# US 11,077,882 B2 · Covering of an outer sill, energy storage element and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,077,882 B2 - Document ID: US11077882B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/591,723 - Filed: 2019-10-03 - Published: 2020-01-30 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-16 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Markus Rottelberger; Harald Lathwesen; Wilhelm Riedl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077882B2 ## CPC - B62D 25/025: {Side sills thereof} - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60R 13/04: {External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12)} - B60K 2001/0405: {characterised by their position} - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - B60K 2001/0472: {from below} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - 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 ## Abstract A covering of an outer sill of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a covering region and a mounting region, which extend between first and second ends of the covering along a direction of longitudinal extension. The mounting region extends in a first direction of transverse extension perpendicular to the direction of longitudinal extension and has mounting elements in order to be able to be mounted on an underside of the outer sill for a mounted state. The mounting region has a lateral edge facing away from the covering region in the direction of longitudinal extension, which has recesses between mounting elements, which are formed such that sections of the lateral edge of the mounting region extend in a recessed manner in the first direction of transverse extension towards the covering region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle, comprising: a body which comprises an outer sill; and a covering for the outer sill, the covering comprising: a covering region and a mounting region, which extend between first and second ends of the covering along a longitudinal extension direction, wherein the mounting region extends in a first transverse extension direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction and comprises mounting elements so as to be mountable for a mounted state to an underside of the outer sill, and facing away from the covering region in the longitudinal extension direction, the mounting region comprises a lateral edge which, between mounting elements, comprises recesses which are formed so that sections of the lateral edge of the mounting region extend in a recessed manner in the first transverse extension direction towards the covering region in sections, wherein the covering is fastened by way of the mounting elements of the mounting region to an underside of the outer sill, wherein the vehicle is an electric or hybrid motor vehicle having an energy storage element, and the energy storage element is mounted with a mounting side of a housing region of the energy storage element facing an underside of the outer sill of the electric or hybrid motor vehicle such that a respective fastening element of the energy storage element is arranged in a region of a recess of the mounting region of the covering of the outer sill. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body comprises left and right side outer sills, and the energy storage element extends below the vehicle body and is mounted at each side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recesses of the lateral edge are formed so that the lateral edge of the mounting region in the first transverse extension direction runs set back behind the mounting elements in sections. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the lateral edge of the mounting region comprises a recess between every two mounting elements that are adjacent following one another. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lateral edge of the mounting region comprises a recess between every two mounting elements that are adjacent following one another. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the covering region extends in a second transverse extension direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction in order to cover, in a mounted state, an outer side of the outer sill along the longitudinal extension direction and the second transverse extension direction outside and laterally on the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle as claimed in claim 6, wherein the covering region and the mounting region are connected to one another in the longitudinal extension direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the covering region and the mounting region comprise a unitary material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a respective mounting element is a mounting hole which is formed for receiving a mounting device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an energy storage unit is formed in an interior of the housing region, wherein the housing region extends along a longitudinal extension direction, and the housing region comprises the at least one fastening element so as to be fastenable, for a mounted state, with the mounting side of the housing region facing the underside of the outer sill of the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vehicle as claimed in claim 10, wherein the at least one fastening element is formed as a fastening hole in or through the housing region, which extends in a transverse extension direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction and which is formed for receiving a fastener. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle as claimed in claim 11, wherein on the mounting side of the housing region in the region of the at least one fastening element, at least one spacer element is formed, which extends in the transverse extension direction and in the mounted state creates a spatial distance between the mounting side of the housing region and the underside of the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storage element is a high-voltage storage element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the respective fastening element is arranged together with a spacer element in the region of the recess of the mounting region of the covering of the outer sill.