Abstract: A stop/start hybrid vehicle includes an engine configured for stopping and restarting during travel, a multiple-ratio transmission, a brake pedal, and an electronic parking brake. The transmission can be shifted into reverse gear either when the brake pedal is applied or unapplied. At least one controller is programmed to control the vehicle under these scenarios. If the engine is off and the brake pedal is applied when the transmission is shifted into reverse, the controller restarts the engine. If the engine is off and the brake pedal is unapplied when the transmission is shifted into reverse, the controller inhibits the engine from restarting until the brake pedal is applied. The controller can also be programmed to apply the electronic parking brake while the brake pedal remains unapplied after a predetermined time from the transmission being shifted into the reverse gear.

Abstract: A control apparatus applied to a hybrid vehicle of the invention executes a regeneration control for charging a battery with electricity generated by a motor generator while applying regeneration braking force to the vehicle from the motor generator. The apparatus executes an enlarged regeneration control for charging the battery with the electricity generated by the motor generator while applying increased regeneration braking force to the vehicle from the motor generator when a target deceleration end position is set. The apparatus executes a control for controlling a vehicle speed to a speed equal to or smaller than an upper limit speed when a control execution request is generated. The apparatus forbids the enlarged regeneration control when the control execution request is generated and the vehicle speed is equal to or larger than a threshold vehicle speed smaller than the upper limit speed.

Abstract: A system for control of temperature for a vehicle exhaust treatment system comprising a first determination unit arranged for determination of a temperature for the exhaust treatment system, and a simulation unit arranged for simulation of a future velocity profile, based on information relating to a road section. A second determination unit arranged for determination, based on a future velocity profile, of whether a simulated active brake process due to an over-speed for the vehicle will occur within the road section. A utilization unit is arranged for utilization, if the at least one temperature for the exhaust treatment system is below a minimum temperature threshold value, and if the simulated active brake process is simulated to occur within the road section, of an engine fitted auxiliary brake, which is fitted in connection with an exhaust stream from an engine in the vehicle, where the utilization is initiated before over-speed occurs.

Abstract: A hybrid drive includes a combustion engine, a generator driven by the combustion engine, a charge storage unit, and an electric engine. The hybrid drive can be driven in a load point shifting mode, a recuperation mode, and a boost mode. In the load point shifting mode, a power or torque distribution regulator specifies the torques supplied by the combustion engine and the electric engine in the sense of a maintenance of a predetermined theoretical value of the charging state of the charge storage unit. The theoretical value of the charging state of the charge storage unit is shifted in the load point shifting mode, as a function of the charging state changes of the charge storage unit in a previously carried out recuperation or boost mode.

Abstract: A vehicle drive system includes an internal combustion engine, a clutch, an engine rotation speed detector, an output shaft rotation speed detector, and a processor. The internal combustion engine includes cylinders and a crankshaft. The clutch is connected to the crankshaft via a torsion element and includes an output shaft. The engine rotation speed detector detects a crankshaft rotation speed. The output shaft rotation speed detector detects an output shaft rotation speed. The processor is configured to calculate a torque generated in each of the cylinders based on the crankshaft rotation speed. The processor is configured to decrease transmission torque of the clutch so that a difference between the crankshaft rotation speed and the output shaft rotation speed to be a target value when misfiring occurs. The processor is configured to identify a misfiring cylinder among the cylinders based on the torque calculated while the transmission torque is decreased.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling performance of a vehicle engine by sensing and/or accessing data regarding the driving environment and adjusting at least one of an engine output torque limit and a shifting schedule for the vehicle based on the sensed data.

Abstract: A control system for a powertrain in a machine includes a first sensor which generates a first signal indicative of a ground speed of the machine. The control system includes a second sensor which generates a second signal indicative of a load of an engine in the powertrain. The control system includes a third sensor which generates a third signal indicative of an operational state of the machine. The control system includes an input device which enables an operator to generate a request for a powertrain output. The control system further includes a controller in communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, the third sensor and the input device. The controller determines an engine speed command and a transmission output torque command to produce a powertrain output based at least on the first signal, the second signal and the third signal in response to the requested powertrain output.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for identifying degradation of a belt-driven integrated starter generator (BISG) active belt tensioner coupled to a vehicle engine. By using the monitored change in FEAD load to compare the actual state of the tensioner (either in retracted or extended state) relative to the commanded state, the presence of excess belt tension may be distinguished from the presence of insufficient belt tension. Timely diagnosis of a belt tensioner may be improve belt health and extend fuel economy benefits of a BISG system.

