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US 10,946,904 B2Granted
Vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Kato, Satoru Kawabe, Ken Yasui
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Abstract
In a vehicle body structure including a pair of side sills (2) and a battery case (51) joined to the side sills via respective brackets (56), each side sill includes an outer panel (21), an inner panel (22) defining a closed cross section structure jointly with the outer panel, a first stiffener (25) extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel, and a second stiffener (26) formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener.
Claims14
A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a pair of side sills extending in a fore and aft direction along either lower side part of a vehicle body;
- a pair of brackets joined to inboard sides of the respective side sills;
- and
- a battery case joined to the brackets and receiving a battery pack therein;
- wherein each side sill includes:
- an outer panel formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in an inboard direction;
- an inner panel formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in an outboard direction, the outer panel and the inner panel being joined to each other at upper and lower edges thereof;
- a first stiffener extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel;
- and
- a second stiffener formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener,
- wherein the second stiffener includes a second stiffener lower wall extending in the outboard direction from the upper edge of the lower edge of the second stiffener, and a second stiffener upper wall extending in the outboard direction from the upper edge of the second stiffener, and the second stiffener lower wall and the second stiffener upper wall are formed with at least one bending portion bent inward of the channel shape defined by the second stiffener.
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A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a pair of side sills extending in a fore and aft direction along either lower side part of a vehicle body;
- a pair of brackets joined to inboard sides of the respective side sills;
- and
- a battery case joined to the brackets and receiving a battery pack therein;
- wherein each side sill includes:
- an outer panel formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in an inboard direction;
- an inner panel formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in an outboard direction, the outer panel and the inner panel being joined to each other at upper and lower edges thereof;
- a first stiffener extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel;
- and
- a second stiffener formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener,
- wherein the inner panel includes an inner lower wall extending transversely, and the inner lower wall is provided with a plurality of beads each extending in a transverse direction.
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A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a pair of side sills extending in a fore and aft direction along either lower side part of a vehicle body;
- a pair of brackets joined to inboard sides of the respective side sills;
- and
- a battery case joined to the brackets and receiving a battery pack therein;
- wherein each side sill includes:
- an outer panel formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in an inboard direction;
- an inner panel formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in an outboard direction, the outer panel and the inner panel being joined to each other at upper and lower edges thereof;
- a first stiffener extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the outer panel and the inner panel and having a lower edge joined to the lower edges of the outer panel and the inner panel;
- and
- a second stiffener formed as a channel member extending in the fore and aft direction and having an open side facing in the inboard direction, the second stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge attached to an outboard side of the first stiffener,
- wherein the inner panel includes an inner lower wall extending transversely, an inner vertical wall extending upward from an inboard edge of the inner lower wall, an inner upper wall extending in the outboard direction from an upper edge of the inner vertical wall, and
- wherein the vehicle body structure further comprises a third stiffener extending in the fore and aft direction in a space defined between the inner lower wall and the inner upper wall, and in a transverse direction to have an outboard edge joined to the first stiffener and an inboard edge joined to the inner vertical wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.