Granted Patent B2

US 12,594,898 · App. 18/126,510 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Sugizaki (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Shinoda (Tokyo, JP); Wataru Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

B60R16/04B60K1/04B62D21/157B60K2001/0422B60K2001/0433

Abstract

Claims (35)

1 . A vehicle structure with a battery, comprising:

a battery placement portion on which a battery is disposed and which is located below a seat;

a front cross member disposed at a vehicle forward position of the battery placement portion;

a rear cross member disposed at a vehicle rearward position of the battery placement portion;

a vehicle body side frame extending in a vehicle forward/rearward direction on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the battery placement portion,

wherein the battery placement portion comprises:

a battery fixation portion that is provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction and is connected to the battery,

a concave portion which is recessed downward so that the battery is able to be accommodated, and

a hollow cross section formed of the battery fixation portion and the concave portion; and

a reinforcement patch disposed on a vehicle room outside of the concave portion so that the reinforcement patch and the battery fixation portion overlap in a vehicle top view.

2 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concave portion is surrounded by the front cross member, the rear cross member, and the vehicle body side frame, and

wherein the battery fixation portion is disposed in the concave portion.

3 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 2 ,

wherein the concave portion comprises:

a bottom portion disposed below the battery, and

a sloped portion which slopes upward from the bottom portion toward an outside in the vehicle width direction, and

wherein the battery fixation portion and the reinforcement patch are connected to the concave portion to straddle an intersection of the bottom portion and the sloped portion.

4 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 3 ,

wherein the sloped portion comprises a convex portion protruding toward an inside of the concave portion, and

wherein the battery fixation portion and the reinforcement patch are joined to the convex portion.

5 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 3 , wherein the sloped portion is disposed to be spaced inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle body side frame.

6 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 2 ,

wherein the vehicle body side frame comprises an inner sloped portion which slopes inward in the vehicle width direction toward a vehicle rearward direction and is joined to an outer end portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the rear cross member, and

wherein the battery fixation portion and the reinforcement patch are disposed on a vehicle forward side with respect to the inner sloped portion and disposed on a further inward side in the vehicle width direction than the outer end portion of the rear cross member.

7 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a battery tray disposed between the battery and the bottom portion and connected to the battery fixation portion,

wherein the battery comprises:

a battery main body constituted of a battery cell, and

an electrical component connected to the battery main body, and

wherein the battery tray supports the battery main body and the electrical component.

8 . The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 7 ,

wherein the battery main body is disposed on one side in the vehicle width direction of the concave portion,

wherein the electrical component is disposed on another side in the vehicle width direction of the concave portion, and

wherein the battery fixation portion is disposed on one end portion in the vehicle width direction of the concave portion.

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