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Vehicle Body Front Section Structure
| Content Provider | The Lens |
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| Abstract | A vehicle body front section structure is provided including a battery pack, a lower cross member, and an impact absorbing structure. The battery pack is mounted at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel of a vehicle. The lower cross member is disposed at the vehicle lower side of a front cross member at a lower section of a front end of the vehicle, and extends along a vehicle width direction. The impact absorbing structure is provided between the lower cross member and the battery pack, and absorbs collision energy from collision load input from a vehicle front side. |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2019-01-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |
| Jurisdiction | United States of America |
| Date Applied | 2018-06-20 |
| Applicant | Toyota Motor Co Ltd |
| Application No. | 201816013658 |
| Claim | A vehicle body front section structure comprising: a battery pack that is mounted at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel of a vehicle; a lower cross member that is disposed at the vehicle lower side of a front cross member at a lower section of a front end of the vehicle, and that extends along a vehicle width direction; and an impact absorbing structure that is provided between the lower cross member and the battery pack and that is configured to absorb collision energy from collision load input from a vehicle front side. The vehicle body front section structure of claim 1 , wherein the impact absorbing structure includes a suspension member that supports a front suspension. The vehicle body front section structure of claim 2 , wherein: the suspension member includes a pair of suspension member side rails that are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction and that extend along a vehicle front-rear direction, and respective front side members extend along the vehicle front-rear direction at an upper side of the pair of suspension member side rails; and the impact absorbing structure includes a pair of suspension member side rail rears that configure a rear portion of the suspension member and extend along the vehicle front-rear direction, that have a vehicle front-rear direction front end portion joined to the suspension member side rails, and that have a vehicle front-rear direction rear end portion joined to the front side member and to the battery pack. The vehicle body front section structure of claim 3 , wherein the vehicle front-rear direction rear end portion of the suspension member side rail rears is joined to a bottom plate of the battery pack from the vehicle lower side. The vehicle body front section structure of claim 2 , wherein: the impact absorbing structure further includes a pair of lower side members that are integrally formed to the lower cross member, that are disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction and extend along a vehicle front-rear direction, and that have a vehicle front-rear direction rear end portion joined to the suspension member. |
| CPC Classification | MOTOR VEHICLES;TRAILERS Arrangement Or Mounting Of Propulsion Units Or Of Transmissions In Vehicles;Arrangement Or Mounting Of Plural Diverse Prime-Movers In Vehicles;Auxiliary Drives For Vehicles;Instrumentation Or Dashboards For Vehicles;Arrangements In Connection With Cooling; Air Intake; Gas Exhaust Or Fuel Supply Of Propulsion Units In Vehicles Indexing Scheme Relating To Aspects Cross-Cutting Vehicle Technology |
| Extended Family | 160-321-926-446-671 188-395-005-772-622 009-899-176-311-01X 108-541-303-013-49X 101-860-074-948-526 026-346-182-728-651 172-430-674-064-359 153-692-913-319-808 |
| Patent ID | 20190002026 |
| Inventor/Author | Ayukawa Tatsuya |
| IPC | B62D21/15 B60K1/04 |
| Status | Active |
| Owner | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha |
| Simple Family | 160-321-926-446-671 188-395-005-772-622 009-899-176-311-01X 108-541-303-013-49X 101-860-074-948-526 026-346-182-728-651 172-430-674-064-359 153-692-913-319-808 |
| CPC (with Group) | B62D21/152 B62D25/08 B62D25/2018 B60K2001/0438 B62D21/11 B62D25/082 B60K1/04 B60Y2306/01 B62D21/155 |
| Issuing Authority | United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
| Kind | Patent Application Publication |
