JP2015003733A - Vehicular floor mat - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular floor mat which is improved in safety by minimizing a factor that a heel stopper part inhibits the operability of an operation pedal through the floor mat even when the floor mat causes position aberration.SOLUTION: A floor mat (10) consists of a nearly quadrangular mat member. In the mat member, there is formed a stopper relief part (12) cut in a rectangular shape corresponding to the operation-direction operation range of an accelerator pedal (60) in an outer corner part in the vehicle front direction and the vehicle width direction in such a way as for the accelerator pedal (60) to avoid the accelerator heel stopper (60) under the accelerator pedal (60), and there is also provided a slit (13) of a specified length which extends in the vehicle rear direction from a corner part (12a) of the stopper relief part (12) or one side (12b) of the stopper relief part (12) as the base end. The slit (13) is located so as to extend in the front-back direction of the vehicle.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle floor mat, and relates to a technique for improving the operability of an operation pedal.

The floor of the driver's seat of the vehicle is laid with a floor mat from the viewpoint of preventing the floor from being stained and from the viewpoint of appearance.
In addition, on the floor of the driver's seat of the vehicle, there is an inclined part where the part of the floor panel where the driver's heel is placed when operating the accelerator pedal is raised from the viewpoint of correcting the driving position, and the accelerator pedal operating range. A protrusion such as an accelerator heel stopper is provided to protect the driver's ankle by making it higher than other floor panels and allowing the driver's heel to hit in the event of a collision.

However, if such a slope or protrusion is provided on the floor panel, the floor becomes uneven, and it is difficult to lay the floor mat along the unevenness of the floor with an integrally formed floor mat. It is difficult to secure the appearance.
Therefore, the floor mat is provided with a separating portion corresponding to the boundary position between the inclined portion or the protruding portion and the other general surface of the floor panel. By providing the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the dust from falling from the gap between the inclined portion or the protruding portion and the floor while keeping the appearance of the inclined portion or the protruding portion, and to make the floor mat follow different inclined surfaces. A floor mat structure has been developed (Patent Document 1).

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By the way, in the vehicle floor mat structure of Patent Document 1 described above, the floor mat is prevented from being displaced by causing a large number of protrusions formed on the back surface of the floor mat to bite into the floor carpet attached to the floor panel. I have to.
However, if the floor mat is not properly laid out, it will be misaligned, the floor mat will be turned up by the slanted part and the protruding part on the floor, and the floor mat may be covered on the accelerator pedal, causing the driver to operate the accelerator pedal. This is not preferable.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. The purpose of the present invention is to cause the floor mat to be displaced, and the floor mat covers over a protruding portion such as an accelerator heel stopper. An object of the present invention is to provide a highly safe vehicle floor mat that minimizes the hindrance to operability of an operation pedal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle floor mat according to claim 1 is a vehicle floor mat laid so as to cover an upper surface of a floor of a driver's seat where a vehicle operation pedal is arranged. In order to avoid a heel stopper portion that is located on the floor and has a convex shape upward from the upper surface of the floor, a rectangular notch in which corner portions corresponding to the operation range in the operation direction of the operation pedal of the rectangular mat member are cut into a rectangular shape The mat member has a base end on one side of the rectangular notch that extends in the vehicle width direction from the corner of the rectangular notch or the corner of the rectangular notch on the mat member. A slit extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is formed, and a range from the base end of the slit to the outer peripheral portion of the mat member is set to be equal to or less than the length of the one side.

The vehicle floor mat according to claim 2 is defined by the range from the base end of the slit to the outer periphery of the mat member and the range from the base end to the end of the slit in the one side. The rectangular region to be formed is a thin portion that is thinner than other regions.
According to a third aspect of the vehicle floor mat of the present invention, in the first aspect, the range of the one side from the base end of the slit to the outer periphery of the mat member and the range from the base end of the slit to the terminal end are defined. The rectangular area to be formed is a soft part that is softer than other areas.

