Vehicle body lower structure

Inventors: Yuya Ishihara (Saitama, JP); Daisuke Komazawa (Saitama, JP); Tomohiro Fukazu (Saitama, JP)

Assignee: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.

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Patent No.: US 10,166,852
App. No.: 15/712,150
Granted: Jan 1, 2019
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Disclosed is a vehicle body lower structure which is capable of suppressing an increase in a vehicle weight, ensuring a degree of freedom of a layout of vehicle parts and also protecting an electric power converter. In the vehicle body lower structure, the electric power converter is provided between a first cross member and a second cross member. The electric power converter includes an electric power converter body, a first support portion and a second support portion. The electric power converter is disposed between the first cross member and the second cross member. The first support portion is provided at the electric power converter body and supported by the first cross member. The second support portion is provided at the electric power converter body and supported by the second cross member. The second support portion has a weak portion which is deformable by an impact load.

Claims (33)

1. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a first cross member and a second cross member disposed with an interval in a forward and backward direction of a vehicle body, and

an electric power converter provided between the first cross member and the second cross member and below a floor panel,

wherein the electric power converter comprises an electric power converter body disposed between the first cross member and the second cross member and below the floor panel, a first support portion provided at the electric power converter body and supported by the first cross member, and a second support portion provided at the electric power converter body and supported by the second cross member, and

one of the first support portion and the second support portion has a weak portion,

wherein the weak portion has a groove on a side surface of one of the first support portion and the second support portion in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to the forward and backward direction,

wherein in the vehicle width direction, a width of the weak portion is smaller than a width of other portions of the one of the first support portion and the second support portion.

2. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein the electric power converter body comprises a wall portion having the first support portion and the second support portion and configured to form an outer frame of the electric power converter body, a bottom portion extending from a lower end of the wall portion to a center side of the electric power converter body, and a rib extending from an inner surface of the wall portion to an inner surface of the bottom portion.

3. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first support portion comprises a first extending portion extending from the electric power converter body and a first bracket installed on the first extending portion and also installed on the first cross member, and

the second support portion comprises a second extending portion extending from the electric power converter body and a second bracket installed on the second extending portion and also installed on the second cross member.

4. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery provided at one of a front and a rear of the electric power converter in the vehicle body, and a wire harness configured to electrically connect the battery to the electric power converter and disposed between the battery and the electric power converter,