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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Tsukada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An impact load reduction includes: a crash area that is disposed in a front section of the electrically-powered vehicle and configured to deform at a collision; a battery frame that is disposed rearward of the crash area and fixed to a vehicle body frame of the electrically-powered vehicle, the battery frame being configured to support the battery and be engaged with the vehicle body frame in accordance with an inertia force of the collision to be supported from frontward; a load reduction frame that extends in a front-rear direction on a front side of the battery frame and that is disposed in a substantially same plane as the battery frame, the load reduction frame having lower rigidity than the battery frame; and a load absorber that is disposed between the load reduction frame and the battery frame and that has lower rigidity than the battery frame.