Vehicle battery mounting structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9956859-B2
Application number	US-201414566269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2014
Priority date	Dec 25, 2013
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle battery mounting structure includes a battery frame that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel, and is made from resin; a ductile member that includes a main body joined to the battery frame and a flange contiguously formed at a vehicle width direction outside end of the main body, the flange having a hole, and the ductile member being fastened to a lower face of the floor panel using a fastener inserted through the hole; and a fastening portion that is formed in a region including the hole, having a substantially hat shaped cross-section profile projecting toward a vehicle upper side and having ridge lines on vehicle front-rear direction sides of the region, and the ridge lines being formed with curved or bent shape toward directions heading away from the hole on progression toward a vehicle width direction inside in plan view.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle battery mounting structure comprising:
a battery frame that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel, supports a battery, and is made from resin;
a ductile member that comprises a main body joined to the battery frame and a flange contiguously formed at a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the main body, the flange having a hole, and the ductile member being fastened and fixed to a lower face of the floor panel by a fastener inserted through the hole of the flange; and
a fastening portion that is formed in a region including the hole of the flange, the region having a substantially hat shaped cross-section profile projecting toward a vehicle upper side from recessed portions and the region having ridge lines adjacent to the hole and between the fastening portion and the recessed portions at both vehicle front-rear direction sides of the hole, the ridge lines extending along a vehicle width direction and having a curved or bent shape at vehicle width direction inner sides thereof, the ridge lines bending toward directions heading away from the hole adjacent to the ridge lines in plan view.

2. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein when a tangent is set to a vehicle width direction outside edge of the hole in plan view, a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the curved or bent shape of the ridge lines of the fastening portion is formed further inside in the vehicle width direction than the tangent.

3. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein when a straight line is set that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and passes through a center of the hole in plan view, a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the curved or bent shape of the ridge lines of the fastening portion is formed further inside in the vehicle width direction than the straight line.

4. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the ridge lines bend toward directions heading away from the hole and toward the vehicle front-rear direction in plan view.

5. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the ductile member is formed from a high tensile steel plate or an extra-high tensile steel plate.

6. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the ductile member further comprises an inclined portion that extends from a vehicle width direction upper outside toward a vehicle width direction lower inside, the inclined portion being formed at a main body side of the ductile member and at a vehicle width direction outside of the battery frame.

7. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein
the fastening portion comprises at least a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion that are adjacent in a vehicle front-rear direction, and
one of the ridge lines of the first fastening portion is mutually connected to one of the ridge lines of the second fastening portion.

8. The vehicle battery mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein when a tangent is set to a vehicle width direction inside edge of the hole along a vehicle front-rear direction in plan view, the curved or bent shape of the ridge lines of the fastening portion is formed at a position intersecting with the tangent, the vehicle front-rear direction being perpendicular to the vehicle width direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Koki
• Hokazono Kiyoshi
• Kamimura Shinya
• Nakamura Kentaro

Classifications

• H01M50/224

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/227

  Organic material · 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

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• H01M2250/20

  Fuel cells in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title