MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414086875 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2024, for 'vehicle lower body structure.'
Inventor(s) include Shiota, Yuzuru; Abe, Satoru; Nuruki, Tetsuo; Arakawa, Seiji; and Endo, Kazusa.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle lower body structure includes: a pair of rockers that extend in the vehicle front and rear direction on both outer sides in the vehicle width direction; a crossmember that 5 extends in the vehicle width direction between the pair of rockers and on the vehicle upper side of a battery connected to the pair of rockers, with both end portions of the crossmember in the extension direction thereof being connected to the pair of rockers; and an impact absorption member that is provided inside each of the pair of rockers, disposed so as to overlap the crossmember and the battery as viewed in a vehicle side view, and provided with 10 first guide portions that guide to the crossmember an impact load input from outside in the vehicle width direction."
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