Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yamashita Rubber Co., Ltd.

Takahiro Kato

Naoki Kobayashi

Hiroyuki Kikuchi

Masashi Furuya

Kuniaki Ikui

Takashi Sone

Hisashi Ishimatsu

Jun Saito

Tetsu Ogawa

Shigeo Kojima

Keiichi Arakawa

A battery pack includes: an upper case having an upper-case side flange and a lower case having a lower-case side flange opposing the upper case-side flange, wherein the battery pack is provided with an upper case-side depending wall that depends from an outer edge of the upper case-side flange beyond the lower case-side flange, with the upper case-side depending wall being spaced from an outer edge of the lower case-side flange, and a lower case-side depending wall that depends from the outer edge of the lower case-side flange.

Battery pack

The four wheel vehicle uses an electric motor () for driving the vehicle and a battery unit () for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The lower chassis () of the vehicle includes a pair of front side frames () extending linearly in a fore and aft direction with an upward slant and a progressively increasing lateral mutual spacing from a front part thereof to a rear part thereof and a plurality of cross members () connecting the front side frames to each other. The battery unit is positioned between the two front side frames such that the battery unit overlaps with the front side frames in side view. Thereby, the battery unit can be effectively protected from side impacts.

Four wheel vehicle

A bush () includes a base material () that is disposed at a vehicle body (), an inter ring () that is integrally disposed at the base material (), and a surface layer () that is disposed inside the inter ring (). The inter ring () is arranged along an opening () in such a manner as to surround the opening (). The surface layer () includes an insertion hole () and is integrally formed from a self-adhesive elastic material into a thin wall shape. A stabilized rod () is inserted into the insertion hole ().

Bush

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Wako, Japan

Takahiro Kato