Battery case fixing structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11034248-B2
Application number	US-201916527031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2019
Priority date	Aug 28, 2018
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

In a battery case fixing structure, a case side wall, facing outward in a vehicle width direction, of a battery case includes at least two fixing portions that project outward in the vehicle width direction and are fixed to a vehicle body, and a linking wall that is formed as a planar shape opposing the case side wall and links the at least two fixing portions in a fore-and-aft direction, the fixing portions and the linking wall being formed integrally with the battery case. Accordingly, it is possible to enhance the side collision resistance performance by increasing the strength of a battery case of an electric vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery case fixing structure via which a battery case housing a battery for driving an electric vehicle is fixed to a lower part of a vehicle body,
wherein a case side wall, facing outward in a vehicle width direction, of the battery case comprises at least two fixing portions that project outward in the vehicle width direction and are fixed to the vehicle body, and a linking wall that is formed as a planar shape opposing the case side wall and links said at least two fixing portions in a fore-and-aft direction, the fixing portions and the linking wall being formed integrally with the battery case by metal die-casting, and
wherein the linking wall extends between lateral outer ends of the fixing portions in the fore-and-aft direction while being distanced from the case side wall in the vehicle width direction.

2. The battery case fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the battery case comprises, between the two fixing portions, a rib that links the case side wall and the linking wall in the vehicle width direction.

3. The battery case fixing structure according to claim 2 , wherein the fixing portion is fixed to a floor frame extending in the fore-and-aft direction, and the lateral outer end in the vehicle width direction of the fixing portion is positioned further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the floor frame.

4. The battery case fixing structure according to claim 2 , wherein the rib does not extend below the linking wall.

5. The battery case fixing structure according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of the ribs are provided so as to be distanced from each other in the fore-and-aft direction.

6. The battery case fixing structure according to claim 5 , wherein the ribs do not extend below the linking wall.

7. The battery case fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing portion is fixed to a floor frame extending in the fore-and-aft direction, and the lateral outer end in the vehicle width direction of the fixing portion is positioned further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the floor frame.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohkuma Kanae

Classifications

• B60L50/64

  Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• H01M50/262

  with fastening means, e.g. locks · CPC title

• H01M50/249

  specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) · CPC title

• H01M50/224

  Metals · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title