US 12,304,294 B2
In-vehicle battery attachment structure
Yutaka Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); and Shinichi Kimura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,101.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-049024 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305899 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0433 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-vehicle battery attachment structure to be applied to a vehicle, the in-vehicle battery attachment structure being to be disposed under a rear seat of the vehicle, the in-vehicle battery attachment structure comprising:
at least one left battery module and at least one right battery module, the at least one left battery module and the at least one right battery module being to be disposed apart from each other in a left-right direction of the vehicle;
a housing case that houses the at least one left battery module and the at least one right battery module; and
a battery frame to which the at least one left battery module, the at least one right battery module, and the housing case are attached in a suspended state, the battery frame being to be fixed to a vehicle body of the vehicle,
wherein the rear seat is directly attached to the battery frame,
further comprising a cover attached to the battery frame,
wherein the cover covers an internal space of the housing case from above,
wherein the cover includes an insertion hole penetrating through the cover in an up-down direction,
wherein the battery frame includes a seat bracket having an attachment hole penetrating in the up-down direction,
wherein the rear seat includes a front attached portion protruding downward in the up-down direction from a lower surface of the rear seat, and
wherein the front attached portion of the rear seat extends through the insertion hole of the cover, into the attachment hole of the battery frame, and engages with the attachment hole to fix the rear seat to the battery frame.