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Granted Patent B2
US 10,913,340 · App. 16/413,697 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Vehicle body lower structure

Inventors: Takumi Tsuyuzaki (Wako, JP); Hiroyuki Ozawa (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60K1/04B62D21/157B62D25/025B60K2001/0438B62D25/2036
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Patent No.
US 10,913,340
App. No.
16/413,697
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery pack, side sills, and a battery side frame that extends in a forward/rearward direction between the side sills and the battery pack and that is configured to support the battery pack, the battery side frame has a first attachment member fixed to the side sills, and a second attachment member that is coupled to the battery pack and that constitutes a closed cross section between the first attachment member and the battery pack, and the first attachment member has an outer fixing point fixed to the side sills and an inner fixing point fixed to a wall that constitutes a closed cross section of the second attachment member.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a battery pack provided below a floor panel;

a pair of left and right side sills provided on a vehicle body side portion; and

a battery side frame that extends between the side sills and the battery pack in a forward/rearward direction and that is configured to support the battery pack,

wherein the battery side frame has:

a first attachment member fixed to the side sills; and

a second attachment member that is coupled to the battery pack and that constitutes a closed cross section between the first attachment member and the battery pack,

the second attachment member includes an inner sidewall disposed inside in a vehicle width direction, an outer wall disposed outside in the vehicle width direction and a lower wall disposed below of the inner sidewall and the outer wall,

the closed cross section is constituted by at least the inner sidewall, the outer wall and the lower wall of the second attachment member,

the lower wall of the second attachment member includes an inclined section that inclines in between the inner sidewall and the outer wall, and

the first attachment member has an outer fixing point fixed to the side sills and an inner fixing point fixed to the lower wall that constitutes the closed cross section of the second attachment member.

2. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second attachment member has an extended installation section extending from the lower wall that constitutes the closed cross section toward the battery pack, and

the extended installation section is fixed to the battery pack.

3. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 2 , wherein the second attachment member forms the closed cross section using

an outer plate disposed outside in the vehicle width direction and includes the outer wall; and

an inner plate disposed inside in the vehicle width direction and includes the inner sidewall,

the outer plate and the inner plate have the extended installation sections, respectively, and

the extended installation sections of the outer plate and the inner plate overlap each other and are fixed to the battery pack.

4. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein a battery cross member extending inside the battery pack in the vehicle width direction is provided, and

the second attachment member is fixed to the battery pack at below the battery cross member.

5. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 , wherein a lower surface section of the first attachment member has an inclined section inclined downward as it goes inward in the vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2019
From: TSUYUZAKI, TAKUMI; OZAWA, HIROYUKI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049195/0374 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-100965 · May 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190359048A1 · Nov 28, 2019
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