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Granted Patent B2
US 11,124,135 · App. 16/260,171 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Vehicle front-part structure

Inventors: Akihiro Yamada (Okazaki, JP); Kenshi Tomiki (Ichinomiya, JP); Yusuke Fujii (Toyota, JP); Satoshi Kasai (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 11,124,135
App. No.
16/260,171
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pair of floor-side extensions are provided in the vehicle width direction on the lower surface of at least one of a dash lower panel and a floor panel constituting the floor of a vehicle chamber so as to protrude downward in front of the battery unit front surface with a high voltage cable interposed between the pair of floor-side extension members. A pair of member-side extensions are provided so as to protrude upward at positions facing the pair of floor-side extensions in the vehicle front-and-rear direction on the rear end edge of a suspension member.

Claims (17)

1. A vehicle front-part structure comprising:

a battery unit provided under a floor of a vehicle chamber;

an electric power conversion unit provided in an engine compartment in front of the vehicle chamber;

a suspension member provided under the electric power conversion unit and in front of the battery unit; and

a high voltage cable that extends upward and forward from a front surface of the battery unit and is connected to the electric power conversion unit, wherein

a pair of floor-side extension members are provided in the vehicle width direction on a lower surface of at least one of a dash lower panel and a floor panel constituting the floor of the vehicle chamber so as to protrude downward in front of the front surface of the battery unit with the high voltage cable interposed between the pair of floor-side extension members, and

a pair of member-side extension members are provided so as to protrude upward at positions facing the pair of floor-side extension members in the vehicle front-and-rear direction on a rear end edge of the suspension member.

2. The vehicle front-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein opposing surfaces of the pair of floor-side extension members and the pair of member-side extension members that face each other in the vehicle front-and-rear direction are inclined surfaces inclined downward toward the vehicle rear.

3. The vehicle front-part structure according to claim 2 , wherein the opposing surfaces of the pair of member-side extension members are inclined to be more horizontal than the opposing surfaces of the pair of floor-side extension members.

4. The vehicle front-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of floor-side extension members are provided under a portion of at least one of the dash lower panel and the floor panel, the portion having a reinforcing member on an upper surface of the portion.

5. A vehicle front-part structure comprising:

a battery unit provided under a floor of a vehicle chamber;

an electric power conversion unit provided in an engine compartment in front of the vehicle chamber;

a suspension member provided under the electric power conversion unit and in front of the battery unit; and

a high voltage cable that extends upward and forward from a front surface of the battery unit and is connected to the electric power conversion unit, wherein

a floor-side extension member having a pair of floor-side protruding portions is provided, the pair of floor-side protruding portions being arranged in the vehicle width direction on a lower surface of at least one of a dash lower panel and a floor panel constituting the floor of the vehicle chamber, the pair of floor-side protruding portions protruding downward in front of the front surface of the battery unit with the high voltage cable interposed between the pair of floor-side protruding portions, and

a member-side extension member having a pair of member-side protruding portions is provided, the pair of member-side protruding portions protruding upward at positions facing the pair of floor-side protruding portions in the vehicle front-and-rear direction on a rear end edge of the suspension member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: YAMADA, AKIHIRO; TOMIKI, KENSHI; FUJII, YUSUKE; KASAI, SATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048162/0161 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-013333 · Jan 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190232895A1 · Aug 1, 2019
Cited By (1)
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