US 2013/0126255 A1Published application

Vehicle battery mounting structure

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKoji SAEKI

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Abstract

An vehicle battery mounting structure includes a first frame member, a battery unit, a coupling portion, and a brittle portion. The first frame member supports a vehicle floor and includes a front portion, an inclined portion and a rear portion. The inclined portion extends rearward from a rear end of the front portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and upward from the rear end in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The battery unit is disposed under the vehicle floor. The coupling portion couples the battery unit to the inclined portion or a second frame member connected to the inclined portion. The brittle portion is provided at the coupling portion and releases the inclined portion or the second frame member from a connection with the battery unit when a forward load is applied to the coupling portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An vehicle battery mounting structure comprising:

a first frame member that supports a vehicle floor and includes a front portion, an inclined portion and a rear portion, the front portion extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the inclined portion extending rearward from a rear end of the front portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and upward from the rear end of the front portion in a vertical direction of the vehicle, the rear portion extending rearward from a rear end of the inclined portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle;
a battery unit disposed under the vehicle floor in the vertical direction of the vehicle;
a coupling portion that couples, to the battery unit, the inclined portion or a second frame member connected to the inclined portion;
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a brittle portion that is provided at the coupling portion and releases the inclined portion or the second frame member from a connection with the battery unit when a forward load in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is applied to the coupling portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/683,193Filed 21 Nov 2012
Priority: JP 2011-25532022 Nov 2011
Published: 23 May 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

B60K 1/04
Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units: of the electric storage means for propulsion
B60R 16/04
Electric constitutive elements: arrangement of batteries
B62D 21/152
Having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body: front…
H01M 50/244
Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders:…