Patent ID: 8708402

Claim:
A battery protection structure for an automobile, comprising: a rocker that is placed in a side portion of a body of the automobile; a floor panel whose outer end in a body width direction is secured to the rocker; a reinforcement that is located more inward in the body width direction than the rocker, and is secured to the floor panel, the reinforcement forming a part of a frame of the body; a battery that is located more inward in the body width direction than the rocker, and is placed below the floor panel and the reinforcement in the body; a fragile portion located above the battery between the rocker and the reinforcement, and including at least one portion that is more inward in the body width direction than an end of the battery; and an input member that connects between the rocker and the reinforcement, and is configured to input, upon input of a collision load directed inward in the body width direction to the rocker, a part of the collision load to a midsection of the floor panel between the rocker and the reinforcement as a component directed upward of the body such that a portion of the floor panel above the end of the battery deforms in a rotation mode along a rotation trajectory away from the battery.