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Granted Patent B2
US 11,485,417 · App. 17/017,678 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Vehicle body lower structure

Inventor: Takuya Hirota (Toyota, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SUBARU CORPORATION
B62D21/157B62D25/2036
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Patent No.
US 11,485,417
App. No.
17/017,678
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower structure may comprise: a rocker arranged at a lower lateral part of a vehicle body; a power supply package arranged under a floor panel of the vehicle; a first energy absorbing member fixed to a lateral side of the power supply package; and a second energy absorbing member being adjacent to the first energy absorbing member in a vehicle-width direction of the vehicle body, the second energy absorbing member being located outside the first energy absorbing member in the vehicle-width direction of the vehicle body. The first energy absorbing member may include a first protrusion protruding outward in the vehicle-width direction, the second energy absorbing member may include a second protrusion protruding inward in the vehicle-width direction, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion may overlap each other as seen along an up-down direction and are fixed together to the rocker by a bolt.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a rocker arranged at a lower lateral part of a vehicle body and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body;

a power supply package arranged under a floor panel of the vehicle body;

a first energy absorbing member fixed to a lateral side of the power supply package; and

a second energy absorbing member being adjacent to the first energy absorbing member in a vehicle-width direction of the vehicle body, the second energy absorbing member being located outside the first energy absorbing member in the vehicle-width direction of the vehicle body and being located under the rocker;

wherein

the first energy absorbing member includes a first protrusion protruding outward in the vehicle-width direction,

the second energy absorbing member includes a second protrusion protruding inward in the vehicle-width direction,

the first protrusion and the second protrusion overlap each other in an up-down direction and are attached together to the rocker by a bolt; and

each of the first energy absorbing member and the second energy absorbing member is detachable from the rocker.

2. The vehicle body lower structure of claim 1 , wherein the first protrusion is arranged under the second protrusion.

3. The vehicle body lower structure of claim 1 , wherein the second energy absorbing member is attached to the rocker by an additional bolt located outside the bolt in the vehicle-width direction.

4. The vehicle body lower structure of claim 1 , wherein the first and second energy absorbing members are hollow beams extending along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

5. The vehicle body lower structure of claim 4 , wherein

the first protrusion protrudes from a lower plate of the first energy absorbing member, and

the second protrusion protrudes from an upper plate of the second energy absorbing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2020
From: HIROTA, TAKUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053740/0385 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-166582 · Sep 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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