Vehicle body structure

• US 20030189334A1
• Filed: 04/03/2003
• Published: 10/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Sekiguchi, Yoshitaka, Ito, Hiroshi, Kawasaki, Satoshi, Ono, Tohru, Shibasawa, Masaru
• Granted Patent: US 6,983,945 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/834
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 21/155 Sub-frames or underguards

Abstract

A vehicle body structure comprises a front floor under which a fuel cell stack case accommodating a fuel cell stack is disposed, and side sills and floor frames which extend along the sides of the vehicle, and on which a sub-frame having a fuel tank is installed. The front face of the sub-frame and the rear face of the fuel cell stack case are formed to be flat and oppose each other. According to the vehicle body structure, safety of the fuel tank against collision is greatly improved without a great increase in vehicle weight.

Claims

1. A vehicle body structure comprising:

a front floor under which a fuel cell stack case accommodating a fuel cell stack is disposed; and

side sills and floor frames which extend along the sides of the vehicle, and on which a sub-frame having a fuel tank is installed, wherein

the front face of the sub-frame and the rear face of the fuel cell stack case are formed to be flat and oppose each other.