a battery for an electrified vehicle, wherein the seat load floor serves as the battery cover.