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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Sugizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shungo Chino, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Raitoku, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle body includes: a vehicle body floor having a battery housing portion; a pair of left and right side sills; a front cross member disposed in front of the battery housing portion; a rear cross member disposed behind the battery housing portion; and a battery cover that covers a battery from above. A widened portion of which a height in a vertical direction increases with respect to a center region of the front cross member in a vehicle width direction and of which a front-rear width expands to a vehicle rear side with respect to a front-rear width of the center region of the front cross member in the vehicle width direction is provided on an end portion of the front cross member on an outer side in the vehicle width direction. The battery cover is made of a metal and includes an outer connecting portion connected to the widened portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.