Body of electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11433949-B2
Application number	US-202017031901-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2020
Priority date	Sep 26, 2019
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A body of an electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; a pair of rockers extending along both side edges of the floor panel, respectively; an indoor floor crossmember protruding upward from the floor panel and connecting the rockers to each other; an outdoor floor crossmember protruding downward from the floor panel, connecting the rockers to each other, and located rearward of the indoor floor crossmember; and a battery case located below the floor panel and housing a battery configured to supply power to a traction motor. The battery case may extend from a position located frontward of the indoor floor crossmember to a position that is located rearward of the indoor floor crossmember and frontward of the outdoor floor crossmember.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A body of an electric vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel;
a pair of rockers extending along both side edges of the floor panel, respectively;
an indoor floor crossmember protruding upward from the floor panel and connecting the rockers to each other;
an outdoor floor crossmember protruding downward from the floor panel, wherein the outdoor floor crossmember directly connects to each of the rockers, and is located rearward of the indoor floor crossmember; and
a battery case located below the floor panel and housing a battery configured to supply power to a traction motor,
wherein
the battery case extends from a position located frontward of the indoor floor crossmember to a position that is located rearward of the indoor floor crossmember and frontward of the outdoor floor crossmember.

2. The body of claim 1 , further comprising:
a rear side member protruding downward from the floor panel, joined to the outdoor floor crossmember, and extending rearward from the outdoor floor crossmember along one of the side edges of the floor panel; and
a reinforcement joined to the indoor floor crossmember, extending from the indoor floor crossmember to a position above the rear side member, and joined to the floor panel at the position above the rear side member.

3. The body of claim 2 , wherein
the reinforcement comprises:
a plurality of high rigidity portions arranged along a right-left direction at intervals and extending along a front-rear direction; and
a low rigidity portion located between the high rigidity portions.

4. The body of claim 2 , wherein
the floor panel comprises a first inclined portion, the first inclined portion extending so as to shift upward toward a rear end of the electric vehicle in a range rearward of the outdoor floor crossmember, and
the rear side member comprises a second inclined portion, the second inclined portion extending so as to shift upward toward the rear end of the electric vehicle along the first inclined portion.

5. The body of claim 4 , wherein
the floor panel further comprises a horizontal portion located rearward of the first inclined portion and extending horizontally, and
the reinforcement extends to a position above the horizontal portion.

6. The body of claim 2 , further comprising:
a rear wheel house panel located rearward of the outdoor floor crossmember and joined to one of the side edges of the floor panel; and
a rear floor crossmember protruding upward from the floor panel, extending along the left-right direction, and joined to the rear wheel house panel,
wherein the reinforcement extends to a position rearward of the rear floor crossmember.

7. The body of claim 6 , wherein the reinforcement is joined to the rear wheel house panel.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Okamura Junya
• Kimura Ryo

Classifications

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• B62D25/2036 Primary

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

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B60K1/04

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B62D25/2027

  the subunits being rear structures · CPC title