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Patent No.:

US 12759638 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2023

Vehicle side portion structure

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Kosuke Sakakibara, Toyota, JP;

Takaharu Tateishi, Nagoya, JP;

Kyosuke Matsumoto, Miyoshi, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;

Attorney:

HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan Malikasim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); E05D 15/28 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B60J 5/06 (2013.01); E05D 15/28 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/688 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle side portion structure includes a battery case and a lower hinge. The lower hinge includes a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. The vertical portion is attached to a lower portion of a sliding door that opens and closes a side portion of the vehicle. The horizontal portion extends from a lower end portion of the vertical portion. The lower hinge supports the sliding door to be slidable in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, and in a state in which the sliding door is closed, at least the horizontal portion is disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the battery case in elevation view. A weakened portion that is to be deformed or fractured by a load applied from the vehicle width direction outer side is formed in the horizontal portion.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sakakibara, Kosuke. (2026). Vehicle side portion structure (U.S. Patent No. 12759638). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12759638

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