Floor structure for electric vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsByeongdo An, Yong Dok An
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Abstract
An embodiment floor structure for an electric vehicle includes a cross member connected to an upper portion of a floor panel of the electric vehicle along a vehicle width direction, wherein the floor panel is configured to be connected to a pair of side sills that are disposed on each side of the electric vehicle, respectively, and extend in a front-to-rear direction of the electric vehicle, and a seat mounting unit installed on the cross member, wherein the seat mounting unit comprises a lower mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the cross member and an upper mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the lower mounting bracket.
Claims20
A floor structure for an electric vehicle, the floor structure comprising:
- a floor panel configured to be connected to side sills disposed on opposing sides of the vehicle in a width direction and extending along front and rear directions of a body of the vehicle;
- a cross member connected to an upper portion of the floor panel along the width direction of the vehicle;
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- a seat mounting unit installed on the cross member, wherein the seat mounting unit comprises a lower mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the cross member, an upper mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the lower mounting bracket, and a battery mounting pipe nut connected to a lower surface of the lower mounting bracket, wherein the battery mounting pipe nut is configured to mount a battery assembly on a lower part of the floor panel.
A floor structure for an electric vehicle, the floor structure comprising:
- a cross member connected to an upper portion of a floor panel of the electric vehicle along a vehicle width direction, wherein the floor panel is configured to be connected to a pair of side sills that are disposed on each side of the electric vehicle, respectively, and extend in a front-to-rear direction of the electric vehicle;
- reinforcement members disposed inside each side sill, respectively, along the front-to-rear direction of the electric vehicle, wherein each reinforcement member comprises an aluminum extruded material;
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- a seat mounting unit installed on the cross member, wherein the seat mounting unit comprises a lower mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the cross member, an upper mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the lower mounting bracket, and a battery mounting pipe nut connected to a lower surface of the lower mounting bracket, wherein the battery mounting pipe nut is configured to mount a battery assembly on a lower part of the floor panel.
An electric vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body comprising a pair of side sills disposed on each side of the vehicle body, respectively, and extending in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body;
- a floor panel connected to the pair of side sills;
- a cross member connected to an upper portion of the floor panel along a vehicle width direction;
- a seat mounting unit installed on the cross member, wherein the seat mounting unit comprises a lower mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the cross member, an upper mounting bracket connected to an upper portion of the lower mounting bracket, and a seat mounting pipe nut that is disposed between the lower mounting bracket and the upper mounting bracket, wherein the seat mounting pipe nut is connected to the lower mounting bracket and the upper mounting bracket;
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- a battery assembly mounted on a lower part of the floor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.