IP Library Granted Patent US 10,486,746
Granted Patent B2
US 10,486,746 · App. 15/897,485 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Substructure of vehicle body

Inventors: Satoru Kawabe (Wako, JP); Shutaro Sao (Wako, JP); Ken Yasui (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62D21/157B60K1/04B60L50/66B60K2001/0438B60K2001/0472B60Y2306/01B62D25/025B62D25/20B62D25/2036Y02T10/705Y02T10/7005
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Patent No.
US 10,486,746
App. No.
15/897,485
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A side sill structure included in a substructure of a vehicle body, includes a battery pack disposed below a floor panel, a side sill disposed at an outer part in a vehicle width direction and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and a stiffener disposed inside a cross section of the side sill and extending along an extending direction of the side sill. The stiffener is composed of an outer stiffener bulging outward in the vehicle width direction, and an inner stiffener bulging inward in the vehicle width direction. In the side sill structure, a first side surface of the stiffener, formed on the inner stiffener, is shifted to a relatively upper side than a second side surface of the stiffener, formed on the outer stiffener, and the battery pack is supported on a lower surface of the side sill.

Claims (25)

1. A substructure of a vehicle body, comprising:

a battery pack that is disposed below a floor panel;

at least one side sill that is disposed at an outer part in a width direction of the vehicle body and extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and

a stiffener that is disposed inside a cross section of the side sill and extends along an extending direction of the side sill,

the stiffener being composed of an outer stiffener that has a nearly hat-shaped cross section and bulges outward in the width direction of the vehicle body, and an inner stiffener that has a nearly hat-shaped cross section and bulges inward in the width direction of the vehicle body, wherein

an upper flange and a lower flange provided at upper and lower ends of the outer stiffener, respectively, and an upper flange and a lower flange provided at upper and lower ends of the inner stiffener, respectively, are supported on the side sill through a supporting panel disposed in the side sill, and a first side surface of the stiffener, which is formed on the inner stiffener, is shifted to a relatively upper side than a second side surface of the stiffener, which is formed on the outer stiffener, and

the battery pack is supported on a lower surface of the side sill.

2. The substructure of the vehicle body, according to claim 1 , further comprising

at least one floor cross member that is disposed at an inner part in the width direction of the vehicle body between inner stiffeners and extends in the width direction of the vehicle body, wherein

an angle which a lower surface of the inner stiffener forms with a horizontal plane on a narrow angle side thereof is greater than an angle which a lower surface of the outer stiffener forms with the horizontal plane on a narrow angle side thereof.

3. The substructure of the vehicle body, according to claim 2 , wherein

the inner stiffener has at least one bead that is provided at a position corresponding to an end in an extending direction of the floor cross member and extends along the width direction of the vehicle body.

4. The substructure of the vehicle body, according to claim 1 , wherein

the outer stiffener has at least one bead that is formed on at least one surface of upper and lower surfaces of the outer stiffener and extends along the width direction of the vehicle body.

5. A substructure of a vehicle body, comprising:

a battery pack that is disposed below a floor panel;

two side sills that are respectively disposed at opposite outer parts in a width direction of the vehicle body and each extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and

a stiffener that is disposed inside a cross section of each of the two side sills and extends along an extending direction of the respective side sill,

the stiffener being composed of an outer stiffener that has a nearly hat-shaped cross section and bulges outward in the width direction of the vehicle body, and an inner stiffener that has a nearly hat-shaped cross section and bulges inward in the width direction of the vehicle body, wherein

a first side surface of the stiffener, which is formed on the inner stiffener, is shifted to a relatively upper side than a second side surface of the stiffener, which is formed on the outer stiffener, and

the battery pack is supported on a side sill lower surface,

a pair of floor cross members are each disposed at an inner part in the width direction of the vehicle body between inner stiffeners and extend in the width direction of the vehicle body, the pair of floor cross members being disposed in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body,

an angle which a lower surface of the inner stiffener forms with a horizontal plane on a narrow angle side thereof is greater than an angle which a lower surface of the outer stiffener forms with the horizontal plane on a narrow angle side thereof,

the inner stiffener has beads formed in a plurality of rows in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and extending along the width direction of the vehicle body, only at positions corresponding to ends in the extending direction of the pair of floor cross members, and

no bead is formed on a part of the inner stiffener which is located between the pair of floor cross members.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2018
From: KAWABE, SATORU; SAO, SHUTARO; YASUI, KEN
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-027647 · Feb 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180237075A1 · Aug 23, 2018
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