Patent ID: 7614473

Claim:
A vehicle body structure, comprising: a vehicle body frame extending longitudinally of a vehicle body; and a subframe mounted on a lower portion of the body frame of the vehicle body, wherein the subframe is formed in a rectangular shape having: side frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body and disposed on left and right sides of the vehicle body; a front cross member mounted on front ends of the left and right side frames; an intermediate cross member mounted parallel to the front cross member and attached to the left and right side frames; and a rear cross member mounted parallel to the front cross member on rear ends of the left and right side frames, and wherein the front cross member and the intermediate cross member are adapted to receive a storage battery in between, and the intermediate cross member and the rear cross member are adapted to receive a fuel tank in between, wherein a top surface of the intermediate cross member that faces toward the body frame includes a fuel tank attachment area for connection of the fuel tank with the intermediate cross member and a bottom surface of the intermediate cross member that faces away from the top surface includes a storage battery attachment area for connection of the storage battery to the intermediate cross member, and wherein the subframe has a mounting support member on which the storage battery is mounted, the mounting support member having a front top surface connected to a bottom surface of the front cross member and a rear top surface connected to the bottom surface of the intermediate cross member.