IP Library Granted Patent US 12,583,521
Granted Patent B2
US 12,583,521 · App. 18/038,873 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Automobile underbody structure

Inventors: Yutaka Mikazuki (Tokyo, JP); Yoshimitsu Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Yasunori Ito (Tokyo, JP); Atsushi Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
B62D21/152B60R19/18B62D21/157B62D25/025B60R2019/1806
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,583,521
App. No.
18/038,873
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automobile underbody structure includes: a plurality of first frame parts; a second frame part; and an impact absorbing member, wherein: the second frame part has a first wall portion and a second wall; the impact absorbing member includes a first beam portion, a second beam portion, and a corrugated plate portion; the corrugated plate portion includes a first diagonal portion, a second diagonal portion, a first top portion, and a second top portion; and the corrugated plate portion is provided in at least respective regions, in the second frame part, to which the two adjacent first frame parts are connected.

Claims (25)

1 . An automobile underbody structure comprising:

a plurality of spaced first frame parts;

a second frame part having a hollow portion extending so that an axial direction of the first frame part is a normal direction when seen from a vehicle height direction; and

an impact absorbing member disposed in the hollow portion of the second frame part, wherein:

the second frame part has a first wall portion and a second wall portion facing the first wall portion;

the first wall portion is connected to vehicle-exterior end faces of the first frame parts in the axial direction;

the impact absorbing member includes:

a first beam portion extending along an axial direction of the second frame part;

a second beam portion facing the first beam portion; and

a corrugated plate portion connected to the first beam portion and the second beam portion between the first beam portion and the second beam portion, wherein:

the first beam portion is connected to the first wall portion of the second frame part;

the second beam portion is connected to the second wall portion of the second frame part;

the corrugated plate portion includes:

a first diagonal portion extending in a direction from the second beam portion toward the first beam portion;

a second diagonal portion extending in a direction from the first beam portion toward the second beam portion;

a first top portion which is a connection portion of the first diagonal portion and the second diagonal portion on the first beam portion side; and

a second top portion which is a connection portion of the first diagonal portion and the second diagonal portion on the second beam portion side; and

the corrugated plate portion is provided in at least respective regions, in the second frame part, to which the two adjacent first frame parts are connected,

wherein the impact absorbing member includes a plurality of the corrugated plate portions, and

wherein:

the respective corrugated plate portions are spaced along an extending direction of the impact absorbing member; and

the first top portion of the corrugated plate portion is not positioned in a region between the two adjacent first frame parts.

2 . The automobile underbody structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first top portions and the second top portions are at five points or more in total.

3 . The automobile underbody structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame part is a side sill.

4 . The automobile underbody structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame part is a bumper beam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: MIKAZUKI, YUTAKA; YAMAZAKI, YOSHIMITSU; ITO, YASUNORI; YAMAZAKI, ATSUSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063976/0335 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-199652 · Dec 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240025480A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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