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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Applicant:
Takehito Yoda, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Takehito Yoda, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle includes a floor panel, a driver's seat and a passenger's seat fixed to the floor panel and arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to a traveling direction, and an electric power storage apparatus provided between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. The vehicle includes a reinforcing member for fixing a supporting frame of the driver's seat and a supporting frame of the passenger's seat to each other. The reinforcing member is formed to extend over the electric power storage apparatus so as to bridge between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.