Patent ID: 9260136
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle lower portion structure, comprising: a vehicle skeleton member that extends along a vehicle longitudinal direction at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of a vehicle front portion; a sub-frame that is provided at a vehicle lower side of the vehicle skeleton member, and that includes a side portion extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction; a plurality of joining members that join the side portion of the sub-frame to the vehicle skeleton member at two or more locations in the vehicle longitudinal direction; and a rotating mechanism that is provided at a mounting portion of a front side joining member that, among the plurality of joining members, is positioned at a front side in the vehicle longitudinal direction and, when a load from a vehicle front side is applied to the vehicle skeleton member, the rotating mechanism rotates the front side joining member such that an upper side in a vehicle vertical direction of the mounting portion moves relatively toward a vehicle rear side as compared with a lower side thereof, wherein the rotating mechanism is provided within a cross-section of the vehicle skeleton member, and the rotating mechanism is structured such that a vehicle upper portion side at the mounting portion projects toward a vehicle longitudinal direction front side as compared with a vehicle lower portion side.