Battery pack arrangement structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11685249-B2
Application number	US-201917271335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2019
Priority date	Aug 28, 2018
Publication date	Jun 27, 2023
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023

Abstract

In this battery pack arrangement structure, since a case main body of a battery case is made of a metal by die-casting, not only is it possible to reduce the number of components and the weight by forming, integrally with the case main body, a cross member protruding upward from a case bottom wall and extending in the vehicle width direction and a second fixing portion protruding outward in the vehicle width direction from a case side wall, but it is also possible to enhance the side collision resistance by increasing the strength of the case main body including the cross member and the second fixing portion. Moreover, since the second fixing portion protruding outward in the vehicle width direction from the case side wall is fixed to a floor frame, due to the collision load of a side collision being directly transmitted from the floor frame to the cross member of the case main body and supported, it is possible to ensure the side collision resistance even when the strength of the floor frame is decreased so as to lighten the weight.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack arrangement structure in which a battery pack housing a drive-use battery for driving an electric vehicle in an interior of a case main body and a cover is disposed in a lower part of a vehicle body,
wherein the vehicle body comprises left and right floor frames extending in a fore-and-aft direction, and a front-side first floor cross member and rear-side second floor cross member connecting the left and right floor frames in a vehicle width direction,
the case main body is made of a metal by die-casting and has a cross member formed integrally therewith, the cross member protruding upward from a case bottom wall and extending in the vehicle width direction, a first fixing portion provided on the cross member is fixed to the second floor cross member, a second fixing portion protruding outward in the vehicle width direction from the case side wall and fixed to the floor frame is formed integrally with the case main body, and
a recess portion recessed toward the cross member is formed in the cover, the recess portion and the second floor cross member at least partially overlapping one another when viewed in an up-and-down direction.

2. The battery pack arrangement structure according to claim 1 , wherein a raised portion covering an electrical component disposed in an upper part of the drive-use battery protrudes upward from the cover, and the raised portion is disposed between the first floor cross member and the second floor cross member.

3. The battery pack arrangement structure according to claim 1 , wherein the case rear wall is positioned further forward than a front end part of the fuel tank or a front end part of a rear subframe.

4. The battery pack arrangement structure according to claim 1 , wherein a downwardly opening space is formed in an outer face of the case side wall by means of the pair of front and rear second fixing portions and a linking wall having an L-shaped cross section extending along the case side wall so as to link the second fixing portions.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohkuma Kanae
• Lang Christopher

Classifications

• B60L50/64

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

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · 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

• B60K6/40

  characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components · CPC title

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title