VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: YOSHIDA MASAYASU, ABE YUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.08.2019
• Subjects: LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING

To protect a battery disposed on a floor in the event of minute lap collision.SOLUTION: A vehicle body structure comprises: a pair of front side frames 14, 14 arranged on a vehicle front side and in parallel in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a lower member 18 and a gusset 24 (a load receiving part) arranged at a vehicle front end of each front side frame 14 and extending outside in a vehicle width direction; a front wheel 26 arranged outside each front side frame 14 in the vehicle width direction; and a pair of right and left side sills 25, 25 extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Respective outside ends 18a, 24c in the vehicle width direction of the load receiving part are located further outside in the vehicle width direction than an inside end 26a in the vehicle width direction of the respective front wheels 26. An outside end 26b in the vehicle width direction of each front wheel 26 is located further outside in the vehicle width direction than an inside end 25a in the vehicle width direction of a vehicle front end of each side sill 25.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】微小ラップ衝突の際、フロアに配置されたバッテリを保護すること。【解決手段】車両前方側に配置され、車両前後方向に沿って並設される一対のフロントサイドフレーム１４、１４と、各フロントサイドフレーム１４の車両前端に配置され、車幅方向外側に延びるロアメンバ１８及びガセット２４（荷重受け部）と、各フロントサイドフレーム１４の車幅方向外側に配置されたフロントホイール２６と、車両前後方向に延びる左右一対のサイドシル２５、２５とを備え、荷重受け部の車幅方向外側端部１８ａ、２４ｃは、フロントホイール２６の車幅方向内側端部２６ａよりも車幅方向の外側に位置し、フロントホイール２６の車幅方向外側端部２６ｂは、サイドシル２５の車両前端の車幅方向内側端部２５ａよりも車幅方向の外側に位置している。【選択図】図４