Battery carrier with improved crash properties
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsAndreas Hitz, Christian Handing, Thomas Olfermann
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Abstract
A battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having a trough for receiving at least one battery. The trough is produced in the form of a formed sheet-metal component deep-drawn from a hardenable steel material with a base and walls arranged at an angle to the base. The load paths arising in the trough are hardened locally, and/or connecting points for struts arranged in the trough are hardened locally.
Claims15
A battery carrier for arranging on an electric motor vehicle, the battery carrier comprising:
- a trough for receiving at least one battery,
- wherein the trough is produced in the form of a formed sheet-metal component deep-drawn from a hardenable steel material with a base and walls arranged at an angle to the base, and
- wherein load paths arising in the trough are hardened locally, and/or connecting points for struts arranged in the trough are hardened locally;
- and
- a plurality of longitudinal beads and/or transverse beads formed in the base,
- wherein the longitudinal beads and/or transverse beads are the locally hardened regions.
A battery carrier for arranging on an electric motor vehicle, the battery carrier comprising:
- a trough for receiving at least one battery,
- wherein the trough is produced in the form of a formed sheet-metal component deep-drawn from a hardenable steel material with a base and walls arranged at an angle to the base, and
- wherein load paths arising in the trough are hardened locally, and/or connecting points for struts arranged in the trough are hardened locally;
- and
- a longitudinal strut or transverse strut arranged in the trough spaced apart from the walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.