Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuta NAGASAKI
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a floor panel, a battery, a rocker, a torque box, and a front side member. The torque box extends inward in the vehicle width direction from a front end of the rocker along a front edge of the floor panel. The torque box includes a front wall and a rear wall that face each other in the vehicle length direction. The front wall and the rear wall define an internal space extending in the vehicle width direction. The front side member extends forward in the vehicle length direction from the torque box, and includes a proximal end portion at a rear end of the front side member. The proximal end portion is located in the internal space of the torque box, and is joined to an inner surface of the torque box in the internal space.
Claims5
A vehicle comprising:
- a floor panel;
- a battery located under the floor panel;
- a rocker extending in a vehicle length direction along a side edge of the floor panel, the side edge being an edge of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction;
- a torque box extending inward in the vehicle width direction from a front end of the rocker along a front edge of the floor panel, the torque box including a front wall and a rear wall that face each other in the vehicle length direction, the front edge being an edge of the floor panel in the vehicle length direction, and the front wall and the rear wall defining an internal space extending in the vehicle width direction;
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- a front side member extending forward in the vehicle length direction from the torque box, and including a proximal end portion at a rear end of the front side member, the proximal end portion being located in the internal space of the torque box, and being joined to an inner surface of the torque box in the internal space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.