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Granted Patent B2
US 12,103,376 · App. 17/754,704 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Automobile

Inventors: Yutaka Satou (Kanagawa, JP); Yoichi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroki Yonekawa (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Yamashita (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Akizuki (Kanagawa, JP); Yuuji Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yuusuke Handa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
B60K1/04B62D25/2027B62D25/2036B60K2001/0438B60Y2400/86
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Patent No.
US 12,103,376
App. No.
17/754,704
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a battery frame that is attached to a structural member on a floor back of an automobile body and accommodates a battery, and a rear suspension member assembly that is attached to rear floor side members and supports a rear suspension. The rear suspension member assembly is attached to the rear floor side members at least at right and left front-side attachment parts and right and left rear-side attachment parts. The rear suspension member assembly is attached to the battery frame at a first attachment part that is closer to a vehicle front than the right and left front-side attachment parts.

Claims (16)

1. An automobile comprising:

a battery frame that is attached to a structural member on a floor back of an automobile body and accommodates a battery; and

a rear suspension member assembly that is attached to rear floor side members and supports a rear suspension,

wherein

the rear suspension member assembly is attached to the rear floor side members at least at right and left front-side attachment parts and right and left rear-side attachment parts,

the rear suspension member assembly is attached to each of rear end portions of right and left sides of the battery frame at a first attachment part that is closer to a vehicle front than the right and left front-side attachment parts,

the first attachment part is provided on each of members which constitutes a vulnerable part and extends toward the vehicle front from respective front portions of the rear suspension member assembly, and

the member which constitutes the vulnerable part is attached to each of brackets fixed to the rear end portions of the right and left sides of the battery frame.

2. The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein

the battery frame has right and left side portions that are attached to sills of the automobile body and the rear end portions of the right and left sides that are attached to the rear floor side members.

3. The automobile according to claim 1 , wherein

the rear suspension member assembly includes a first rear suspension member that suspends a front-side attachment part and a rear-side attachment part on a left side, a second rear suspension member that suspends a front-side attachment part and a rear-side attachment part on a right side, and a third rear suspension member that suspends the first rear suspension member and the second rear suspension member,

the first attachment part is provided on each of pin stay panels extending toward the vehicle front from respective front portions of the first rear suspension member and the second rear suspension member, and

the first attachment part is attached via a bolt and a nut to each of brackets fixed to the rear end portions of the right and left sides of the battery frame.

4. The automobile according to claim 3 , wherein the pin stay panels are provided as separate members from the first rear suspension member and the second rear suspension member and constitute vulnerable parts of the rear suspension member assembly.

5. The automobile according to claim 4 , wherein the bolt constitutes a vulnerable part of the rear suspension member assembly next to the pin stay panels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: SATOU, YUTAKA; YAMAMOTO, YOICHI; YONEKAWA, HIROKI; YAMASHITA, TAKUYA; AKIZUKI, SHINYA; OKAMOTO, YUUJI; HANDA, YUUSUKE
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059733/0715 →
Continuity (1)
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