US 12,448,047 B2
Device protection structure of vehicle body
Masayuki Oguri, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Inazumi, Tokyo (JP); Hajime Kusumoto, Tokyo (JP); and Jin Tomita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,326.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-049168 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303176 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/15 (2013.01) [B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device protection structure of a vehicle body, the device protection structure comprising:
a side frame, extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body at a side part of an engine room;
a sub-frame, installed to a lower part of the side frame and supporting a suspension member; and
a protection target device, disposed under a floor of the vehicle body behind the sub-frame,
wherein the device protection structure comprises:
a slider member, covering at least a front surface part of the protection target device; and
an installation member, disposed behind a rear end part of the sub-frame and installing the slider member to the vehicle body,
wherein the slider member has an inclined surface facing a front of the vehicle body and inclined rearward and downward of the vehicle body, and
the installation member has a reinforcement surface formed at an inclination angle same as the inclined surface and abutting against the inclined surface from behind.