# US 10,870,340 B2 · Motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,340 B2 - Document ID: US10870340B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/559,677 - Filed: 2016-03-18 - Published: 2018-10-04 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-19 - Assignees: Audi AG - Applicants: Audi AG - Inventors: Erdal Acikgoez; Jörg Schmidt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870340B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60R 16/04: Arrangement of batteries - F16F 15/04: using elastic means (single elements or their attachment F16F1/00 - F16F13/00); {(F16F15/023, F16F15/03 take precedence)} - H01M 50/24: adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion (thermal insulation H01M10/658) - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A motor vehicle, including a subfloor as well as at least one energy storage unit arranged above the subfloor, as well as one or a plurality of line(s) running above the subfloor. The energy storage unit is arranged on at least one sheetlike damping element, on which there is provided at least one channel-shaped opening through which at least one of the lines running above the subfloor is led. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor vehicle, comprising: a subfloor as well as at least one energy storage unit arranged above the subfloor, as well as one or a plurality of lines running above the subfloor, wherein the energy storage unit is arranged on at least one sheetlike damping element composed of two halves connected together, on which there is provided at least one channel-shaped opening through which at least one of the lines running above the subfloor is led, whereby the at least one line is shielded from interaction with the energy storage unit, wherein the at least one energy storage unit and the damping element have flat, rectangular base surface areas cohesively bonded together, wherein the rectangular base surface area of the damping element extends beyond the rectangular base surface area of the at least one energy storage unit on all four sides. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of openings, in each of which at least one line is taken up. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the damping element is made of a plastic material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the damping element is composed of several layers of different plastic materials. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the damping element is elastically deformable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the halves of the sheetlike damping element are separated, the at least one channel-like opening is open, making it possible to install the one or the plurality of lines. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 6, wherein the two halves are cohesively bonded to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sheetlike damping element is arranged on a support plate, which is directly or indirectly joined to the subfloor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 8, wherein the surface area of the support plate is larger than the surface area of the damping element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 8, wherein the support plate is made from metal or plastic or a composite material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the composite material is a fiber-reinforced plastic material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storage unit and the damping element are cohesively bonded to each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 8, wherein the damping element and the support plate are cohesively bonded to each other.