Electric or hybrid car with improved passenger compartment
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorFabrizio Favaretto
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Abstract
Electric or hybrid car comprising an outer body having a floor; a passenger compartment formed inside said outer body between the front and rear wheels; wherein the floor comprises at least two oblique side members converging towards a central portion of the floor, which comprises a central node to which an end of each oblique side member is mounted; a central pillar extending within said passenger compartment between said floor and said roof and arranged at an intermediate longitudinal axis of the passenger compartment between said driver's position and said rear passenger's position; wherein the central pillar comprises a first end connected to a central node of the floor and a second end connected to the roof.
Claims11
Electric or hybrid car (1) comprising:
- a pair of front wheels (2) and a pair of rear wheels (3);
- an outer body (4) having a floor (6), a front bonnet (7), a roof (8), and a windscreen (9) extending between the front bonnet (7) and the roof (8);
- and
- a passenger compartment (5) formed within said outer body (4) between said front and rear wheels (2, 3), bounded at the front by said windscreen (9) and defining at least one driver's position (15) and one front passenger's position (16) side by side;
- wherein the floor (6) comprises at least one pair of oblique side members (26, 30) converging from a front portion (19) and/or from a rear portion (20) of the floor (6) towards a central portion (27) of the floor (6), which comprises a central node (28) to which one end of each oblique side member (26, 30) is mounted;
- characterised in that it further comprises a central pillar (32) extending within said passenger compartment (5) between said floor (6) and said roof (8) and arranged in correspondence with an intermediate longitudinal axis (A) of said passenger compartment (5) between said driver's position (15) and said front passenger position (16);
- wherein said central pillar (32) comprises a first end (33) connected to said central node (28) and a second end (34) connected to said roof (8);
- and wherein at least a portion of the central pillar (32) extends between said driver's position (15) and said front passenger position (16) to at least partially separate said driver's position (15) and said front passenger position (16).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.