Patent ID: 8585128

Claim:
A power supply apparatus protection structure comprising: a power supply apparatus mounted in a vehicle; and a protection frame structure formed by connecting a plurality of frames to each other and adapted to house therein the power supply apparatus, the lower end portion of the protection frame structure being fixed to a floor panel, wherein the protection frame structure includes at least one frame extending along a vehicle width direction, and both of vehicle-width-direction end portions of the frame are connected to side-surface internal structures of the vehicle, the internal structures having a predetermined stiffness, wherein a front upper end portion of the protection frame structure is inclined toward the vehicle rear side so as to be located on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to a front lower end portion; and among the frames extending along the vehicle width direction, the frame arranged at and connected to the front upper end portion of the protection frame structure has a structure in which both of the vehicle-width-direction sides of the frame are bent at the connecting portions with the front upper end portions and extend so as to be directed toward the rear side of the vehicle, and in which the rear end portions of the frame are connected to side-surface internal structures of the vehicle.