Battery frame and vehicle battery mounting structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758029-B2
Application number	US-201415103101-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2014
Priority date	Dec 25, 2013
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A battery frame including: a battery frame main body made of resin that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel and that supports a battery; and a ductile member made of metal that is integrally provided to the battery frame main body, that is fastened and fixed to a lower face side of the floor panel, and to which the battery is fastened and fixed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery frame comprising:
a battery frame main body made of resin, the battery frame main body being disposed at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel, the battery frame main body supporting a battery, the battery frame main body forming a multi-layer structure including: (i) an upper frame forming an apex portion, (ii) a lower frame forming a bottom portion, and (iii) an intermediate member provided between the upper frame and the lower frame, the intermediate member being fastened to an upper face of the lower frame and being fastened to lower face of the upper frame; and
a ductile member made of metal, the ductile member being integrally connected to the battery frame main body by being fastened and fixed to a lower face side of the floor panel, the battery being fastened and fixed to the ductile member, the ductile member being formed in a ring shape surrounding at least the intermediate member.

2. The battery frame of claim 1 , wherein the ductile member is formed in a ring shape surrounding at least part of the battery frame main body.

3. The battery frame of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate member is formed with an undulating shaped cross-section as viewed from a vehicle width direction.

4. The battery frame of claim of 1 , wherein a cross member extending along a vehicle width direction of the ductile member is formed with a substantially hat shaped cross-section.

5. The battery frame of claim of claim 1 , wherein a fastening portion of the ductile member is formed by an inside fastening portion jutting outward towards the battery frame main body side in a plan view, the battery portion being fastened and fixed to the fastening portion.

6. The battery frame of claim of claim 1 , wherein a fastening portion of the ductile member is formed by an outside fastening portion jutting outward towards an opposite side to the battery frame main body side in a plan view, the battery portion being fastened and fixed to the fastening portion.

7. The battery frame of claim of claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of fastening portions are provided to the ductile member, the battery portion being fastened and fixed to the fastening portions;
at least one of the fastening portions is formed by an inside fastening portion jutting outward towards the battery frame main body side in a plan view; and
at least one of a remaining fastening portions is formed by an outside fastening portion jutting outward towards an opposite side to the battery frame main body side in the plan view.

8. The battery frame of claim of claim 1 , wherein:
the ductile member includes an upper portion ductile member and a lower portion ductile member; and
a flange portion configured by superimposing part of the upper portion ductile member and part of the lower portion ductile member on each other is fastened and fixed to the lower face side of the floor panel.

9. The battery frame of claim of claim 1 , wherein:
the battery frame main body is molded in a fiber reinforced plastic material; and
the ductile member is formed of steel sheet.

10. A vehicle battery mounting structure comprising:
the battery frame of claim 1 ;
a battery fastened and fixed to the ductile member of the battery frame; and
a floor panel having a lower face side fastened and fixed to the ductile member of the battery frame.

11. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 10 , wherein an energy absorption member is disposed at a vehicle width direction outside of the battery frame.

12. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 11 , wherein the energy absorption member includes:
an inner member including a protruding portion, the inner member being disposed at the vehicle width direction inside and projecting outward towards the vehicle width direction outside; and
an outer member, the outer member being disposed at the vehicle width direction outside of the inner member and including an indented portion admitting the protruding portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hokazono Kiyoshi
• Ikeda Koki
• Kamimura Shinya

Classifications

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60Y2306/01

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

• B62D21/157

  for side impacts · CPC title

• B62D25/2036

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

• B62D29/005

  preformed metal and synthetic material elements being joined together, e.g. by adhesives · CPC title