The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Ayukawa, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle body lower section structure including a battery pack and a pair of rockers is provided. The battery pack is mounted at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel of a vehicle. The pair of rockers are respectively disposed at two outer sides of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction. Each of the rockers extends along a vehicle front-rear direction and is configured with a profile when sectioned along the vehicle width direction that is a closed cross-section profile. Inside each rocker, an impact absorbing section is disposed at a position overlapping with the battery pack in vehicle side view so as to span along the vehicle width direction between an outer wall and an inner wall of the rocker, and a join section is provided at the impact absorbing section, joining the battery pack to the rocker.