US 12,344,309 B2
Vehicle-body lower structure
Hiroyuki Kurata, Toyota (JP); Ryuma Osaka, Toyota (JP); Kenji Igashira, Amagasaki (JP); Shinnosuke Okuda, Mishima (JP); Masanori Kodera, Hamamatsu (JP); and Hideyuki Tamaki, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/760,306.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-110931 (JP), filed on Jul. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0010917 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01)
CPC B62D 21/11 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0411 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-body lower structure of a vehicle, the vehicle-body lower structure comprising:
a front suspension member;
a lower arm supported by the front suspension member; and
a battery case that is disposed on a rear side of the front suspension member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the battery case housing a battery, wherein:
the battery case includes:
a front plate disposed on a front side of the battery case in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and
a frame extending in-a left right a lateral direction of the vehicle and disposed on a lower portion of the front plate; and
a block is attached to a front portion of the frame in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the block (i) being positioned side rearward of the lower arm in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and (ii) directly facing a rear end of the lower arm in the front-rear direction of vehicle so that when the lower arm moves rearward due to a front-end collision of the vehicle, the lower arm contacts the block without contacting the front plate of the battery case.