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US 10,875,582 · App. 16/413,692 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Vehicle body lower structure

Inventors: Takumi Tsuyuzaki (Wako, JP); Kazuya Kimura (Wako, JP); Takashi Nitta (Wako, JP); Takumi Enomoto (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62D25/2036B60K1/04B60R13/0861B62D25/025B60K2001/0416B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 10,875,582
App. No.
16/413,692
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower structure includes a pair of left and right side sills, a battery pack and a bulkhead. The side sill is disposed below a side portion of a vehicle body and extends in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction. The battery pack accommodates a battery cell therein, and both end portions in a vehicle width direction are fixed to the left and right side sills while being disposed below a floor panel. The bulkhead is disposed inside of the side sills and reinforces a cross section of the side sills from inside. The bulkhead is provided at front and rear positions on the vehicle body and inside the side sills while having fixing points of the side sills to the battery pack sandwiched between the front and rear positions.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a pair of left and right side sills disposed below a side portion of a vehicle body and extending substantially in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction;

a battery pack configured to accommodate a battery cell therein and having both end portions in a vehicle width direction fixed to the side sills while being disposed below a floor panel; and

bulkheads disposed inside of the side sills and configured to reinforce a cross section of the side sills from inside, wherein the bulkheads are provided at front and rear positions on the vehicle body and inside the side sills while having fixing points of the side sills to the battery pack sandwiched between the front and rear positions, wherein a connecting member configured to connect a lower surface of the floor panel and a side surface of the side sills on an inner side in the vehicle width direction is provided, and wherein the fixing points of the side sills to the battery pack and the bulkheads are disposed at positions on the connecting member on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bulkheads are fixed to an inside of the side sills at least in an upward/downward direction.

3. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein a stiffener configured to partition the inside of the side sill into a closed space on an inner side in the vehicle width direction and a closed space on an outer side in the vehicle width direction and reinforce them is disposed in the side sills, and the bulkheads and the fixing points are disposed in an inner closed space partitioned by the stiffener on an inner side of the side sills.

4. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 3 , wherein an outer bulkhead configured to reinforce an outer closed space from inside is disposed in the outer closed space partitioned by the stiffener on an inner side of the side sills.

5. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 4 , wherein the outer bulkheads are provided at the front and rear positions on the vehicle body and inside the outer closed space while having the fixing points sandwiched between the front and rear positions.

6. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a pair of left and right side sills disposed below a side portion of a vehicle body and extending substantially in a vehicle body forward/rearward direction;

a battery pack configured to accommodate a battery cell therein and having both end portions in a vehicle width direction, fixed to the side sills while being disposed below a floor panel; and

bulkheads disposed inside of the side sills and configured to reinforce a cross section of the side sills from inside, wherein the bulkheads are provided at front and rear positions on the vehicle body and inside the side sills while having fixing points of the side sills to the battery pack sandwiched between the front and rear positions, wherein a stiffener configured to partition the inside of the side sills into a closed space on an inner side in the vehicle width direction and a closed space on an outer side in the vehicle width direction and reinforce them is disposed in the side sills, and wherein the bulkheads and the fixing points are disposed in an inner closed space partitioned by the stiffener on an inner side of the side sills.

7. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 6 , wherein an outer bulkhead configured to reinforce an outer closed space from inside is disposed in the outer closed space partitioned by the stiffener on an inner side of the side sills.

8. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 7 , wherein the outer bulkheads are provided at the front and rear positions on the vehicle body and inside the outer closed space while having the fixing points sandwiched between the front and rear positions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2019
From: TSUYUZAKI, TAKUMI; KIMURA, KAZUYA; NITTA, TAKASHI; ENOMOTO, TAKUMI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-100963 · May 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190359265A1 · Nov 28, 2019