IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,850,597
Granted Patent B2
US 10,850,597 · App. 16/413,695 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Vehicle body lower structure

Inventors: Takumi Tsuyuzaki (Wako, JP); Hiroyuki Ozawa (Wako, JP); Ryo Shinoda (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60K1/04B60R13/0861B62D25/025B62D25/2036B60K2001/0416B60K2001/0438
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,850,597
App. No.
16/413,695
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower structure includes: a battery pack provided below a floor panel and in which a cell is received in an inside of a case; a side frame extending in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction at an outer side of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and configured to support the battery pack; and a support bracket having a first extension section that is fixed to the cell and that is disposed at an inner side in the vehicle width direction, and a second extension section that is fixed to a longitudinal wall section of the case and that is disposed at an outer side in the vehicle width direction, wherein the second extension section extends in an upward/downward direction at an inner side of the side frame in the vehicle width direction.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a battery pack provided below a floor panel and in which a cell is received in an inside of a case;

a side frame extending in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction at an outer side of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and configured to support the battery pack;

a support bracket having a first extension section that is fixed to the cell and that is disposed at an inner side in the vehicle width direction, and a second extension section that is fixed to a longitudinal wall section of the case and that is disposed at an outer side in the vehicle width direction; and

a plurality of cross members that extend in the vehicle width direction at inside of the case and in which outer end portions in the vehicle width direction are fixed to the case, wherein the support bracket is provided between the plurality of cross members in the vehicle body forward/rearward direction, and wherein the second extension section extends in an upward/downward direction at an inner side of the side frame in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein the support bracket has a weak section provided in the second extension section.

3. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 2 , wherein the weak section is formed of a bead extending in the upward/downward direction.

4. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein a cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at inside of the case and in which an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction is fixed to the case is provided, the cross member is constituted by at least two members of a first cross member and a second cross member, and the second cross member extending further outward in the vehicle width direction than the first cross member is fixed to a longitudinal wall section of the case.

5. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 4 , wherein the first cross member has strength larger than that of the second cross member.

6. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 4 , wherein the second cross member has a cross member weak section provided on an outer end portion side in the vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 5 , wherein the second cross member has a cross member weak section provided on an outer end portion side in the vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2019
From: TSUYUZAKI, TAKUMI; OZAWA, HIROYUKI; SHINODA, RYO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049195/0328 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-100967 · May 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190359047A1 · Nov 28, 2019