Structure for protecting battery pack of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSeung Min Kang, Joo Nam Kim
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Abstract
A structure for protecting a battery pack of a vehicle, includes: a body cross member provided in a transverse direction of a vehicle body for connection between side sills provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body; a shock-absorbing member formed in backward and forward directions of the vehicle, provided inside the side sills, and aligned with the body cross member, and a battery side frame coupled to a lower side of the side sill and spaced from the shock-absorbing member.
Claims20
A structure for protecting a battery pack of a vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a body cross member provided in a transverse direction of a vehicle body for connection between side sills provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body;
- a shock-absorbing member formed in backward and forward directions of the vehicle, placed inside the side sills, and aligned with the body cross member;
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- a battery side frame coupled to a lower side of each side sill and spaced from the shock-absorbing member,
- wherein each side sill includes a sill internal panel and a sill external panel,
- wherein the body cross member and the shock-absorbing member are respectively directly coupled to opposite sides of the sill internal panel while being disposed at a same height as each other, and
- wherein the shock-absorbing member is positioned above the battery side frame.
A structure for protecting a battery pack of a vehicle, the structure comprising:
- side sills formed, each of which includes a closed cross-section formed by a sill internal panel and a sill external panel;
- a body floor panel provided for connection between the side sills provided at opposite sides of a vehicle body;
- a shock-absorbing member including a plurality of closed cross-sections overlapped in a transverse direction and placed inside the side sills;
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- a body cross member provided in the transverse direction of the vehicle body so that a space formed by the body cross member and the body floor panel is horizontally aligned with the closed cross-sections of the shock-absorbing member,
- wherein the body cross member and the shock-absorbing member are respectively directly coupled to opposite sides of the sill internal panel while being disposed at a same height as each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.