Floor structure of driver's seat for automotive vehicle and method of providing the same

• Main Authors: UMETSU, DAISUKE, UEMURA, HIROKI, TAKEDA, YUSAKU, YATSUSHIRO, YOJI, OHTSUBO, TOMONORI, IWAMOTO, ASAMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.10.2010
• Subjects: GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A floor structure comprises an organ type of accelerator pedal 4 supported swingably at a support point with its lower-end hinge portion 16, a hanging type of brake pedal 5 provided beside the accelerator pedal and supported swingably at a support point with its upper pivotal portion, a floor mat 12 covering an upper face of a front portion of a floor panel 9 located in front of the driver's seat, and an incline forming member 44 provided at a specified portion of the floor mat 12 located in back of a pressing-face board 13 of the accelerator pedal 4, the incline forming member 44 forming an incline portion 14 at an upper face of a heel placing area on which a driver's heel is placed, the incline portion 14 being inclined so that its front portion is positioned at a higher level than its rear portion.