According to a fourth aspect of the vehicle floor mat of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the operation pedal is an accelerator pedal.
Furthermore, in the vehicle floor mat according to claim 5, in the state where the floor mat is normally attached to the floor upper surface, the slit extends along the floor upper surface while the floor mat is the vehicle floor mat. In a state in which the positional deviation along the floor upper surface in the forward direction is caused, one side or a part of the one side comes into contact with the heel stopper portion and is lifted upward with the help of the slit.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle floor mat laid to cover the floor upper surface of the foot of the driver's seat of the vehicle, the rectangular mat member is positioned below the operation pedal and upward from the floor upper surface. In order to avoid the convex heel stopper part, a rectangular notch part having a rectangular shape corresponding to the operation range of the operation direction of the operation pedal is provided in a rectangular shape, and the rectangular shape of the edge of the rectangular notch part Forming a slit extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle having a base end on one side of the rectangular cut-out portion extending in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle from the corner of the cut-out portion or the corner, and extending from the base end of the slit The range up to the outer periphery of the mat member is set to be equal to or less than the length of the one side.

  Accordingly, a slit is provided in the front-rear direction of the vehicle from the corner of the rectangular notch or from one side of the rectangular notch extending in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle from the corner of the edge of the rectangular notch. Even if the position is shifted forward and the operation pedal is covered, the part of the floor mat that covers the operation pedal and the other parts are separated by slits, so the part that affects the operation pedal is minimized. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the operability of the operation pedal from being hindered. Moreover, since the weight of the other part of the floor mat is not added to the operation pedal, safety can be improved.

  According to the invention of claim 2, in the rectangular region surrounded by the range from the base end to the outer peripheral portion of the slit and the range from the base end to the end of the slit in one side of the edge of the rectangular cutout portion, Because it is a thin part that is thinner than the area, even if the floor mat is displaced in the forward direction of the vehicle and the thin part covers the operation pedal, the thin part obstructs the operability of the operation pedal. Can be prevented. Further, since the thin portion is easily deformed in accordance with the operation pedal and the rigidity and elasticity of the floor mat are reduced, the force of pressing the operation pedal can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 3, in the region surrounded by the range from the base end to the outer peripheral portion of the slit and the rectangular range from the base end to the end of the slit in one side of the edge of the rectangular notch Because it is a soft part that is softer than the area, even if the floor mat is displaced in the front direction of the vehicle and the soft part covers the operation pedal, the soft part may hinder the operability of the operation pedal. Can be prevented. Further, since the soft part is easily deformed following the operation pedal and the rigidity and elasticity of the floor mat are reduced, the force of pressing the operation pedal can be reduced, and safety can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 4, since the operation pedal is an accelerator pedal, even if the floor mat is displaced in the front direction of the vehicle and is covered by the accelerator pedal, the operability of the accelerator pedal is hindered. Can be prevented and safety can be improved.
Further, according to the invention of claim 5, since the heel stopper portion has a convex shape upward, when the floor mat is displaced, one side or a part of the rectangular notch portion is the heel stopper portion. It is easy to lift upward.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a vehicle floor mat according to the present invention. It is the schematic of the state which attached the floor mat for vehicles which concerns on this invention to the vehicle normally. It is sectional drawing in the AA of FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a state in which a vehicle floor mat according to the present invention is displaced in the vehicle front direction. It is sectional drawing in the BB line of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a vehicle floor mat according to the present invention when the vehicle is a right-hand drive vehicle. A hatched portion on the left diagonal line indicates a thin portion described later, and an arrow “F” in FIG. The direction, arrow “O” indicates the vehicle width direction outside. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a state in which the vehicle floor mat is normally attached to the vehicle when the vehicle is a right-hand drive vehicle, and arrows “F” and “O” in the drawing are the same as in FIG. The vehicle front direction and the vehicle width direction outer side are shown, respectively, and the arrow “U” in the figure indicates the vehicle upward direction. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. Hereinafter, the configuration of the vehicle floor mat when the vehicle is a right-hand drive vehicle will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the floor mat 10 is made of a substantially rectangular (rectangular) mat member made of fibers, resin, rubber, and the like, and the floor mat 10 has a vehicle width direction inner side in the vehicle front direction. An escape portion 11 of an instrument panel (not shown) cut in a rectangular shape is formed at the corner. Further, the floor mat 10 is located at a corner portion on the outer side in the vehicle width direction in the front direction of the vehicle, and is a stopper relief cut into a rectangular shape so as to correspond to the operation range in the operation direction of the accelerator pedal (vehicle longitudinal direction). A portion (rectangular cutout portion) 12 is formed.

