Through mount fixed type battery apparatus and electric vehicle thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKwang-Hee An, Deok-Hwa Hong
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An electric vehicle includes a floor panel, a seat cross member positioned at the floor panel, the seat cross member including an upper bracket and a lower bracket that define an internal structure therebetween, and a battery apparatus. The battery apparatus includes a battery module disposed below the floor panel, and a through mount member that is coupled to a through mounting position of the battery module and passes through the internal structure of the seat cross member. The through mount member is coupled to the seat cross member by any one of CO2 welding-coupling, metal inert gas (MIG) welding-coupling, or an axial force coupling to thereby fix the battery module to the floor panel.
Claims10
A battery apparatus comprising:
- a battery module;
- a battery through fixing part configured to position the battery module under a floor panel of a vehicle;
- and
- a member double fixing part configured to be disposed above the floor panel and fix the battery to the floor panel by an internal structure of a seat cross member of the vehicle and by any one of CO2 welding-coupling, metal inert gas (MIG) welding-coupling, or an axial force coupling,
- wherein the battery module comprises a battery upper case, a battery lower case, and a battery pack disposed between the battery upper case and the battery lower case,
- wherein the battery module defines a battery through hole at a through mounting position of the battery module, the battery through hole being an empty space expanding through the battery upper case, the battery pack, and the battery lower case, and
- wherein the battery through fixing part comprises a mounting bolt configured to pass through the battery module, the floor panel, and the seat cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.