Vehicle body lower portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220882-B2
Application number	US-201715730087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle body lower portion structure includes: a lower frame member formed as a chamber that extends in a vehicle body longitudinal direction, having a guide portion at inner surfaces of wall portions that structure the chamber, the lower frame member being disposed at a vehicle body lower side; and a reinforcing member formed as a second chamber that extends in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, having a plurality of projections at outer surfaces of wall portions that structure the second chamber, the reinforcing member being provided within the chamber of the lower frame member in a state in which the plurality of projections are made to contact the guide portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body lower portion structure comprising:
a lower frame member formed as a chamber that extends in a vehicle body longitudinal direction, having a guide portion at inner surfaces of wall portions that structure the chamber, the lower frame member being disposed at a vehicle body lower side; and
a reinforcing member formed as a second chamber that extends in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, having a plurality of projections at outer surfaces of wall portions that structure the second chamber, the reinforcing member being provided within the chamber of the lower frame member in a state in which the plurality of projections are made to contact the guide portion.

2. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 1 , wherein:
a battery installed on a battery frame is configured to be disposed at a vehicle transverse direction inner side of the lower frame member, and
in a side view seen in a vehicle transverse direction, at least a portion of the reinforcing member overlaps with the battery or the battery frame.

3. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 2 , wherein:
the battery frame has a cross member that extends in the vehicle transverse direction, the battery being sectioned into front and rear portions by the cross member, and
at least a portion of the reinforcing member is configured to overlap with the cross member in the side view seen in the vehicle transverse direction.

4. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 1 , wherein, in a front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the reinforcing member is formed in a rectangular shape, a length direction of the reinforcing member is along a vehicle transverse direction, and the reinforcing member has one or more sectioning walls that section an interior of the second chamber of the reinforcing member into plural spaces.

5. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 2 , wherein, in a front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the reinforcing member is formed in a rectangular shape, a length direction of the reinforcing member is along a vehicle transverse direction, and the reinforcing member has one or more sectioning walls that section an interior of the second chamber of the reinforcing member into plural spaces.

6. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 3 , wherein, in a front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the reinforcing member is formed in a rectangular shape, a length direction of the reinforcing member is along a vehicle transverse direction, and the reinforcing member has one or more sectioning walls that section an interior of the second chamber of the reinforcing member into plural spaces.

7. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 4 , wherein, in the front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the plurality of projections are formed at same positions in the vehicle transverse direction as positions at which vehicle transverse direction side walls of the reinforcing member and vehicle body vertical direction end portions of the one or more sectioning walls are located.

8. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 5 , wherein, in the front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the plurality of projections are formed at same positions in the vehicle transverse direction as positions at which vehicle transverse direction side walls of the reinforcing member and vehicle body vertical direction end portions of the one or more sectioning walls are located.

9. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 6 , wherein, in the front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the plurality of projections are formed at same positions in the vehicle transverse direction as positions at which vehicle transverse direction side walls of the reinforcing member and vehicle body vertical direction end portions of the one or more sectioning walls are located.

10. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 4 , wherein, in the front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, at least a vehicle transverse direction innermost space among a plurality of spaces that are sectioned by the one or more sectioning walls is made to be smallest among the plurality of spaces.

11. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 5 , wherein, in the front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, at least a vehicle transverse direction innermost space among a plurality of spaces that are sectioned by the one or more sectioning walls is made to be smallest among the plurality of spaces.

12. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 6 , wherein, in the front view seen in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, at least a vehicle transverse direction innermost space among a plurality of spaces that are sectioned by the one or more sectioning walls is made to be smallest among the plurality of spaces.

13. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the lower frame member and the guide portion are formed integrally.

14. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the lower frame member has an upper side chamber portion and a lower side chamber portion, and
at least a portion of the guide portion is structured by a partitioning wall that partitions the upper side chamber portion and the lower side chamber portion.

15. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 14 , wherein:
the lower frame member has, between the upper side chamber portion and the lower side chamber portion, an intermediate chamber portion that is structured to include the partitioning wall, and
the reinforcing member is provided within a third chamber at the intermediate chamber portion.

16. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 14 , wherein a maximum width of the upper side chamber portion in a vehicle transverse direction is shorter than a length of the reinforcing member in the vehicle transverse direction.

17. The vehicle body lower portion structure of claim 1 , wherein the lower frame member is structured by a rocker that extends in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, and by an energy absorbing member that is formed as a fourth chamber that extends in the vehicle body longitudinal direction, the energy absorbing member being disposed at a vehicle body lower side of the rocker.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ayukawa Tatsuya

Classifications

• B62D29/008

  predominantly of light alloys, e.g. extruded · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D25/2036

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

• B62D21/152 Primary

  Front or rear frames · CPC title

• B62D21/155 Primary

  Sub-frames or underguards · CPC title