IP Library Granted Patent US 10,752,292
Granted Patent B2
US 10,752,292 · App. 15/948,239 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Vehicle lower section structure

Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/157B60K1/04B62D21/02B62D25/025B62D25/2036B62D29/008B60K2001/0438B60K2001/0472B60Y2306/01
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,752,292
App. No.
15/948,239
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a vehicle lower section structure including a pair of rockers respectively provided at both vehicle width direction outer sides of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, each of the rockers being configured including: an outer section that is positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side; an inner section that is integrally formed with the outer section, that is positioned at a vehicle width direction inner side, and that forms a closed cross-section section together with the outer section; and a first shock absorption section that is integrally formed with the outer section and the inner section, and that spans in the vehicle width direction between the outer section and the inner section within the closed cross-section section.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle lower section structure, comprising:

a pair of rockers respectively at both vehicle width direction outer sides of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, each of the rockers including:

an outer section that is positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side;

an inner section that is integrally formed with the outer section, that is positioned at a vehicle width direction inner side, that forms a closed cross-section section together with the outer section, that is joined to the floor panel, that includes an upper inner wall and a lower inner wall positioned toward the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the upper inner wall, and that includes a lateral wall positioned between the upper inner wall and the lower inner wall;

a first shock absorption section that includes a first upper wall and a first lower wall which are each integrally formed with the outer section and the upper inner wall, which each span in a vehicle width direction between the outer section and the upper inner wall within the closed cross-section section of the rocker, which are each within the closed cross-section of the rocker, the first lower wall is continuously linked to the lateral wall in the vehicle width direction, and the first upper wall is parallel to the first lower wall;

a second shock absorption section that includes a second upper wall and a second lower wall which are each integrally formed with the outer section and the lower inner wall, which each span in the vehicle width direction between the outer section and the lower inner wall within the closed cross-section section, which are each within the closed cross-section of the rocker, the second upper wall spanning parallel to the first lower wall and is spaced from the first lower wall,

wherein a floor cross member is above the floor panel so as to span between the pair of rockers in the vehicle width direction, and the first shock absorption section is at a position overlapping with the floor cross member in vehicle side view, and

wherein a storage battery is at a vehicle lower side of the floor panel, and the second shock absorption section is at a position overlapping with the storage battery in the vehicle side view.

2. The vehicle lower section structure of claim 1 ,

wherein the first shock absorption section includes first coupling walls that each span in a vehicle height direction between the first upper wall and the first lower wall, and

wherein the second shock absorption section includes second coupling walls that each span in the vehicle height direction between the second upper wall and the second lower wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: KAWASE, KYOSUKE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045479/0421 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-090782 · Apr 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180312199A1 · Nov 1, 2018
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