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US 9,849,769 B2Granted
Structure for mounting battery and spare tire
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJoo-Nam Kim, Ji-Ho Choi, Dong-Wook Kim
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Abstract
A structure for mounting a battery and a spare tire may include a battery bracket fixing the battery to an accommodating compartment recessed in a rear floor of a vehicle, and a tire mounting bracket fastened to the spare tire, disposed at an upper side of the battery, through a tire bolt, and fixing the spare tire to the rear floor, in which the battery bracket and the tire mounting bracket are separated so that a load applied to the spare tire is not transmitted to the battery.
Claims6
A structure for mounting a battery and a spare tire, the structure comprising:
- a battery bracket fixing the battery to an accommodating compartment recessed in a rear floor of a vehicle;
- and
- a tire mounting bracket fastened to the spare tire, disposed at an upper side of the battery, through a tire bolt, and fixing the spare tire to the rear floor,
- wherein the battery bracket and the tire mounting bracket are separated so that a load applied to the spare tire is not transmitted to the battery,
- wherein ends of the battery bracket are coupled to a pair of vehicle body brackets which protrudes in left and right directions of the battery, the tire mounting bracket is spaced apart from an upper portion of the battery bracket, and ends of the tire mounting bracket are coupled to the vehicle body brackets separately from the battery bracket, and
- wherein the battery bracket includes:
- first battery legs extending in the left and right directions from an upper surface of the battery, and coupled to the pair of vehicle body brackets by bolting;
- and
- a second battery leg extending rearward from the upper surface of the battery, and mounted in the accommodating compartment of the rear floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.