The floor mat 10 is formed with a slit 13 having a predetermined length extending in the vehicle rearward direction with a corner 12a (a corner of the rectangular cutout) of the stopper escape portion 12 as a base end.
Further, the floor mat 10 is defined by a range of one side 12b extending from the base end of the slit 13 to the outer peripheral portion 14 to the outer side in the vehicle width direction and a range from the base end to the end of the slit 13 in the edge of the stopper escape portion 12. The thickness of the mat member in the rectangular region (left hatched hatched portion in FIG. 1) is reduced compared to other regions, and the thin portion 15 is formed.

Further, a fixing hole 16 for fixing the floor mat 10 to the vehicle is formed on the vehicle rear side of the floor mat 10.
Next, a state where the floor mat 10 is normally attached to the vehicle will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a dash lower panel 20 that partitions an unillustrated engine room in front of the vehicle and a passenger compartment located behind the engine room in the front-rear direction is provided at the foot of the driver's seat of the vehicle. .

Further, the dash lower panel 20 is provided with a floor panel 30 that forms a vehicle floor integrally or integrally.
A side sill 40 is provided on the outer side of the floor panel 30 in the vehicle width direction as a rigid member of the vehicle.
An accelerator pedal 60 for operating the vehicle is suspended from above the floor panel 30. A driver's wrinkle is suppressed on the floor panel 30 when the vehicle collides. An accelerator heel stopper 50 having a function of reducing the burden on the ankle is provided so as to correspond to the operation range of the accelerator pedal 60. Further, a floor carpet 70 is provided so as to cover the floor panel 30 and the accelerator heel stopper 50.

The floor carpet 70 is provided with a floor mat fixture (not shown) that fixes the floor mat 10.
The floor mat 10 is provided on the floor carpet 70 so that the stopper escape portion 12 avoids the accelerator heel stopper 50 and the fixing hole 16 is hooked on the fixture of the floor carpet 70.

Hereinafter, the operation and effects of the vehicle floor mat according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a state in which the vehicle floor mat is displaced in the vehicle front direction when the vehicle is a right-hand drive vehicle. The hatched portion on the left diagonal line indicates the thin portion 15 and the arrow “F” in the drawing. "" Indicates the vehicle front direction, and arrow "O" indicates the vehicle width direction outside. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, for example, when the driver operates the accelerator pedal 60 in a state where the fixing holes 16 of the floor mat 10 are detached from the fixtures of the floor carpet 70 due to improper installation of the floor mat 10. The floor mat 10 is moved in the vehicle front direction by the operation force.
When the floor mat 10 moves in the vehicle front direction, the thin portion 15 of the floor mat 10 contacts the accelerator heel stopper 50, and the thin portion 15 is lifted upward in the vehicle.

When an operating force is further applied, the floor mat 10 moves further in the vehicle front direction, and the thin portion 15 reaches the accelerator pedal 60 as shown in FIG.
The thin portion 15 that has reached the accelerator pedal 60 is sandwiched between the accelerator pedal 60 and the driver's foot.
In this way, even if the thin portion 15 is sandwiched between the accelerator pedal 60 and the driver's foot, the thin portion 15 is separated from the other portions which are other regions of the floor mat 10 by the slit 13. Therefore, the influence of other portions of the floor mat 10 can be reduced. Moreover, since the thin part 15 is made thin compared with the other part of the floor mat 10, it can make it easy to deform | transform.

