US 11,752,854 B2
Battery protection apparatus and vehicle including the same
Hiroyuki Ozawa, Tokyo (JP); Yusuke Okamoto, Tokyo (JP); and Shoshi Hidaka, Guangzhou (CN)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,711.
Claims priority of application No. 202011180289.1 (CN), filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134858 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/691 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/691 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery protection apparatus provided under a side sill of a vehicle and provided at a side surface of a battery pack under the vehicle, comprising:
a protection apparatus main body,
wherein a protrusion portion extending downwardly is formed in the side sill of the vehicle,
the protrusion portion is positioned between the protection apparatus main body and the battery pack, and
in a vertical direction, a first distance between a highest point of the protection apparatus main body and a bottom of the vehicle is greater than a second distance between a lowest point of the protrusion portion and the bottom of the vehicle, with respect to a horizontal plane,
wherein a fixation portion of the protection apparatus main body is fixed to a lower portion of the side sill of the vehicle,
the protection apparatus main body and the side sill of the vehicle do not contact each other in portions other than the fixation portion,
the protection apparatus main body extends to shield the side surface of the battery pack,
the protection apparatus main body and the battery pack do not contact each other in portions other than the fixation portion,
a battery pack side portion is formed in the battery pack,
the battery pack side portion is connected and fixed to the side sill of the vehicle, and
the protection apparatus main body and the battery pack side portion do not contact each other in portions other than the fixation portion.