Vehicle body lower portion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10259506-B2
Application number	US-201715727321-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a vehicle body lower portion structure including: a lower portion framework member, formed in a chamber shape extending in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, including a guide portion at an inner face of a wall portion structuring the chamber shape, and being disposed at a vehicle body lower side; a battery, installed on a battery frame, and is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of the lower portion framework member; and a reinforcing member formed in a chamber shape extending in the vehicle body front-and-rear direction, provided inside a chamber of the lower portion framework member in a state of being supported at the guide portion, and at least a portion of the reinforcing member overlapping with at least one of the battery or the battery frame in a side view seen in a vehicle width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body lower portion structure comprising:
a lower portion framework member formed in a chamber shape and extending in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the lower portion framework member including a guide portion at an inner face of a wall portion structuring the chamber shape, the lower portion framework member being disposed at a vehicle body lower side;
a battery installed on a battery frame, the battery being disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of the lower portion framework member; and
a reinforcing member formed in a chamber shape and extending in the vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the reinforcing member being disposed inside a chamber of the lower portion framework member and supported by the guide portion, and at least a portion of the reinforcing member overlapping with at least one of the battery or the battery frame when viewed from a side view in a vehicle width direction, the reinforcing member including a plurality of partition walls that partition an interior of a chamber of the reinforcing member into a plurality of cavity portions, one cavity portion of the plurality of cavity portions, which is closest to the battery, is smaller than one of the remaining cavity portions of the plurality of cavity portions, wherein:
when viewed from a front view in the vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the reinforcing member is formed in a rectangular shape with a longer side in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the battery frame includes a cross member that partitions the battery into a front battery and a rear battery, the cross member extending in the vehicle width direction; and
when viewed from the side view in the vehicle width direction, at least a portion of the reinforcing member overlaps with the cross member.

3. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the reinforcing member includes a plurality of projection portions at an outer face of a wall portion, the wall portion structuring the chamber shape of the reinforcing member, and
the plurality of projection portions contact the guide portion.

4. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 3 , wherein, when viewed from the front view in the vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the plurality of projection portions are aligned in the vehicle width direction with walls at both vehicle width direction sides of the reinforcing member and at vehicle body vertical direction end portions of the plurality of partition walls.

5. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lower portion framework member and the guide portion are formed integrally.

6. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lower portion framework member includes an upper side chamber portion and a lower side chamber portion; and
at least a portion of the guide portion includes a dividing wall that divides the upper side chamber portion from the lower side chamber portion.

7. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 6 , wherein:
the lower portion framework member includes a middle chamber portion between the upper side chamber portion and the lower side chamber portion, the middle chamber portion including the dividing wall; and
the reinforcing member is provided inside a chamber of the middle chamber portion.

8. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 6 , wherein a maximum width of the upper side chamber portion in the vehicle width direction is shorter than a length of the reinforcing member in the vehicle width direction.

9. The vehicle body lower portion structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lower portion framework member includes:
a rocker extending in the vehicle body front-and-rear direction; and
an energy absorbing member formed in a chamber shape and extending in the vehicle body front-and-rear 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

• B62D25/2036

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

• B62D25/20 Primary

  Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D21/15

  having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body (bumpers B60R19/02; shock absorbers in general F16F) · CPC title