VALVE PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE

摘要

A valve protection structure for a vehicle includes: side members; a hydrogen tank disposed between the side members; and a valve member installed to project from a vehicle-widthwise end face of the hydrogen tank. The side member has a convex member projecting inward in the vehicle widthwise direction from an inner wall part, the convex member is placed at a position offset with respect to the valve member and opposite the hydrogen tank in the vehicle widthwise direction, and a vehicle-widthwise distance between a tip part of the convex member and a portion of the hydrogen tank opposite the tip part of the convex member in the vehicle widthwise direction is set shorter than a vehicle-widthwise distance between a tip part of the valve member and a portion of the side member opposite the tip part of the valve member in the vehicle widthwise direction.

主权项

1. A valve protection structure for a vehicle comprising:
a pair of left and right side members which extend in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body; a fuel tank which is disposed between said left and right side members; anda valve which is installed to project outward in a vehicle widthwise direction from a vehicle-widthwise end face of said fuel tank, the vehicle-widthwise end face of said fuel tank facing one of the left and right side members, wherein
the one of said left and right side members includes a convex part that projects inward in the vehicle widthwise direction from a vehicle-widthwise inner side face of the one of the side members, said convex part is disposed opposite to said vehicle-widthwise end face of said fuel tank in the vehicle widthwise direction and disposed at a position offset with respect to said valve, and a vehicle-widthwise distance between a tip part of said convex part and a portion of said fuel tank opposite to said tip part of said convex part in the vehicle widthwise direction is set shorter than a vehicle-widthwise distance between a tip part of said valve and a portion of the one of the side members opposite to said tip part of said valve in the vehicle widthwise direction.