US 12,409,799 B2
Vehicle having an energy absorption member
Yuuki Mukaigawa, Seto (JP); Kyohei Miyaoka, Ikeda (JP); and Shunji Shibata, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,669.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-053201 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311794 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/04 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body comprising a floor panel;
a battery pack located below the floor panel; and
an energy absorption member located outwardly from the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and fixing the battery pack to the vehicle body,
wherein
the energy absorption member is a hollow member extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction and having a constant cross section along the vehicle longitudinal direction, and comprises an inner sidewall that faces the battery pack,
the inner sidewall of the energy absorption member inclines downwardly in a vehicle height direction as it extends inwardly in the vehicle width direction,
the battery pack comprises a bracket that protrudes outwardly in the vehicle width direction,
the energy absorption member comprises an inner end portion in which the inner side wall is included and a middle portion adjacent to the inner end portion in the vehicle width direction,
the inner end portion of the energy absorption member is fixed to a lower surface of the bracket of the battery pack from below, and
an upper wall of the energy absorption member is located lower than the lower surface of the bracket in the vehicle height direction.