Abstract: A driving analysis server may be configured to receive vehicle operation data from mobile devices respectively disposed within the vehicles, and may use the data to group the vehicles into multiple groups. A driving pattern for each vehicle may be established and compared against a group driving pattern of its corresponding group to identify outliers. A driver score the outliers may be adjusted positively or negatively based on whether the outlier behaved in a manner more or less safe than its group. Further, unsafe driving events performed by the outlier that were the result of another vehicle's unsafe driving event may be ignored or positively accounted for in determining or adjusting the outlier's driver score.

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a function that relates (i) pairs of lateral and longitudinal acceleration values to (ii) skill values. A skill module: receives both (i) a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and (ii) a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; and, using the function, determines a skill value of a driver of the vehicle based on both (i) the lateral acceleration of the vehicle and (ii) the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle. A skill level module determines a skill level of the driver of the vehicle based on the skill value. An actuator control module, based on the skill level of the driver, selectively actuates a dynamics actuator of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for performing self-learning for adaptively achieving passenger comfort enhancement in an autonomous vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of sensor inputs. Each sensor input provides data representative of voice responses and image responses from a passenger in the vehicle. A controller is coupled to the plurality of sensor inputs. The controller generates and updates a reward function that includes a plurality of driving state transitions. The reward function is updated based on destination information and the data representative of the voice and image responses. The controller further generates a goal function that determines an optimized driving state transition updates the goal function based on the updated reward function and a previous goal function. The controller also generates a vehicle speed control signal, based on the updated goal function, to control the speed of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: A control apparatus is provided with: a setting device configured to set a surrounding environment situation in which a driver does not want to start the internal combustion engine, as an internal combustion engine start avoidance condition; an obtaining device configured to obtain surrounding environment situation information in order that the hybrid vehicle performs the autonomous running in the automatic operation mode; a condition determining device configured to determine whether or not the surrounding environment situation information matches the internal combustion engine start avoidance condition; and a controlling device configured to control the internal combustion engine to be more hardly started in a case where it is determined that the surrounding environment situation information matches the internal combustion engine start avoidance condition, than in a case where it is determined that the surrounding environment situation information does not match the internal combustion engine start avoidanc

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for vehicle systems. An example system for a vehicle, includes a head-up display, and a central unit connected to the head-up display, wherein the head-up display is configured to project an image onto a front windshield of the vehicle or onto a separate combiner, wherein the central unit is configured to send image data to the connected head-up display to be displayed, to ascertain a position of the user's eyes, to output a symbol within the image data, to ascertain a first virtual point and a second virtual point in a surrounding of the vehicle based on a recorded image of the surrounding and/or a current position of the vehicle, and to position the symbol such that a starting point of the symbol overlaps the first virtual point and an end point of the symbol overlaps the second virtual point in a view of the user.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of the on-board SDV control processor that autonomously controls the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV experiences the current operational anomaly. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the on-board SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV experiences the current operational anomaly based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to the other.

Abstract: Device for attaching a cabin designed to be hauled by a cable, including a fastener to couple the device to the cable, and at least one arm configured to attach the cabin in removable manner and mounted mobile on the fastener to move the cabin with respect to the fastener.

Abstract: A sandbox for rail vehicles, of a type comprising a sand container, on the bottom of which there is a hollow body which presents one or several openings through which sand flows out towards an ejector assembly beneath by passing through an outlet hole controlled by an axially sliding vertical shutter located inside the hollow body is provided. The shutter translates between a lower position in which the output hole is closed and an upper, maximum opening position, whereby the shutter features a cylindrical shape and its lower end functionally cooperates with a ring shaped, sealing coaxial seat, corresponding to the outlet hole of the container.

