Mounting structure for storage battery device
Two side members are provided so as to be in side portions of a vehicle. Each side member is provided with a kick-up portion curved upward. A cross member is provided so as to interconnect side surfaces of forward portions of the kick-up portions of the two side members. A forward portion of a battery pack is fixed to an upper surface of the cross member via forward brackets welded to the forward portion of the battery pack. A rearward portion of the battery pack is fixed to upper surfaces of rearward portions of the kick-up portions of the two side members via a bridge provided so as to interconnect the two side members.
1. A mounting structure for a storage battery device installed in a vehicle, comprising:
frames that extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
a fixing member that fixes a rearward portion of the storage battery device to the vehicle, the fixing member comprising:
a bridge portion that connects two of the frames in a transverse direction of the vehicle; and
a bracket for fixing the bridge portion to the vehicle,
wherein the bracket includes an inclined portion that is inclined forwardly upward, and
wherein a portion of the bracket forward of the inclined portion and a portion of the bracket rearward of the inclined portion are fixed to the frame.
2. The mounting structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the frames are provided so as to be in side portions of the vehicle,
wherein the fixing member fixes the storage battery device to a rearward portion of the vehicle, and
wherein the bridge portion is provided rearward of the storage battery device.
3. The mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the bridge portion is disposed at a position that is above a vertical position of a bottom surface of the storage battery device and is below a vertical position of an upper surface of the storage battery device.
4. The mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the storage battery device is disposed within a trunk compartment of the vehicle.