Body of electric vehicle
View Patent ↗A body of an electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; a rocker; a first floor crossmember protruding from a first surface of the floor panel and joined to the rocker; a body component protruding from the first surface and extending rearward from the first floor crossmember so as to shift upward toward a rear end of the electric vehicle; a battery case located below the floor panel; a battery case reinforcement extending along a side edge of the battery case, located below the rocker, and extending from a position frontward of the first crossmember to a position rearward of the first crossmember; a first fastening member fastening the battery case reinforcement to the rocker in a range frontward of the first floor crossmember; and a second fastening member fastening the battery case reinforcement to the rocker in a range rearward of the first floor crossmember.
1. A body of an electric vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel;
a rocker extending along a side edge of the floor panel;
a first floor crossmember protruding from a first surface of the floor panel, extending along a right-left direction, and joined to the rocker, the first surface being one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the floor panel;
a body component protruding from the first surface, joined to the first floor crossmember, extending rearward from the first floor crossmember along the side edge of the floor panel so as to shift upward toward a rear end of the electric vehicle;
a battery case located below the floor panel and housing a battery configured to supply power to a traction motor;
a battery case reinforcement extending along a side edge of the battery case, located below the rocker, and extending from a position located frontward of the first crossmember to a position located rearward of the first crossmember;
a first fastening member fastening the battery case reinforcement to the rocker in a range located frontward of the first floor crossmember; and
a second fastening member fastening the battery case reinforcement to the rocker in a range located rearward of the first floor crossmember.
2. The body of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second floor crossmember protruding from the lower surface of the floor panel, extending along the right-left direction, joined to the rocker, and located rearward of the first floor crossmember; and
a rear side member protruding from the lower surface of the floor panel, joined to the second floor crossmember, and extending rearward from the second floor crossmember along the side edge of the floor panel so as to shift upward toward the rear end of the electric vehicle,
wherein
the first surface is the upper surface,
the battery case reinforcement extends from a position located frontward of the first floor crossmember to a position that is located rearward of the first floor crossmember and located frontward of the second floor crossmember, and
the second fastening member is located in a range that is rearward of the first floor crossmember and frontward of the second floor crossmember.
3. The body of claim 1 , wherein
the second fastening member comprises a plurality of second fastening members arranged along a front-rear direction at intervals.