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US 11,198,472 · App. 16/906,527 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Vehicle lower-part structure

Inventors: Satoru Nagaya (Toyota, JP); Yoshimi Toda (Toyota, JP); Yozo Ikeda (Toyota, JP); Ryo Hattori (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D21/03B60K1/04B60R16/04B62D21/09B62D21/11B62D25/025B62D25/2036B60K2001/0438B60R2011/004B62D47/02
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Patent No.
US 11,198,472
App. No.
16/906,527
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle lower-part structure including a pair of center side members arranged under a floor of a vehicle; a first cross member and a second cross member connecting the pair of center side members; a main battery arranged in an underfloor space; one or more support plates arranged at a corner of the underfloor space; and a water tank placed on the support plate, in which the support plate is connected to both the center side member and the first or second cross member and connects the two.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle lower-part structure comprising:

a pair of center side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction under a floor of a vehicle;

a first cross member extending in a vehicle width direction and connecting the pair of center side members;

a second cross member extending in the vehicle width direction on a rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the first cross member and connecting the pair of center side members;

a main battery that is arranged in an underfloor space surrounded by the pair of center side members, the first cross member, and the second cross member, and supplies power to a power unit;

one or more support members of a plate form arranged at a corner of the underfloor space; and

an on-vehicle device placed on each of the one or more support members, wherein

an upper part of each of the one or more support members is connected to both a first connection portion connected to a bottom surface of the center side member and a second connection portion connected to a bottom surface of the first or second cross member, and connects the two.

2. The vehicle lower-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the on-vehicle device is a liquid tank storing a liquid.

3. The vehicle lower-part structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the on-vehicle device is a water tank that stores water used in an on-vehicle air conditioner.

4. The vehicle lower-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the on-vehicle device is an air tank that stores air used in an air suspension.

5. The vehicle lower-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the on-vehicle device is an auxiliary battery that supplies power to a vehicle auxiliary device.

6. The vehicle lower-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle is provided with a door only on one side surface in the vehicle width direction, and

the on-vehicle device is arranged only at a corner of the underfloor space on a side opposite to a door in the vehicle width direction, and is not arranged at a corner on the same side as the door in the vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicle lower-part structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more support members includes four support members which are provided at all four corners of the underfloor space, and

the on-vehicle device is placed on each of the four support members.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2020
From: NAGAYA, SATORU; TODA, YOSHIMI; IKEDA, YOZO; HATTORI, RYO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-121187 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200406973A1 · Dec 31, 2020