Abstract: A system for adjusting wheel adhesion levels on multiple locomotive axles in a rail vehicle consist is provided. The system includes a first controller associated with a lead locomotive and a second controller associated with at least one trailing locomotive. A wheel adhesion level sensor is configured to detect a low wheel adhesion level at an axle and transmit that information to the first or second controller. The first controller adjusts the load being delivered to the axles by the motor in response to the low wheel adhesion level.

Abstract: A manway assembly for a railroad tank car features a nozzle defining a central opening and having a sidewall, a cover, a hinge attaching the cover to the nozzle, and a seal assembly to seal the cover to the nozzle. The seal assembly may include a circumferential seal and a circumferential seal channel. The circumferential seal may include a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, and a side portion between the top portion and the bottom portion. An underside edge portion of the cover may be provided with the circumferential seal channel. The circumferential seal may be positioned within the circumferential seal channel. The circumferential seal may have a C-shaped cross section and may be positioned in the circumferential seal channel such that the top portion of the seal is seated against a top wall of the circumferential seal channel and the bottom portion of the seal is seated against a circumferential ledge of the nozzle.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a door-actuating assembly that utilizes a pick-up shoe and a rechargeable battery to minimize the occurrence of rail sparks inside dump sites. The door-actuating assembly includes a pick-up shoe, a battery electrically connected to the pick-up shoe, a hermetically sealed switch electrically connected to the battery, and an electro-pneumatic valve electrically connected to the hermetically sealed switch. The battery is rechargeable via the pick-up shoe when the pick-up shoe is biased into an active position having physical contact with a wayside conductor rail; the electro-pneumatic valve actuates the bottom discharge door between an open position and a closed position, after the battery is charged beyond a pre-determined state of charge, and after the pick-up shoe is biased into an inactive position not having physical contact with the wayside conductor rail. Railroad hopper cars comprising such door-actuating assemblies, and methods of operation are also provided.

Abstract: A baffle comprising a panel body that is mountable on a wall of a hopper adjacent to an edge of an outlet of a hopper and is arrangeable in a projecting position, to project in a generally downwardly direction beyond the edge of the outlet so as to restrict the spread of bulk commodities past the panel body as the bulk commodities discharge through the outlet. The panel body is arrangeable in the projected position to project in a generally downwardly direction beyond the edge of the outlet and between a gap space defined by the edge of the outlet and an outlet cover arranged in an open position. The baffle may comprise rotatable mounting means for rotatably mounting the panel body on the wall of the hopper such that the panel body is movable between the projected position and a retracted position, where the panel body is arranged so as to provide a minimal or no barrier effect. The baffle may comprise drive means to drive the panel body between the projected position and the extended position.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a railroad scout vehicle system includes a scout vehicle and a processing unit. The scout vehicle may include at least two wheels configured to engage a set of railroad tracks, a motor mechanically coupled to at least one of the wheels, a speed controller, an electromagnetic sensor aimed at the set of railroad tracks, a positioning receiver, a local speed sensing device and a transceiver. The speed controller may be coupled to the motor and configured to control the speed of the scout vehicle in order to maintain an appropriate distance between the scout vehicle and a train traveling behind. The processing unit may be configured to transmit the track status information via the transceiver, receive train speed and position signals from the train via the transceiver.

Abstract: A railcar includes: an underframe including a pair of side sills located at both respective ends of the underframe in a car width direction and extending in a car longitudinal direction and a plurality of cross beams coupling the pair of side sills to each other in a car width direction; and an underfloor cover covering an underfloor portion of the underframe. The underfloor cover includes upper and lower plate-shaped members (a shielding plate and a closing plate) made of stainless steel, and the upper and lower plate-shaped members are at least partially spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to the illumination of doors of vehicles, in particular of pivot and slide doors of rail vehicles, having a door frame, having at least one door leaf, and having at least one lighting means in the door region. In order to improve the lighting and to protect the lighting means there is provision that the lighting means is arranged on the door frame at a location which is at least essentially covered by the door leaf in the closed state of the door. The lighting means is preferably an LED, particularly preferably an LED strip or LED chain which is arranged in a groove in the door frame. The lighting means is advantageously activated by means of the door controller and/or the light controller of the vehicle.

