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Granted Patent B2
US 12,552,237 · App. 18/476,949 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Vehicle mounting structure of battery pack

Inventors: Koji Chihara (Okazaki, JP); Yohsuke Imai (Nagoya, JP); Masahiro Shirakawa (Nagoya, JP); Tomoki Okada (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K1/04B62D21/02B62D25/20B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 12,552,237
App. No.
18/476,949
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle mounting structure of a battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a battery pack provided on a bottom surface of a vehicle body, a support frame that supports the battery pack on the bottom surface of the vehicle body, and multiple fastening members that mechanically fasten the support frame and the bottom portion of the battery pack. The fastening members include a front fastening member provided at a position of a vehicle front center at a bottom portion of the battery pack, a rear fastening member provided at a position of a vehicle rear center at a bottom portion of the battery pack, a left fastening member provided at a position of a vehicle left center at a bottom portion of the battery pack, and a right fastening member provided at a position of a vehicle right center at a bottom portion of the battery pack.

Claims (25)

1 . A battery pack mounting structure comprising:

a battery pack provided on a bottom surface of a vehicle body of a vehicle;

at least three support frames that support the battery pack on the bottom surface of the vehicle body, the at least three support frames including a front support frame provided at a front side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, a rear support frame provided at a rear side in the front-rear direction, and an intermediate support frame provided at a center in the front-rear direction, each of the at least three support frames extending in a left-right direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and

a plurality of fastening members that mechanically fasten a bottom of the battery pack to the at least three support frames, wherein the fastening members include:

a front fastening member provided at a first position of a vehicle front center at the bottom of the battery pack, the first position corresponding to center of the front support frame in the left-right direction;

a rear fastening member provided at a second position of a vehicle rear center at the bottom of the battery pack, the second position corresponding to center of the rear support frame in the left-right direction;

a left fastening member provided at a third position of a vehicle left center at the bottom of the battery pack, the third position corresponding to a left side of the intermediate support frame in the left-right direction; and

a right fastening member provided at a fourth position of a vehicle right center at the bottom of the battery pack, the fourth position corresponding to a right side of the intermediate support frame in the left-right direction.

2 . The battery pack mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle includes a ladder frame; and

the at least three support frames extend over the ladder frame.

3 . The battery pack mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least three support frames further include at least one support frame provided between the front support frame and the rear support frame; and

the battery pack mounting structure further comprises an elastic body provided between the at least one support frame and the battery pack.

4 . The battery pack mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of fastening members is a combination of a bolt and a nut.

5 . A battery pack mounting structure comprising:

a battery pack on a bottom surface of a vehicle body of a vehicle;

a ladder frame including a first frame and a second frame, each of the first frame and the second frame extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the first frame being provided at a right side of the bottom surface in a left-right direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the second frame being provided at a left side of the bottom surface in the left-right direction;

a plurality of support frames extending in the left-right direction over the ladder frame;

a plurality of pairs of bolts and nuts that fasten the battery pack to the plurality of support frames such that

a lateral center, in the left-right direction, of a front end portion of a bottom of the battery pack in the front-rear direction is fastened to the lateral center of a first support frame, the first support frame being positioned foremost among the plurality of support frames in the front-rear direction,

the lateral center of a rear end portion of the bottom of the battery pack in the front-rear direction is fastened to the lateral center of a second support frame, the second support frame being positioned rearmost among the plurality of support frames in the front-rear direction,

a longitudinal center, in the front-rear direction, of a right end portion of the bottom of the battery pack in the left-right direction is fastened to a right end of a third support frame in the left-right direction, the third support frame being positioned between the first support frame and the second support frame among the plurality of support frames, and

the longitudinal center of a left end portion of the bottom of the battery pack in the left-right direction is fastened to a left end of the third support frame in the left-right direction; and

a plurality of rubber mounts that are provided between the bottom of the battery pack and at least one support frame that differs from the first support frame, the second support frame, and the third support frame among the plurality of support frames, at right and left end portions in the left-right direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: CHIHARA, KOJI; IMAI, YOHSUKE; SHIRAKAWA, MASAHIRO; OKADA, TOMOKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-208592 · Dec 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240208316A1 · Jun 27, 2024
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