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US 8,672,354 B2Granted
Underbody for electric vehicle
AssigneePosco
InventorsJae-Hyun Kim, Hong-Woo Lee, Hyoun-Young Lee, Yeon-Sik Kang
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Abstract
An underbody for an electric vehicle configured as an electric vehicle lower body includes a multiply divided battery mounting portion and an underbody portion. The multiply divided battery mounting portion enables multiply divided and selective mounting of batteries, and forms a portion of the underbody. The underbody portion is connected to the battery mounting portion and forms another portion of the underbody.
Claims13
An underbody for an electric vehicle, comprising:
- a multiply divided battery mounting portion enabling multiply divided and selective mounting of batteries, and forming a portion of the underbody;
- and
- an underbody portion connected to the battery mounting portion and forming another portion of the underbody,
- wherein the multiply divided battery mounting portion comprises:
- an upper floor member and a lower floor member defining a battery sliding mounting space;
- and
- a plurality of floor cross members bonded between the upper and lower floor members with predetermined intervals therebetween, and defining at least one battery mounting space, for maintaining strength,
- wherein the underbody portion is a reinforcing underbody portion comprising at least a partial extending portion,
- wherein the reinforcing underbody portion comprises a front and rear side member bonded to and extending from both sides of a multiply divided battery mounting portion provided as a floor portion, the front and rear side member comprising an extending portion formed on at least a portion thereof for reinforcing strength, and
- wherein the side member is bonded to either side floor cross member provided on the multiply divided battery mounting portion provided as a floor portion, and comprises a curved portion for reinforcing strength against bending and a horizontal portion for mounting auxiliary components, and
- the extending portion is provided at the bonding portion of the floor cross member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.