Abstract: A solebar for a railway vehicle has an elongate body that comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and second are configured to meet at a vertex and have an obtuse angle ? therebetween such that the solebar has an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile. The solebar is mounted as an underframe side member in a railway vehicle such that the first leg extends in a downwardly direction towards a floor supporting the railway vehicle and clears a lower sector of a loading gauge, and the second leg inclines upwardly in a direction away from railway vehicle and clears an upper sector of the loading gauge. The second leg is configured to support an upper sidewall of a body of the railway vehicle such that the upper sidewall clears the upper sector of the loading gauge.

Abstract: A stabilized railway car truck consists of two side frames and a bolster. The bolster has laterally opposite ends, each end extending into and supported within a side frame opening on a spring group. The stabilized railway car truck also includes a transom extending into supporting contact with each sideframe by a hinge assembly. The spring group is supported at each transom end. The hinge assembly includes a pin arrangement that allows one sideframe to move vertically with respect to the other sideframe.

Abstract: A prolonged release system having a locking member pivotally mounted on a post within a hand brake and having an arm that contacts a clutch assembly to prevent the clutch assembly of the handbrake from engaging after it has been manually released. Rotation of the hand brake wheel causes a pawl on a ratchet gear to move into contact with a cam of the locking member so that the arm of the locking member moves out of contact with the clutch assembly. By maintaining the clutch assembly in a released position, the prolonged release system ensures that the brake chain drum is decoupled from the driveshaft of the hand brake and prevents the inadvertent application of the brakes. When a user turns the hand brake wheel, the locking member is disengaged from the clutch assembly and the hand brake can be set by a user.

Abstract: A system for pacing a train having a plurality of locomotives is disclosed. The system may include an signaling system onboard component configured to receive a signal indicative of a requested time of arrival (RTA) of the train, a locomotive health system configured to output one or more health signals indicative of a health status of each of the plurality of locomotives, and an energy management system in electronic communication with the signaling system onboard component and the locomotive health system. The energy management system may be configured to generate driving command signals based on the RTA and the one or more health signals, generate an RTA confirmation signal based on the one or more health signals, the RTA confirmation signal being indicative of whether the train will achieve the RTA, and communicate the RTA confirmation signal to a train signaling system via the signaling system onboard component.

Abstract: An intelligent locomotive brake control system which selects and optimizes use of dynamic, independent, and automatic brakes on the locomotive to assure intended brake power, to minimize in-train forces, minimize brake component wear, and to automate standard train brake protocol. The system may be programmed to alter an automatic brake application commanded by a train driver to omit or reduce the amount of the automatic brake application in favor of a dynamic brake application, and independent brake application, or combination thereof.

Abstract: A system and device that will notify roadway maintenance workers of an approaching mass transit vehicle and, conversely, will notify the operators and administrators of mass transit vehicles of roadway maintenance workers within the vicinity of an approaching section of track.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems, methods and devices that accurately detect the speed and direction of vehicles on railroad tracks, and which use the information to calculate arrival times.

Abstract: A food tray cart is easily constructed utilizing threaded fasteners. The cart has corner posts that removably connect to a top and bottom, and side panels and a rear door panel that are slidably received in the corner posts. A door is hingedly connected to the top and bottom.

Abstract: A foldable utility cart is lightweight and easily conveyed up and down a wind turbine for transporting parts and tools used for repair and maintenance of a wind turbine. A set of wheels allow the cart to be easily rolled along the nacelle and an attachment bar secures the cart to a guidance rail.

Abstract: In certain aspects, a roller assembly includes a base structure defining multiple recesses that extend inwardly from a top surface of the base structure, a first wheel, and a second wheel. The multiple recesses are configured such that at least one of the multiple recesses is engageable with an auxiliary component of the load, and the multiple recesses include a central recess positioned at a center of the top surface of the base structure. The first wheel is disposed along a first side of the base structure, and the second wheel is disposed along a second side of the base structure, the second side of the base structure being spaced apart from and parallel to the first side of the base structure.

