MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097723 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Oct. 10, for 'vehicle body lower structure of electric vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Saito, Takanobu.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle body lower structure 1 of an electric vehicle according to the present invention is provided with: a pair of left and right side sills 10 that are disposed on the vehicle outer sides in the vehicle body width direction and that extend in the vehicle body front-rear direction; a battery pack 20 that is disposed between the side sills 10; a floor cross member 30 installed on the upper surface side of the battery pack 20 and extending in the vehicle width direction; and a ground-side cross member 40 installed on the lower surface side of the battery pack 20 and having a groove shape extending in the vehicle width direction. The floor cross member 30 has a linear groove shape opening toward the vehicle body lower side and having both tip ends 30a closed. The both tip ends 30a are in contact with top plate portions 11a of side sill inners 11 which are side surfaces of the side sills 10. End portions 40a of the ground-side cross member 40 are connected to longitudinal wall portions 11b of the side sill inners 11 which are the lower surfaces of the side sills 10."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 27, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/047010.
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