Patent ID: 8851223
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
1. A motor mounting structure for use in a vehicle having a left and right pair of front side members disposed at two vehicle width direction sides of a vehicle body with a length direction of the front side members being along a vehicle front-rear direction, a front bumper reinforcement disposed at a vehicle front end position with a length direction of the front bumper reinforcement being substantially along a vehicle width direction, and a crash box disposed between a first one of the front side members and the front bumper reinforcement, the motor mounting structure comprising: a bracket disposed at a front end portion of a vehicle front side of the first one of the front side members and projecting out to a vehicle bottom side from the front end portion of the first one of the front side members: a first cross member spanning across the vehicle width direction between the pair of front side members via the bracket; a second cross member spanning across the vehicle width direction between the pair of front side members, and disposed offset with respect to the first cross member in a vehicle upper side of a vehicle top-bottom direction in a vehicle front view and in a vehicle rear side of the vehicle front-rear direction in a vehicle plan view; and a coupling member coupling together the first cross member and the second cross member, with an attaching portion of a motor to be mounted to the vehicle body attached to the coupling member.