IP Library Granted Patent US 10,597,084
Granted Patent B2
US 10,597,084 · App. 16/008,654 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Vehicle body lower section structure

Inventor: Tatsuya Ayukawa (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/152B60K1/04B62D21/157B62D25/2018B62D25/2036B60K2001/0438B60Y2306/01B62D29/008
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Patent No.
US 10,597,084
App. No.
16/008,654
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower section structure including a battery pack and a pair of rockers is provided. The battery pack is mounted at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel of a vehicle. The pair of rockers are respectively disposed at two outer sides of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction. Each of the rockers extends along a vehicle front-rear direction and is configured with a profile when sectioned along the vehicle width direction that is a closed cross-section profile. Inside each rocker, an impact absorbing section is disposed at a position overlapping with the battery pack in vehicle side view so as to span along the vehicle width direction between an outer wall and an inner wall of the rocker, and a join section is provided at the impact absorbing section, joining the battery pack to the rocker.

Claims (10)

1. A vehicle body lower section structure comprising:

a battery pack that is mounted at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel of a vehicle; and

a pair of rockers that are respectively disposed at two outer sides of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, that each extend along a vehicle front-rear direction, and that are each configured with a profile when sectioned along the vehicle width direction that is a closed cross-section profile,

wherein, inside each rocker:

an impact absorbing section is disposed at a position overlapping with the battery pack in vehicle side view so as to span along the vehicle width direction between an outer wall and an inner wall of the rocker, and

a join section is provided at the impact absorbing section, joining the battery pack to the rocker.

2. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the impact absorbing section is provided at a lower portion of each rocker, and the battery pack includes a box shaped battery case, and

a joining flange is provided at the battery case, the joining flange jutting out from a bottom plate of the battery case toward the vehicle width direction outward and being joined to lower walls of the rockers.

3. The vehicle body lower section structure of claim 2 , wherein a cross member is provided at the battery case so as to span between a pair of peripheral walls that face each other along the vehicle width direction at a position overlapping with the impact absorbing section in vehicle side view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2018
From: AYUKAWA, TATSUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-125067 · Jun 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180370570A1 · Dec 27, 2018
Cited By (2)
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