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Granted Patent B2
US 10,046,633 · App. 15/608,314 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Vehicle rear portion structure

Inventor: Akihiko Shimoda (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K1/04B60L11/1877B60R16/04B60K2001/0416
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Patent No.
US 10,046,633
App. No.
15/608,314
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle rear portion structure that includes: rear wheel wells provided as a right and left pair in a vehicle rear portion; reinforcement members that are attached to vehicle width direction inner surfaces of the right and left pair of the rear wheel wells and project inward in the vehicle width direction to form closed cross sections with the rear wheel wells; and a battery that is placed between the right and left pair of rear wheel wells and on a rear floor panel and that is provided with abutting portions that are formed at both vehicle width direction end portions of the battery and that are disposed opposing the reinforcement members in a vehicle forward and rearward direction.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle rear portion structure comprising:

rear wheel wells provided as a right and left pair in a vehicle rear portion;

reinforcement members that are attached to vehicle width direction inner surfaces of the right and left pair of the rear wheel wells and project inward in the vehicle width direction to form closed cross sections with the rear wheel wells; and

a battery that is placed between the right and left pair of rear wheel wells and on a rear floor panel and that is provided with abutting portions that are formed at both vehicle width direction end portions of the battery and that are disposed opposing the reinforcement members in a vehicle forward and rearward direction;

wherein the reinforcement members are welded to the vehicle width direction inner surfaces of the right and left pair of the rear wheel wells.

2. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the battery positioned further in the vehicle forward direction than the abutting portions is provided on vehicle width direction inner sides of the reinforcement members.

3. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

the battery is provided with a rear end portion frame constituent member that is disposed at a rear end portion of the battery and extends in the vehicle width direction and width end portion frame constituent members that are disposed at both vehicle width direction end portions of the battery, that extend in the vehicle forward and rearward direction, and that have the abutting portions, and

the rear end portion frame constituent member and the width end portion frame constituent members are integrally configured.

4. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 3 , further comprising a front end portion frame constituent member that is provided on a front end portion side of the battery, wherein the front end portion frame constituent member is configured integrally with the rear end portion frame constituent member and the width end portion frame constituent members.

5. The vehicle rear portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

the battery is provided with a rear end portion frame constituent member that is disposed at a rear end portion of the battery and that extends in the vehicle width direction, width end portion frame constituent members that are disposed at both vehicle width direction end portions of the battery and that extend in the vehicle forward and rearward direction, and a front end portion frame constituent member that is provided on a front end portion side of the battery and that has the abutting portions, and

the rear end portion frame constituent member, the width end portion frame constituent members, and the front end portion frame constituent member are integrally configured.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2017
From: SHIMODA, AKIHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 042531/0309 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-150678 · Jul 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180029457A1 · Feb 1, 2018
Cited By (1)
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