Nissan Motor Company Limited

Renault S.a.s.

Masatsugu Mori

Kenichi Nakagawa

Masahiro Ataka

Takanori Yagi

Masahiro Oonishi

Ryohei Moriya

Jaemin Shin

An electrical component module is installed in a front section of a vehicle, and connected with a battery unit storing electricity for driving the vehicle. The electrical component module is supported by a vehicle body structure member (cross-member) extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The cross-member is closer to a passenger compartment than the electrical component module, and doesn't overlap with the electrical component module when viewed along any horizontal direction perpendicular to a vertical direction of the vehicle. Between the cross-member and the electrical component module, provided is a release mechanism for releasing the support of the electrical component module by the cross-member when receiving an impact from an opposite side to the passenger compartment.

Installation structure of electrical component module in vehicle

A vehicle width direction wall portion () and a front-rear direction wall portion () are formed in a stiffener () provided inside a front door (), the vehicle width direction wall portion () extending in a vehicle width direction, the front-rear direction wall portion () extending from a vehicle width direction inner end () of the vehicle width direction wall portion () in a vehicle front-rear direction. Additionally, a locking member () is provided on the front-rear direction wall portion () at a portion, and faces a lock lever (). The locking member engages the lock lever, after a load is inputted to an outside handle and a door outer panel thereby deforming the door outer panel, to prevent movement of the lock lever after the deforming the door outer panel.

Vehicle door structure including locking member preventing movement of moveable member

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Yokohama, Japan

Masatsugu Mori