Vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicle

Claim 2

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle, wherein a tunnel(2) upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel(l) and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of the floor panel(l), a fuel tank(3) is disposed in said tunnel(2) and the position of the upper surface(2A) of the top portion of said tunnel(2) on the inboard side of a compartment is upwardly displaced at least on one side of an occupant's seat(4).

Claim 3

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the upper surface(2A) of the top portion of said tunnel(2) on the inboard side of the compartment is made as high as said upper surface(2A) can serve as an arm rest for an occupant at one side of an occupant's seat(4).

Claim 4

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein a reinforcing member(19) being connected at the rear end thereof to a back panel(6), adjacent at forward end thereof to a dash panel(5) and at opposite ends thereof to said floor panel(l), respectively, is mounted on the inboard side of said tunnel(2), whereby the upper surface(2A) of said tunnel(2) on the inboard side of the compartment is upwardly displaced.

Claim 5

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein the reinforcing member(19) being connected at the rear end thereof to the back panel(6), adjacent at the forward end thereof to the dash panel(5) and at opposite ends thereof to said floor panel(l), respectively, is mounted on the inboard side of said tunnel(2), whereby the upper surface(2A)of said tunnel(2) on the inboard side of the compartment is upwardly displaced.

Claim 6

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the upper surface(2A) of said tunnel(2) on the inboard side of the compartment is made lower than a shift linkage(8) in the vicinity of a speed-change control lever(7) of a driver's seat(4A) and the upper surface of said fuel tank(3) is progressively increased in height toward the rear portion of the vehicle.

Claim 7

A vehicle body floor construction of a motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the upper surface(2A) of said tunnel(2) on the inboard side of the compartment is made lower than the shift linkage(8) in the vicinity of the speed-change control lever(7) of the driver's seat(4A), made as high as said upper surface(2A) can serve as an arm rest for an occupant from one side of the driver's seat(4A) to the rear, and said fuel tank(3) is made to have a substantially mountain-shape having the maximum height at the substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Claim 8

A vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicle, having a shift linkage(8) extending from a speed-change control lever(7) disposed in a space for occupants to the rear portion of the vehicle through the central portion in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, wherein a tunnel(2) upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel(l) and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of said floor panel(l), a fuel tank(3) is disposed in said tunnel(2), said tunnel(2) and said fuel tank(3) are lower than *the shift linkage(8) in the vicinity of the speed-change control lever(7) and said fuel tank(3) upwardly projects higher than said shift linkage(8) at the portions thereof rearwardly of the neighborhood of the speed-change control lever(7) within a range of not interfering with said shift linkage(8), and said shift linkage(8) is passed through a closed cross-section(9) formed between the inner surface of said tunnel(2) and outer surface of said fuel tank(3) and through-holes formed in front and at the back of said closed cross-section(9).

Claim 9

A vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicle, having a shift linkage(8) extending from a speed-change control lever(7) disposed in a space for occupants to the rear portion of the vehicle through the central portion in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, wherein a tunnel(2) upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel(l) and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of said floor panel(l), a fuel tank(3) is disposed in said tunnel(2), said tunnel(2) and said fuel tank(3) are lower than *the shift linkage(8) in the vicinity of the speed-change control lever(7) and said fuel tank(3) upwardly projects higher than said shift linkage(8) at the portions thereof rearwardly of the neighborhood of the speed-change control lever(7) within a range of not interfering with said shift linkage(8), and said shift linkage(8) is passed through a closed cross-section(9) formed between the inner surface of said tunnel(2) and outer surface of said fuel tank(3) and through-holes formed in front and at the back of said closed cross-section(9).

Claim 10

A vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicle, having a shift linkage(8) extending from a speed-change control lever(7) disposed in a space for occupants to the rear portion of the vehicle through the central portion in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, wherein a tunnel(2) upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel(l) and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of said floor panel(l), a fuel tank(3) is disposed in said tunnel(2), a reinforcing member(19) being connected at the rear end thereof to a back panel(6), adjacent at the forward end thereof to a dash panel(5) and at opposite ends thereof to said floor panel(l), respectively, is mounted on the inboard side of said tunnel(2), said tunnel(2) and said fuel tank(3) are lower than said shift linkage in the vicinity of said speed-change control lever(7) and upwardly project higher than said shift linkage(8) at the portions thereof rearwardly of the neighborhood of said speed-change control lever(7) within a range of not interfering with said shift linkage(8), and said shift linkage(8) is passed through a closed cross-section(20) formed between the inner surface of said reinforcing member(19) secured to the upper portion of said tunnel(2) and outer surface of said tunnel(2) and through-holes(21,22) formed in front and at the back of said closed cross-section(20).

Claim 11

A vehicle body floor construction of motor vehicle, having a shift linkage(8) extending from a speed-change control lever(7) disposed in a space for occupants to the rear portion of the vehicle through the central portion in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, wherein a tunnel(2) upwardly projecting from the surface of a floor panel(l) and disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is formed at the central portion in the widthwise direction of said floor panel(l), a fuel tank(3) is disposed in said tunnel(2), a reinforcing member(19) being connected at the rear end thereof to a back panel(6), adjacent at the forward end thereof to a dash panel(5) and at opposite ends thereof to said floor panel(l), respectively, is mounted on the inboard side of said tunnel(2), said tunnel(2) and said fuel tank(3) are lower than said shift linkage in the vicinity of said speed-change control lever(7) and upwardly project higher than said shift linkage(8) at the portions thereof rearwardly of the neighborhood of said speed-change control lever(7) within a range of not interfering with said shift linkage(8), and said shift linkage(8) is passed through a closed cross-section(20) formed between the inner surface of said reinforcing member(19) secured to the upper portion of said tunnel(2) and outer surface of said tunnel(2) and through-holes(21,22) formed in front and at the back of said closed cross-section(20).