US 11,993,141 B2
Vehicle body structure
Isao Toda, Hiroshima (JP); Takayuki Kimura, Hiroshima (JP); Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshima (JP); Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshima (JP); Haruo Ohe, Hiroshima (JP); Masaya Hiramatsu, Hiroshima (JP); Masanobu Fukushima, Hiroshima (JP); Takao Fukuda, Hiroshima (JP); Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,233.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-057930 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314770 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/2009 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body structure of a motor vehicle including a floor panel forming a floor surface of a vehicle interior, a traction motor, and batteries that supply electric power to the traction motor, the vehicle body structure comprising:
a pair of right and left side sills arranged to extend in a front-rear direction at both end portions of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction;
a pair of right and left pillars each extending upward from the pair of right and left side sills;
a first battery arrangement portion provided inside a vicinity of the pillars in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel such that the batteries are arranged therein; and
a second battery arrangement portion provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel such that the batteries are arranged therein,
wherein a front seat is attached to a first floor panel of the floor panel where no battery is arranged and lower in height than other floor panels.