Vehicle body structure
View Patent ↗A vehicle body structure is provided to avoid the damage to a battery pack due to invasion of an electric device in a side impact crash. The vehicle body structure includes a battery pack on its inner side in a vehicle width direction, and an electric device on its outer side. A No1 seat cross member 5 is provided along in the vehicle width direction of the floor panel 3 . The No1 seat cross member 5 is provided with a weak portion 54 in a position in the vehicle width direction corresponding to between the battery pack 2 and an electric hot-water heater 9 as the electric device.
1. A vehicle body structure, comprising:
a floor panel;
a battery pack mounted under a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction;
an electric device mounted on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the battery pack; and
a cross member provided to extend over an upper surface of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction, the cross member being provided with a weak portion in a position corresponding to between the battery pack and the electric device,
wherein the floor panel is formed in a stepped shape in the vehicle width direction, so that the floor panel includes a high floor region for mounting the battery pack thereat, and a low floor region for mounting the electric device thereat,
wherein the cross member is provided with the weak portion located in a position corresponding to an edge of the high floor region of the floor panel on a side of the lower floor region, and
wherein the battery pack is mounted under the high floor region, and the electric device is mounted on the low floor region.
2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member is a seat cross member for supporting a seat of the vehicle thereabove.
3. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a floor stringer extending in a front-back direction of the vehicle beneath the low floor region, the floor stringer being attached to the cross member,
wherein the battery pack is attached to the floor stringer.
4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a floor stringer extending in a front-back direction of the vehicle beneath the low floor region, the floor stringer being attached to the cross member,
wherein the battery pack is attached to the floor stringer.
5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member is configured to be bent with the weak portion located in a bending position and moved downward so as to raise the electric device relative to the weak portion.
6. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the cross member is configured to be bent with the weak portion located in a bending position and moved downward so as to raise the electric device relative to the weak portion.
7. The vehicle body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the cross member is configured to be bent with the weak portion located in a bending position and moved downward so as to raise the electric device relative to the weak portion.
8. The vehicle body structure according to claim 4 , wherein the cross member is configured to be bent with the weak portion located in a bending position and moved downward so as to raise the electric device relative to the weak portion.
9. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member has a groove shape with a lower surface thereof opened, and having a rectangular section, and wherein the weak portion has a hole passing through a corner portion of the section.
10. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the cross member has a groove shape with a lower surface thereof opened, and having a rectangular section, and wherein the weak portion has a hole passing through a corner portion of the section.
11. The vehicle body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the cross member has a groove shape with a lower surface thereof opened, and having a rectangular section, and wherein the weak portion has a hole passing through a corner portion of the section.
12. The vehicle body structure according to claim 4 , wherein the cross member has a groove shape with a lower surface thereof opened, and having a rectangular section, and wherein the weak portion has a hole passing through a corner portion of the section.