Motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10207574-B2
Application number	US-201715798735-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Priority date	Jan 20, 2017
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes side sills that are disposed in pairs on the right and left sides of the motor vehicle and that has bag-shaped cross-sections when viewed from the front of the motor vehicle and a floor panel that constitutes bottoms of at least a passenger compartment and that is coupled to the side sills. The motor vehicle further includes a battery panel that is disposed below the floor panel so as to support batteries and that is coupled to the side sills and a battery movement allowance mechanism that allows movement of the batteries toward the inside of the side sills when the batteries are moved to one side in a vehicle-width direction and, consequently, a load from the batteries is applied to the side sills.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle comprising:
side sills that are disposed on respective right and left sides of the motor vehicle and that each have a bag-shaped cross-section when viewed from the front of the motor vehicle;
a floor panel that constitutes a bottom of at least a passenger compartment and that is coupled to the side sills;
a battery panel that is disposed below the floor panel and coupled to the side sills, the battery panel supporting batteries; and
a battery movement allowance mechanism that allows movement of the batteries toward the inside of a receiving side sill at the time of a load being applied when the batteries are moved to one side in a vehicle-width direction and, consequently, a load from the batteries is applied to the receiving side sill,
wherein each of the side sills comprises an outer panel disposed on the outer side thereof in the vehicle-width direction and an inner panel that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle-width direction and that forms the bag-shaped cross-section together with the outer panel; and
wherein the inner panel comprises an upper panel and a lower panel that are able to separate from each other at the time of the load being applied.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first inner flange that is formed at the lower end of the upper panel and that extends toward the inner side in the vehicle-width direction;
a second inner flange that is formed at the upper end of the lower panel and that extends toward the inner side in the vehicle-width direction; and
a fastening portion at which the first inner flange and the second inner flange are fastened.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the fastening portion is a portion at which the floor panel is fastened together with the first inner flange and the second inner flange.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises a bellows-shaped portion that comes into contact with the batteries at the time of the load being applied.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises a bellows-shaped portion that comes into contact with the batteries at the time of the load being applied.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises a bellows-shaped portion that comes into contact with the batteries at the time of the load being applied.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises a linear thin-wall portion or a hole and, the inner panel being configured at the time of the load being applied, to break, with the thin-wall portion or the hole at a starting point.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises a linear thin-wall portion or a hole and, the inner panel being configured at the time of the load being applied, to break, with the thin-wall portion or the hole at a starting point.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises a linear thin-wall portion or a hole and, the inner panel being configured at the time of the load being applied, to break, with the thin-wall portion or the hole at a starting point.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a stay that secures the batteries and extends in the vehicle-width direction, the stay being configured, at the time of the load being applied, to deform the inner side in the vehicle-width direction of the side sills.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a stay that secures the batteries and extends in the vehicle-width direction, the stay being configured, at the time of the load being applied, to deform the inner side in the vehicle-width direction of the side sills.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a stay that secures the batteries and extends in the vehicle-width direction, the stay being configured, at the time of the load being applied, to deform the inner side in the vehicle-width direction of the side sills.

13. A motor vehicle comprising:
side sills that are disposed on respective right and left sides of the motor vehicle and that each have a bag-shaped cross-section when viewed from the front of the motor vehicle;
a floor panel that constitutes a bottom of at least a passenger compartment and that is coupled to the side sills;
a battery panel that is disposed below the floor panel and coupled to the side sills, the battery panel supporting batteries; and
a battery movement allowance mechanism that allows movement of the batteries toward the inside of a receiving side sill at the time of a load being applied when the batteries are moved to one side in a vehicle-width direction and, consequently, a load from the batteries is applied to the receiving side sill,
wherein each of the side sills comprises an outer panel disposed on the outer side thereof in the vehicle-width direction and an inner panel that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle-width direction and that forms the bag-shaped cross-section together with the outer panel; and
wherein the inner panel comprises a bellows-shaped portion that comes into contact with the batteries at the time of the load being applied.

14. A motor vehicle comprising:
side sills that are disposed on respective right and left sides of the motor vehicle and that each have a bag-shaped cross-section when viewed from the front of the motor vehicle;
a floor panel that constitutes a bottom of at least a passenger compartment and that is coupled to the side sills;
a battery panel that is disposed below the floor panel and coupled to the side sills, the battery panel supporting batteries; and
a battery movement allowance mechanism that allows movement of the batteries toward the inside of a receiving side sill at the time of a load being applied when the batteries are moved to one side in a vehicle-width direction and, consequently, a load from the batteries is applied to the receiving side sill;
wherein each of the side sills comprises an outer panel disposed on the outer side thereof in the vehicle-width direction and an inner panel that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle-width direction and that forms the bag-shaped cross-section together with the outer panel; and
wherein the inner panel comprises a linear thin-wall portion or a hole and, the inner panel being configured at the time of the load being applied, to break, with the thin-wall portion or the hole at a starting point.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 14 ,
wherein the inner panel comprises the linear thin-walled portion.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the inner panel comprises the hole.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Ozawa Hiroshi
• Onodera Yu
• Sato Keita

Classifications

• B62D27/065

  using screwthread (connection of crossbeam to A- pillars B62D25/147; mounting load bearing surfaces B62D21/09; securing mudguards B62D25/163; connections for synthetic parts B62D29/048) · CPC title

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B62D25/2036

  the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars (B62D21/157 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R16/04

  Arrangement of batteries · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title