Vehicle substructure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021101464-A1
Application number	US-202017062818-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 5, 2020
Priority date	Oct 3, 2019
Publication date	Apr 8, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle substructure prevents a side sill, when a load is inputted, from being turned. The vehicle substructure includes a battery case having a battery housed therein. The battery case includes a bottomed case pan having an opening at a top thereof, and a case cover to close the opening of the case pan. The case cover vertically has a top plate at a top, a bottom plate at a bottom, and partitions disposed between the top and bottom plates to couple the top plate with the bottom plate and linearly extending in a vehicle width direction so as to be substantially in parallel to each other. Both ends in the vehicle width direction of the case cover are connected to a pair of right and left side sills disposed on both the right and left sides in the vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle substructure comprising a battery case having a battery housed therein,
wherein the battery case includes a bottomed case pan having an opening at a top thereof, and a case cover to close the opening of the case pan, wherein the case cover vertically has a top plate located at a top thereof, a bottom plate located at a bottom thereof, and partitions disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate to couple the top plate with the bottom plate and linearly extending in a vehicle width direction so as to be substantially in parallel to each other, and both ends in the vehicle width direction of the case cover are connected to a pair of right and left side sills disposed on both a right side and a left side in the vehicle width direction of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction.

2 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the case cover is formed by extrusion molding.

3 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a floor panel is arranged on the case cover and the floor panel is provided with panel openings at portions thereof vertically overlapping with the case cover.

4 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:
a pair of right and left seat frames, adjacent to the side sills and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the seat frames each have a vertical cross section in a substantially L-shape to include a horizontal plate extending substantially horizontally, and a vertical wall curved at an inner end in the vehicle width direction of the horizontal plate and extending downward, wherein an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the horizontal plate is joined to the side sill and a lower end of the vertical wall is joined to a top surface of the floor panel.

5 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a distance between the partitions adjacent in the vehicle front-rear direction to each other varies in the vehicle front-rear direction.

6 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a top surface of the case cover is flat at edges in the vehicle front-rear direction and edges in the vehicle width direction.

7 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the case cover has cross bars, extending in the vehicle width direction, fixed to an undersurface thereof at predetermined intervals in the vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the cross bars are provided therein with thread holes, and the battery is provided at a top thereof with the mounting portions protruding in the vehicle front-rear direction and having bolt insertion holes.

8 . The vehicle substructure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the case cover is provided at a rear end thereof with fixed points to be fixed to a rear vehicle body as a vehicle body member, wherein the fixed points include embracing fixed points arranged so as to embrace input points of a rear collision load.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsushima Yuki
• SAKURADA Chihiro
• Takahashi Koichi
• Okamoto Yusuke

Classifications

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B62D21/15 Primary

  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

• B62D25/2036 Primary

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