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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2021
Teijin Limited, Osaka, JP;
Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Yoshiki Kashiwagi, Osaka, JP;
Tsukasa Arai, Osaka, JP;
Shota Nagata, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Miyauchi, Osaka, JP;
Masatomo Teshima, Osaka, JP;
Hugh Foran, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Max Kamiyama, Osaka, JP;
Teijin Limited, Osaka, JP;
Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle structure includes a battery tray disposed at a lower portion of a center of a vehicle body, and a cross member extending in a vehicle width direction and inserted into the battery tray. The battery tray includes a first bottom portion, a peripheral wall erected on an outer periphery of the first bottom portion, a first inner wall connected to the first bottom portion, a second inner wall connected to the first bottom portion, and a second bottom portion connected to both the first inner wall and the second inner wall and raised from the first bottom portion, which are configured with an integrally molded fiber-reinforced plastic. A recessed portion extending in the vehicle width direction is formed by the first inner wall, the second inner wall, and the second bottom portion. The cross member is inserted into at least one location of the recessed portion.