US 12,263,883 B2
Vehicle-body structure of electric automotive vehicle
Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshima (JP); and Takayuki Kimura, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,560.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-092532 (JP), filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379962 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/15 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-body structure of an electric automotive vehicle, in which a motor for vehicle driving is provided and a battery case where a battery to supply electric power to the motor for vehicle driving is stored is arranged below a floor panel, comprising:
a dash panel partitioning a cabin from a front space of a vehicle body in a vehicle longitudinal direction and connected to a vehicle-front end portion of the floor panel at a lower end portion thereof;
a pair of right-and-left front side frames respectively extending forward from both sides, in a vehicle width direction, of the dash panel;
a pair of right-and-left side sills respectively extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction at both end portions, in the vehicle width direction, of the floor panel;
a pair of right-and-left first longitudinal load-transmitting members respectively extending from respective vehicle-rear portions of the right-and-left front side frames to the right-and-left side sills along an upper face of the floor panel;
a pair of right-and-left second longitudinal load-transmitting members respectively extending from the respective vehicle-rear portions of the right-and-left front side frames toward a vehicle-front portion of the battery case along a lower face of the floor panel; and
a pair of frame members respectively extending forward from said battery case below said pair of right-and-left front side frames.