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US 7,614,473 B2Granted
Vehicle body structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTohru Ono, Takahiro Sugawara, Takayuki Ogawa, Koichi Yamamoto
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure includes a body frame with a subframe mounted to a lower part of the body frame. The subframe is formed into a rectangular shape and has front, intermediate and rear cross members. A storage battery is designed to be mounted astride the front cross member and the intermediate cross member. A fuel tank is designed to be mounted astride the intermediate cross member and the rear cross member.
Claims14
A vehicle body structure, comprising:
- a vehicle body frame extending longitudinally of a vehicle body;
- and
- a subframe mounted on a lower portion of the body frame of the vehicle body,
- wherein the subframe is formed in a rectangular shape having:
- side frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body and disposed on left and right sides of the vehicle body;
- a front cross member mounted on front ends of the left and right side frames;
- an intermediate cross member mounted parallel to the front cross member and attached to the left and right side frames;
- and
- a rear cross member mounted parallel to the front cross member on rear ends of the left and right side frames,
- and wherein the front cross member and the intermediate cross member are adapted to receive a storage battery in between, and the intermediate cross member and the rear cross member are adapted to receive a fuel tank in between,
- wherein a top surface of the intermediate cross member that faces toward the body frame includes a fuel tank attachment area for connection of the fuel tank with the intermediate cross member and a bottom surface of the intermediate cross member that faces away from the top surface includes a storage battery attachment area for connection of the storage battery to the intermediate cross member,
- and wherein the subframe has a mounting support member on which the storage battery is mounted, the mounting support member having a front top surface connected to a bottom surface of the front cross member and a rear top surface connected to the bottom surface of the intermediate cross member.
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A vehicle body structure used in a fuel cell automobile driven by power generated by a fuel cell, the structure comprising:
- a vehicle body frame extending longitudinally of a vehicle body;
- and
- a subframe mounted on a lower portion of the vehicle body frame,
- wherein the subframe is formed in a rectangular shape having:
- side frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body and disposed on left and right sides of the vehicle body;
- a front cross member mounted on front ends of the left and right side frames;
- an intermediate cross member mounted parallel to the front cross member and attached to the left and right side frames;
- and
- a rear cross member mounted parallel to the front cross member on rear ends of the left and right side frames,
- and wherein the front cross member and the intermediate cross member are adapted to receive a storage battery in between, and the intermediate cross member and the rear cross member are adapted to receive a substantially cylindrically-shaped compressed gas fuel tank in between,
- wherein a top surface of the intermediate cross member that faces toward the body frame includes a fuel tank attachment area for connection of the compressed gas fuel tank with the intermediate cross member and a bottom surface of the intermediate cross member that faces away from the top surface includes a storage battery attachment area for connection of the storage battery to the intermediate cross member,
- and wherein the subframe has a mounting support member on which the storage battery is mounted, the mounting support member having a front top surface connected to a bottom surface of the front cross member and a rear top surface connected to the bottom surface of the intermediate cross member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.