Therefore, according to the vehicle floor mat according to the present invention,
(1) Since the thin portion 15 is separated from the other portions of the floor mat 10 by the slits 13, even if the accelerator mat 60 covers the floor mat 10, the portion that affects the accelerator pedal 60 is a thin portion. Only a minimum of 15 can be achieved, and hindrance to the operability of the accelerator pedal 60 can be prevented.
(2) Since the thickness of the thin portion 15 is reduced to facilitate deformation, it is possible to prevent the operability of the accelerator pedal 60 from being hindered.
(3) Since the thickness of the thin portion 15 is made thin and easy to deform, the rigidity and elasticity of the thin portion 15 are reduced, and the force that the thin portion 15 pushes the accelerator pedal 60 can be reduced. Can be improved.

Although the description of the embodiment of the invention is finished as above, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
For example, in the above embodiment, the thickness of the portion covering the accelerator pedal 60 of the floor mat 10 is reduced as the thin portion 15, but the thickness is not limited to this, and the portion is made soft as the soft portion. Even in this case, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the floor mat 10 is formed with the slit 13 having a predetermined length extending in the vehicle rearward direction with the corner 12a of the stopper escape portion 12 as the base end, and the vehicle width direction outer side from the base end of the slit 13 is formed. The thin portion 15 is formed by reducing the thickness of the region formed by the range of the side 12b extending to the outer peripheral portion 14 and the range from the base end to the end of the slit 13, but is not limited thereto. Even if only the slit 13 having a predetermined length extending in the rearward direction of the vehicle with the corner 12a of the stopper escape portion 12 of the floor mat 10 as a base end is formed, the portion covering the accelerator pedal 60 with the slit 13 and other portions Since the portion can be divided, the portion that affects the accelerator pedal 60 can be minimized, and hindrance to the operability of the accelerator pedal 60 can be prevented. .

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the base end of the slit 13 is made into the corner part 12a of the stopper escape part 12, it is not limited to this, The part which covers the accelerator pedal 60, and other parts are parted. The base end of the slit 13 may be on one side 12b extending from the corner 12a of the stopper escape portion 12 to the outer peripheral portion 14 in the vehicle width direction outside.
In the above embodiment, the vehicle is described as an example of a right-hand drive vehicle. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the vehicle may be a left-hand drive vehicle. An effect can be obtained. However, in the case of a left-hand drive vehicle, the stopper escape portion 12 is formed inside the vehicle width direction in the front direction of the vehicle, and a relief portion such as a wheel house (not shown) is formed outside the vehicle width direction in the front direction of the vehicle. It will be.

10 Floor mat 12 Stopper relief (rectangular cutout)
12a Corner (corner of rectangular notch)
12b One side (one side of the rectangular cutout)
13 Slit 14 Outer peripheral part 15 Thin part 16 Fixing hole 50 Accel heel stopper (heel stopper part)
60 accelerator pedal

Claims (5)

In a vehicle floor mat laid so as to cover the floor upper surface of the foot of the driver's seat where the operation pedal of the vehicle is arranged,
In order to avoid a heel stopper portion which is located below the operation pedal and has a convex shape upward from the upper surface of the floor, a corner portion corresponding to the operation range in the operation direction of the operation pedal is formed on the rectangular mat member. Provide a rectangular notch cut into a rectangular shape,
The mat member has a base end on one side of the rectangular cutout portion extending in the vehicle width direction from the corner portion of the rectangular cutout portion of the edge of the rectangular cutout portion. Forming slits extending in the direction,
A vehicle floor mat, wherein a range from a base end of the slit to an outer peripheral portion of the mat member is set to be equal to or less than the length of the one side.   The rectangular region defined by the range from the base end of the slit to the outer peripheral portion of the mat member and the range from the base end to the end of the slit of the one side is thinner than other regions. The vehicle floor mat according to claim 1, wherein the floor mat is a part.   The rectangular region defined by the range from the base end of the slit to the outer peripheral portion of the mat member and the range from the base end to the end of the slit of the one side is a soft portion that is softer than other regions. The vehicle floor mat according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle floor mat is provided.   The vehicle floor mat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operation pedal is an accelerator pedal.   In a state where the floor mat is normally attached to the floor upper surface, the slit extends along the floor upper surface, while in a state where the floor mat is displaced in the front direction of the vehicle along the floor upper surface. The vehicle floor mat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the one side or a part of the one side comes into contact with the heel stopper portion and is lifted upward by the presence of the slit.

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