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Granted Patent B2
US 10,245,933 · App. 15/523,721 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Vehicle

Inventors: Toshiyuki Ikeuchi (Wako, JP); Tetsuya Takezawa (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,245,933
App. No.
15/523,721
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a center tunnel which is formed on a floor panel so as to extend in a front-rear direction; a high-voltage battery which is disposed on the center tunnel; and a frame member which holds the high-voltage battery, wherein leg portions are provided on a bottom portion of the frame member so as to extend obliquely downwards, and wherein the frame member is fastened to inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the leg portions.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a center tunnel which is formed on a floor panel so as to extend in a front-rear direction;

a high-voltage battery which is disposed on the center tunnel; and

a frame member which holds the high-voltage battery, wherein

the frame member comprises:

a pair of left and right side wall portions which extend downward from opposite sides of a bottom portion of the frame member in a transverse direction; and

a pair of left and right leg portions which extend obliquely downward from the pair of left and right side wall portions, and wherein

the frame member is fastened to inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the pair of left and right leg portions, and

a space which accommodates a cell voltage sensor is formed between the bottom portion of the frame member and the center tunnel.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame member holds a high-voltage system equipment which is disposed either forwards or rearwards of the high-voltage battery together with the high-voltage battery, and wherein

the pair of left and right leg portions include:

a pair of left and right first leg portions which are disposed below the high-voltage battery; and

a pair of left and right second leg portions which are disposed below the high-voltage system equipment.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

a cross member is provided between the pair of left and right first leg portions and the pair of left and right second leg portions.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein

the cross member comprises:

a center cross member which is disposed in the center tunnel;

a left cross member which connects a left side sill and the center tunnel together; and

a right cross member which connects a right side sill and the center tunnel together, and wherein

the left cross member, the center cross member, and the right cross member are connected together via the center tunnel in a transverse direction.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the frame member is fastened to the inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the pair of left and right leg portions by means of a fastening member, and wherein

the fastening member is positioned inwards of an outermost portion of the center tunnel in a transverse direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2017
From: IKEUCHI, TOSHIYUKI; TAKEZAWA, TETSUYA
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042208/0572 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-227047 · Nov 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170320383A1 · Nov 9, 2017
Cited By (1)
US 12,202,412