# US 12,594,898 B2 · Vehicle structure with battery > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,594,898 B2 - Document ID: US12594898B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/126,510 - Filed: 2023-03-27 - Published: 2023-10-05 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-31 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa; Tetsuya Sugizaki; Ryo Shinoda; Wataru Yamamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594898B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/04: Arrangement of batteries - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B62D 21/157: {for side impacts} - B62D 25/2027: {the subunits being rear structures} - B60K 2001/0422: {Arrangement under the front seats} - B60K 2001/0433: {Arrangement under the rear seats} - B62D 27/065: {using screwthread (connection of crossbeam to A- pillars B62D25/147; mounting load bearing surfaces B62D21/09; securing mudguards B62D25/163; connections for synthetic parts B62D29/048)} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) ## Abstract A vehicle structure with a battery includes a battery placement portion, a front cross member, a rear cross member, and left and right rear side frames. The front cross member is disposed at a vehicle forward position of the battery placement portion. The rear cross member is disposed at a vehicle rearward position of the battery placement portion. The left and right rear side frames are disposed on left and right outer sides of the battery placement portion. The battery placement portion includes a battery fixation portion that is provided on an outer side in a vehicle width direction and is connected to a battery. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle structure with a battery, comprising: a battery placement portion on which a battery is disposed and which is located below a seat; a front cross member disposed at a vehicle forward position of the battery placement portion; a rear cross member disposed at a vehicle rearward position of the battery placement portion; a vehicle body side frame extending in a vehicle forward/rearward direction on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the battery placement portion, wherein the battery placement portion comprises: a battery fixation portion that is provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction and is connected to the battery, a concave portion which is recessed downward so that the battery is able to be accommodated, and a hollow cross section formed of the battery fixation portion and the concave portion; and a reinforcement patch disposed on a vehicle room outside of the concave portion so that the reinforcement patch and the battery fixation portion overlap in a vehicle top view. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion is surrounded by the front cross member, the rear cross member, and the vehicle body side frame, and wherein the battery fixation portion is disposed in the concave portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 2, wherein the concave portion comprises: a bottom portion disposed below the battery, and a sloped portion which slopes upward from the bottom portion toward an outside in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the battery fixation portion and the reinforcement patch are connected to the concave portion to straddle an intersection of the bottom portion and the sloped portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 3, wherein the sloped portion comprises a convex portion protruding toward an inside of the concave portion, and wherein the battery fixation portion and the reinforcement patch are joined to the convex portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 3, wherein the sloped portion is disposed to be spaced inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle body side frame. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle body side frame comprises an inner sloped portion which slopes inward in the vehicle width direction toward a vehicle rearward direction and is joined to an outer end portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the rear cross member, and wherein the battery fixation portion and the reinforcement patch are disposed on a vehicle forward side with respect to the inner sloped portion and disposed on a further inward side in the vehicle width direction than the outer end portion of the rear cross member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 3, further comprising: a battery tray disposed between the battery and the bottom portion and connected to the battery fixation portion, wherein the battery comprises: a battery main body constituted of a battery cell, and an electrical component connected to the battery main body, and wherein the battery tray supports the battery main body and the electrical component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle structure with a battery according to claim 7, wherein the battery main body is disposed on one side in the vehicle width direction of the concave portion, wherein the electrical component is disposed on another side in the vehicle width direction of the concave portion, and wherein the battery fixation portion is disposed on one end portion in the vehicle width direction of the concave portion.