Abstract: A cart for the management of liquids, trash, and equipment during indoor events is disclosed. The cart may have a raised lip circumscribing a portion of a top surface below a liquid dispensing device such that spilled liquids are contained. The top surface may comprise a slight slope that directs spilled liquid into an appropriate receptacle for storage and later clean up.

Abstract: The transport device provides a front wall, rear wall, two side walls, and a bed for storage of transported contents. Handle apertures located within the side walls and rear wall are strategically placed to allow the user to manipulate the transport device. The handle apertures enable users to easily position and manipulate the transport device for transporting items and use as a scoop. Storage recesses are found on the rear wall and side walls on the transport device. The elevated storage recesses allow storage above items transported on the bed of the transport device.

Abstract: An input system for a vehicle having a steering wheel includes an input unit with a plurality of buttons that are disposed in the steering wheel of the vehicle, and a processor configured to detect an event and to assign a function to at least one of the buttons that corresponds to the detected event. At least one of the plurality of buttons includes a display portion configured to display an image corresponding to the assigned function, and an operation portion disposed under the display portion, the operation portion including one or more protruding members that are activatable. The one or more protruding members are configured, based on the image displayed on the display portion being divided into a plurality of areas, to be activated so as to correspondingly constrain a movement of the display portion relative to the operation portion.

Abstract: A steering assembly includes a steering wheel having a convenience feature, an environmental detection system, and a controller in communication with an autonomous vehicle. The steering wheel is selectively coupled to a steering shaft and is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position. The environmental detection system is configured to provide a cabin environmental signal. The controller is programmed to move the steering wheel towards the retracted position and operatively decouple the steering wheel from the steering shaft, while the steering wheel is in the deployed position and in response to a request to activate an advanced driver assist system and the cabin environmental signal indicating a clear path of travel of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A torque feedback system for a vehicle includes a steering shaft having a longitudinal axis, a jacket surrounding the shaft, the shaft rotatable with respect to the jacket, and at least one mechanical energy storing element arranged to provide torque feedback when the steering shaft is rotated. The at least one mechanical energy storing element includes a first mechanical energy storing element having a first end engageable with the jacket and a second end engageable with the shaft, and a second mechanical energy storing element having a first end engageable with the jacket and a second end engageable with the shaft. The first mechanical energy storing element provides resistance to rotation of the shaft in a first rotational direction, and the second mechanical energy storing element provides resistance to rotation of the shaft in a second rotational direction.

Abstract: A electric power steering device includes a basic return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a basic return command value in a direction to return a steering wheel to a neutral position on the basis of a steering angle of the steering wheel, a return command value calculation unit configured to calculate a return command value by correcting the basic return command value by the first correction gain, and an opposite return command value calculation unit configured to calculate an opposite return command value in a direction not to return the steering wheel to the neutral position on the basis of an angular acceleration of an electric motor. A correction return command value is calculated on the basis of the return command value and the opposite return command value and the electric motor is driven by adding the correction return command value to the assist command value.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine control device includes a first system controller and a second system controller, an overheat protection controller and an abnormality detector. The overheat protection controller includes a temperature estimator and a restricted current calculator. The temperature estimator estimates system temperatures as well as other temperature, including a shared component temperature of a shared component that is connected to both of plural systems in a shared manner. The restricted current calculator calculates restricted current values, based on the system temperatures and the shared component temperature. At least one of the system temperatures, the shared component temperature, and/or the restricted current values is changed from an all-systems normal time, when at least one of a plurality of systems is abnormal.

Abstract: A vehicle adaptive steering control apparatus includes a front wheel steering mechanism having a right wheel steering portion and a left wheel steering portion that are independently operable relative to one another. A load detection device measures a condition indicative of vehicle loads at one of the following: the left and right suspension structures and the front wheel steering mechanism. A controller in electronic communication with a steer-by-wire steering wheel assembly, the front wheel steering mechanism and the load detection device, calculates toe angle adjustments for each of the right wheel steering portion and the left wheel steering portion in response to determining a load on each of a left front wheel and a right front wheel based on signals from the load detection device. The controller further makes the toe angle adjustments via changes in turning and steering movements effected by the front wheel steering mechanism.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a component of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, data associated with a center of gravity of the vehicle; determining, by a processor, a wheel moment adjustment command for each wheel of the vehicle based on the received data; determining, by a processor, at least one control output based on driver commands and the wheel moment adjustment command for each wheel; and selectively controlling, by a processor, at least one component associated with at least one of an active safety system and a chassis system of the vehicle based on the at least one control output.

