Vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoshi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Ito, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Tohru Ono, Masaru Shibasawa
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure comprises a front floor under which a fuel cell stack case accommodating a fuel cell stack is disposed, and side sills and floor frames which extend along the sides of the vehicle, and on which a sub-frame having a fuel tank is installed. The front face of the sub-frame and the rear face of the fuel cell stack case are formed to be flat and oppose each other. According to the vehicle body structure, safety of the fuel tank against collision is greatly improved without a great increase in vehicle weight.
Claims1
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a front floor under which a fuel cell stack case accommodating a fuel cell stack is disposed;
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- side sills and floor frames which extend along the sides of the vehicle, and on which a sub-frame having a fuel tank is installed, wherein
- the front face of the sub-frame and the rear face of the fuel cell stack case are formed to be flat and oppose each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.