Motor vehicle with at least partially electric drive
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMartin SALZ-BREUER, Joergen HILMANN, Michael KEIMES
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Abstract
The disclosure concerns a motor vehicle with at least partially electric drive, having a floor structure of a motor vehicle bodyshell and a traction battery. The traction battery is arranged on an underside of the floor structure and is connected thereto. The floor structure has a central tunnel extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and having a profile open towards the bottom. A plurality of reinforcing webs is arranged on the central tunnel, which stiffen the central tunnel and are fixedly connected thereto. The traction battery is attached at least to some of the reinforcing webs.
Claims20
A motor vehicle with at least partially electric drive, comprising:
- a floor of a bodyshell;
- a traction battery arranged on and connected to an underside of the floor, the floor having a tunnel extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a profile open towards the underside;
- and
- a plurality of reinforcing webs arranged on and fixedly connected to the tunnel, wherein the traction battery is attached to at least one of the webs.
A bodyshell for a vehicle comprising:
- a floor having an underside and defining a tunnel extending in a longitudinal direction having a profile being open towards the underside;
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- a plurality of reinforcing webs extending in the longitudinal direction and a transverse direction fixedly connected to and bridged across the tunnel such that a traction battery is supported by at least one of the plurality of reinforcing webs in the transverse direction and the tunnel is supported by at least two of the plurality of reinforcing webs in the longitudinal direction.
A floor for a vehicle bodyshell comprising:
- a plurality of reinforcing webs, extending in longitudinal and transverse directions, fixedly connected to and bridged across a tunnel defined on an underside of the floor such that a traction battery is supported by the transversely-extending reinforcing webs and the tunnel is supported by the longitudinally-extending reinforcing webs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.