Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle body structure
- Patent Title (中): 车体结构
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Application No.: US14280747Application Date: 2014-05-19
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Publication No.: US09205872B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Yusuke Okada , Hideki Takeuchi
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-106278 20130520
- Main IPC: B60R16/04
- IPC: B60R16/04 ; B62D25/20 ; B62D25/00 ; B62D25/02 ; B62D25/08

Abstract:
A vehicle body structure is provided to avoid the damage to a battery pack due to invasion of an electric device in a side impact crash. The vehicle body structure includes a battery pack on its inner side in a vehicle width direction, and an electric device on its outer side. A No1 seat cross member 5 is provided along in the vehicle width direction of the floor panel 3. The No1 seat cross member 5 is provided with a weak portion 54 in a position in the vehicle width direction corresponding to between the battery pack 2 and an electric hot-water heater 9 as the electric device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140338997A1 VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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