Vehicle body structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsuyoshi Hayashi, Atsushi Yamanaka
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Abstract
A vehicle body structure 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first cross member 1, a second cross member 2, and a third cross member 3 forming part of a framework of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle width direction. Further, the vehicle body structure 100 accommodates at least part of a battery portion 10a of a power storage device 10 in a space SP1R between a floor in a passenger compartment and a floor panel 4 and between the first cross member 1 and the second cross member 2. Further, the vehicle body structure 100 accommodates at least part of a controlling portion 10c of the power storage device 10 in a space SP2R between the first cross member 1 and the third cross member 3.
Claims8
A vehicle body structure comprising:
- a first panel member and a second panel member configured to form part of a framework of a vehicle extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
- a first frame member and a second frame member configured to form part of the framework of the vehicle and extending in a vehicle width direction between the first and second panel members;
- a power storage device including a battery portion and a controlling portion, an entire part of the battery portion being accommodated in a space between a floor in a passenger compartment and a floor panel and between the first frame member and the second frame member, wherein
- the floor panel includes a first floor panel portion, a second floor panel portion, and a swelling portion that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction along a vehicle central axis, the first floor panel portion extending beneath the battery portion and the controlling portion from the first panel member to the swelling portion, the second floor panel portion extending from the second panel member to the swelling portion, the swelling portion protruding from the first and second floor panel portions toward the floor,
- the battery portion and the controlling portion are accommodated entirely on opposite sides of the first frame member,
- the entire controlling portion is disposed closer than an upper surface of the swelling portion to the first floor panel portion,
- the battery portion and the controlling portion are accommodated entirely on one side of the swelling portion, and
- a cooling device configured to cool down the power storage device is accommodated on the other side of the swelling portion, the second floor panel portion extending beneath the cooling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.