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US 12,291,275 · App. 17/947,211 · Granted May 6, 2025

Vehicle body lower structure

Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Shungo Chino (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Nitta (Tokyo, JP); Kazuya Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Shuma Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62D25/20B60K1/04B62D21/02B62D21/15B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 12,291,275
App. No.
17/947,211
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle body lower structure includes a front cross member, a rear side frame, a floor panel, and a front floor frame. The front cross member is disposed in front of a battery in a vehicle. The rear side frame is connected to an end portion of the front cross member on an outward side in a vehicle width direction. The front floor frame forms a closed cross section together with the floor panel and is coupled to the end portion of the front cross member on the outward side in the vehicle width direction.

Claims (35)

1. A vehicle body lower structure comprising:

a front cross member that is disposed in front of a battery in a vehicle; and

a rear side frame that is connected to an end portion of the front cross member on an outward side in a vehicle width direction and is disposed on an outward side of the battery in the vehicle width direction,

wherein the vehicle body lower structure comprises:

a floor panel that is disposed in front of the front cross member in the vehicle; and

a front floor frame that forms a closed cross section together with the floor panel and is coupled to the end portion of the front cross member on the outward side in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front cross member comprises

an upper cross member which forms an upper portion of the front cross member, and

a lower cross member which is connected to the upper cross member and forms a lower portion of the front cross member,

wherein the lower cross member comprises

a lower central portion which forms a central portion in the vehicle width direction, and

an extension portion which is connected to an end portion of the lower central portion and forms a lower end portion on the outward side in the vehicle width direction, and

wherein the rear side frame and the front floor frame are coupled to the extension portion.

3. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the front cross member comprises a first closed cross section portion formed to have a closed cross section by an upper cross member which forms an upper portion of the front cross member and a lower cross member which is connected to the upper cross member and forms a lower portion of the front cross member,

wherein the rear side frame comprises a second closed cross section portion which abuts the first closed cross section portion and is formed to have a closed cross section extending in a vehicle forward-rearward direction, and

wherein the front floor frame is connected in a state of being sandwiched between the upper cross member and the lower cross member.

4. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein the front cross member comprises

a cross central portion in which an upper central portion forming a central portion of the upper cross member in the vehicle width direction and the lower central portion are connected to each other, and

a wide width portion in which an upper end portion on the outward side in the vehicle width direction formed in an end portion of the upper central portion and the extension portion are connected to each other, and

wherein the wide width portion comprises an inclined portion which is formed to have a wider longitudinal width in a vehicle forward-rearward direction than a longitudinal width of the cross central portion and is inclined to a rear side of the vehicle from the cross central portion toward the outward side in the vehicle width direction.

5. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein the wide width portion comprises a wide width closed cross section portion which is formed to have a closed cross section inclined to a rear side of the vehicle in a vehicle upward direction in a side view.

6. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein the front floor frame is disposed at a position overlapping the inclined portion in the vehicle width direction when viewed in the vehicle forward-rearward direction.

7. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein the front floor frame is disposed on the outward side of the battery in the vehicle width direction.

8. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 4 ,

wherein the wide width portion comprises a wide width overlapping portion which overlaps the rear side frame in the vehicle width direction and is set to have the widest longitudinal width.

9. The vehicle body lower structure according to claim 2 comprising:

a rear cross member that is disposed behind the battery and is coupled to the rear side frame; and

a battery cover that is connected to the rear cross member and the front cross member and covers an upper portion of the battery,

wherein the battery cover is formed of a metal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: HAYAKAWA, HIROTAKA; CHINO, SHUNGO; NITTA, TAKASHI; KIMURA, KAZUYA; YOSHIOKA, SHUMA
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-155787 · Sep 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230094923A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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