US 12,134,312 B2
Vehicle-body structure of electric automotive vehicle
Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshima (JP); and Takayuki Kimura, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/654,730.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-092539 (JP), filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379705 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-body structure of an electric automotive vehicle, in which a motor for vehicle driving is provided and a battery case where a battery to supply electric power to the motor for vehicle driving is stored is arranged below a floor panel, comprising:
a floor-side cross member attached to the floor panel and extending in a vehicle width direction along the floor panel;
a battery-side cross member provided at the battery case and extending in the vehicle width direction,
a pair of right-and-left side sills extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction at both end portions, in the vehicle width direction, of said floor panel; and
a pair of right-and-left pillars extending upward respectively from said side sills,
wherein said floor-side cross member and said battery-side cross member are offset from each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a vehicle side view, and
wherein only said floor-side cross member and said battery-side cross member, which are located in a non-overlapping area with said pillar, are offset from each other in the longitudinal direction in the vehicle side view.