IP Library Granted Patent US 9,180,916
Granted Patent B2
US 9,180,916 · App. 14/547,790 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Vehicle body lower section structure

Inventors: Gen Nishida (Toyota, JP); Akira Nishino (Aichi-gun, JP); Hideyuki Takahashi (Nisshin, JP); Satoshi Kasai (Nisshin, JP); Daisuke Noguchi (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D25/2036B62D25/145B62D25/2018
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Patent No.
US 9,180,916
App. No.
14/547,790
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower section structure comprises a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a floor panel; a first cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel and includes an outside end portion in the vehicle width direction coupled to the rocker; a second cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at the vehicle body front side of the first cross member; and a coupling member that couples the first cross member and the second cross member together, and configures a closed cross-section structure with the dashboard panel and/or the floor panel.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle body lower section structure comprising:

a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a floor panel;

a first cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel and includes an outside end portion in the vehicle width direction overlapped to the rocker;

a second cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at the vehicle body front side of the first cross member; and

a coupling member that couples the first cross member and the second cross member together, and configures a closed cross-section structure with the dashboard panel and/or the floor panel.

2. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , wherein the coupling member extends in the vehicle body front-rear direction.

3. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a floor reinforcement that extends in the vehicle body front-rear direction and configures a closed cross-section structure with the floor panel,

wherein the coupling member configures a portion of the floor reinforcement.

4. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , wherein the first cross member and the second cross member respectively configure a closed cross-section structure with the dashboard panel and/or the floor panel.

5. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , wherein the first cross member, the second cross member, and the coupling member are integrally formed together.

6. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , wherein an outside end portion in the vehicle width direction of the second cross member is joined to a lower side of a front pillar.

7. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a side member that extends in the vehicle body front-rear direction,

wherein the coupling member is disposed in a position superimposed on the side member in plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2014
From: NISHIDA, GEN; NISHINO, AKIRA; TAKAHASHI, HIDEYUKI; KASAI, SATOSHI; NOGUCHI, DAISUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034211/0663 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-243338 · Nov 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150145284A1 · May 28, 2015