US Patent 9975416 Vehicle body structure and onboard battery for vehicle

Some vehicles are equipped with an onboard battery. The onboard battery includes a holding frame having a frame-shaped part, a housing case that is held by the holding frame, being inserted into the frame-shaped part, and battery modules housed in the housing case. For such a vehicle with the onboard battery, the vehicle body structure includes a displacement restricting part and a disposition depression. The displacement restricting part restricts an upward displacement of the onboard battery in a collision from behind is formed at a position facing a front end portion of the holding frame. The disposition depression is formed in a floor panel and the onboard battery is disposed to be at least partly inserted into the disposition depression.