Battery support frame structure
A battery support frame structure S has: a plurality of side members 1 extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle and having a hole 11 that passes therebetween and is formed in the vehicle width direction; and a battery 2 that is inserted into the hole 11 of the plurality of side members 1 and is longer in the vehicle width direction than the length between the plurality of side members 1 . Additionally, the side members 1 extend in a straight line in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The battery support frame structure S additionally has a first member 3 that extends along the battery 2 above the battery 2 in the vehicle height direction, and a second member 4 that extends along the battery 2 below the battery 2 in the vehicle height direction.
1 . A battery support frame structure comprising:
a plurality of side members whose longitudinal direction is the same as a front-rear direction of a vehicle and have a hole penetrating in each of the side members therethrough in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle; and
a battery that is inserted in the holes of the plurality of side members and has a length greater than a distance between the plurality of side members in the vehicle width direction.
2 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein the side members are linear in the front-rear direction.
3 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first member that is provided above the battery in a height direction of the vehicle; and
a second member that is provided below the battery in the height direction.
4 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 3 , wherein
a left side member provided to a left portion in the vehicle width direction, and
a right side member provided to a right portion in the vehicle width direction
are provided as the plurality of side members, wherein
a first central member provided between the left side member and the right side member,
a first left member provided on the left of the left side member in the vehicle width direction, and
a first right member provided on the right of the right side member in the vehicle width direction
are provided as the first member, wherein
a second central member provided between the left side member and the right side member,
a second left member provided on the left of the left side member in the vehicle width direction, and
a second right member provided on the right of the right side member in the vehicle width direction
are provided as the second member, wherein
(i) a length in the vehicle width direction between a left end of the first left member and a right end of the first right member and (ii) a length in the vehicle width direction between a left end of the second left member and a right end of the second right member are greater than the length of the battery in the vehicle width direction.
5 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a third member that is provided in front of the battery in the front-rear direction; and
a fourth member that is provided behind the battery in the front-rear direction.
6 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 5 , wherein
a third central member provided between the left side member and the right side member,
a third left member provided on the left of the left side member in the vehicle width direction, and
a third right member provided on the right of the right side member in the vehicle width direction
are provided as the third member, wherein
a fourth central member provided between the left side member and the right side member,
a fourth left member provided on the left of the left side member in the vehicle width direction, and
a fourth right member provided on the right of the right side member in the vehicle width direction
are provided as the fourth member, wherein
(i) a length in the vehicle width direction between a left end of the third left member and a right end of the third right member and (ii) length in the vehicle width direction between a left end of the fourth left member and a right end of the fourth right member are greater than the length of the battery in the vehicle width direction.
7 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a left frame whose longitudinal direction is the same as the front-rear direction and is provided on the left of the left side member in the vehicle width direction; and
a right frame whose longitudinal direction is the same as the front-rear direction and is provided on the right of the right side member in the vehicle width direction, wherein
the left frame is fixed to a left end of the first left member, a left end of the second left member, a left end of the third left member, and a left end of the fourth left member, and
the right frame is fixed to a right end of the first right member, a right end of the second right member, a right end of the third right member, and a right end of the fourth right member.
8 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein the battery is supported by the plurality of side members via elastic members while the battery is inserted into the holes of the plurality of side members.
9 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the battery in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle is greater than a length in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle between a left end of a left side member and a right end of a right side member of the plurality of side members.
10 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein the battery is not divided into inside and outside the plurality of side members in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle.
11 . The battery support frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of side members includes a left side member and a right side member, and
wherein portions of the battery extend laterally beyond both the left side member and the right side member in the vehicle width direction.