US 12,319,135 B2
Battery support structure for vehicle
Daiki Yamanashi, Fujisawa (JP); Keita Matsuzaki, Fujisawa (JP); Tetsuo Inoue, Fujisawa (JP); and Shosuke Sakumoto, Fujisawa (JP)
Assigned to ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/023,980
Filed by ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/034248
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/070979, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-165650 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025243 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery support structure for vehicle in which a body frame has left and right side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on both sides in a vehicle width direction, a motor for driving a vehicle is arranged between the left and right side members and supported by the body frame, and a battery is arranged outside a particular side member which is at least one of the left and right side members in the vehicle width direction so as to be aligned with the motor in the vehicle width direction, the battery support structure for vehicle comprising:
a battery bracket that includes: a bracket upper portion that is fixed to the one side member so as to overlap with the particular side member from outside in the vehicle width direction; and a bracket lower portion that extends below the one side member from the bracket upper portion, and supports the battery from below outside the bracket lower portion in the vehicle width direction; and
an undercross reinforcing member that includes: left and right undercross end portions fixed to the left and right side members and extending downward; and an undercross intermediate portion extending in the vehicle width direction below the motor and connecting the left and right undercross end portions,
wherein the undercross end portion fixed to the particular side member is fixed to the bracket lower portion of the battery bracket so as to overlap with the bracket lower portion of the battery bracket from inside in the vehicle width direction.