US 12,263,887 B2
Vehicle rear-side structure
Ryuya Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Takashi Hashimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,114.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-181113 (JP), filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143278 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62D 21/17 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/155 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62D 21/17 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle rear-side structure configured to ease an impact applied onto a battery pack of a vehicle upon an occurrence of a collision, the vehicle rear-side structure comprising:
side frames; and
a rear-end-collision impact reducer,
wherein the side frames extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and are disposed at positions at which the side frames sandwich the battery pack therebetween in a widthwise direction of the vehicle,
wherein the rear-end-collision impact reducer is disposed between and above the side frames at a rear side of the battery pack, and
wherein the rear-end-collision impact reducer is configured to allow air, which is to be sent to a battery stack included in the battery pack, to flow through the rear-end-collision impact reducer.