Abstract: A parking assist system includes a parking slot searcher for searching a parking slot around a vehicle and obtaining parking environment information, a driver sensor for sensing a driver in the vehicle and obtaining driver information, a fellow passenger sensor for sensing a fellow passenger in the vehicle and obtaining fellow passenger information, and a controller for setting a parking complete criterion based on one or more of the parking environment information, the driver information and the fellow passenger information.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a prime mover unit disposed in a front part of the vehicle body, a driving part located in a rear part of the vehicle body, a battery disposed between the prime mover unit and the driving part, a base frame disposed in a lower part of the vehicle body and a center pillar that extends upward from the base frame. The prime mover unit includes a radiator disposed immediately forward of the center pillar.

Abstract: A first structure extends to a forward side of a cross-member of a vehicle frame with a first gap being defined between the first structure and the cross-member. A second structure extends rearward from the cross-member with a second gap defined between the second structure and the cross-member. An attachment bracket fixed to the cross-member retains one of the first and second structures. The attachment bracket is configured to maintain one of the first gap and the second gap in a non-impacted state. In response to an impact event where a stationary barrier impacts forward of the first structure, impacting forces cause movement of the one of the first structure and the second structure relative to the attachment bracket thereby bringing at least the one of the first structure and the second structure into contact with the cross-member closing the corresponding one of the first gap and the second gap.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure a front side member, a body attachment structure fixed to the front side member and an off-center impact structure. The off-center impact structure has a linearly shaped first elongated member defining a first end portion, a mid-section portion and a second end portion. The first end portion extends through a first outboard opening into a hollow interior of the front side member and is rigidly connected to the front side member forward of the body attachment structure. The mid-section portion is connected to an outboard wall of the front side member. The second end portion extends in an outboard direction away from the outboard wall such that in response to an impact event during an off-center impact test the mid-section of the first elongated member deforms with the second end portion moving rearward into contact with the body attachment structure.

Abstract: An elongated beam, or rocker assembly, is disclosed that includes a first panel and a second panel attached to the first panel to define a cavity. A reinforcement is disposed in the cavity that includes a first tubular member adhesively connected to the first panel inside the cavity and a pair of tubular members are connected with an adhesive to the second panel, to each other, and the first tubular member. The tubular members are arranged in a triangular array within the cavity and extend along the length of the elongated beam. The wall thickness and bending strength of the tubular members are selected to provide an insert that collapses preferentially with the outer tubular member of the insert collapsing before the inner tubular members.

Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a first panel, a second panel, a pulse detection sensor and a gap reduction member. The first panel has a first main section and a sensor installation location that is spaced apart from the first main section. The second panel has a second main section that is spaced apart from the first main section of the first panel and defines a gap therebetween. The pulse detection sensor is attached to the first panel at the sensor installation location. The gap reduction member is installed to the first main section of the first panel. The gap reduction member extends from the first main section toward the second main section within the gap.

Abstract: A vehicle structure includes a body and a roof frame. The roof frame includes two side members, two cross members and a brace. The two side members are spaced from each other and both are connected to the body. The two cross members are spaced from each other and both extend from one side member to the other side member. The cross members arch toward each other and each has an apex between the side members. The brace is connected to the apexes and extends from one side member to the other side member.

Abstract: A floor panel has: a floor panel main body whose central portion and both outer side portions in a vehicle transverse direction are joined together, and that is formed by plural plate members being joined together at the central portion and the both outer side portions in the vehicle transverse direction. Among the second joining portions, a position of a central joining portion at the central portion in the vehicle transverse direction of the floor panel main body is offset in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to positions of outer side joining portions at the both outer side portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the floor panel main body. A different-type member joining portion, which is formed by plate members being joined together, is provided at at least one of the central portion, one of the outer side portions, and another of the outer side portions.