An electric vehicle comprises:- a frame (1) with two spaced-apart longitudinal members (6,7) having an upper transversely oriented wall member (46) that is situated a vertical distance Hu from a bottom plane (42) and a lower transversely oriented wall member (48) that is situated near the bottom plane (42), and- a battery pack (9) with an array of battery cells (22,23) defining an array top surface (30), an array bottom surface (31) and an array side surface (32). A casing top plate (10) contacts the array top surface (30), a casing bottom plate (20) contacting the array bottom surface (31) and a casing side wall (21), connected to the top and bottom plates (10,20) and contacting the array side surface (32). The casing top plate (10) is situated a vertical distance Hct from the bottom plane (42) that substantially corresponds with the distance Hu. The battery pack (9) comprises a longitudinal impact absorption structure (40) comprising the casing side wall (21) and a reinforcement section (41,51) that extends outwardly from the side wall (21) to a position near the adjacent longitudinal member (7) and having a lower part (51), connected to the longitudinal member (7) at a height near the lower wall member (50), and an upper part (41), connected to the longitudinal member (7) near the upper wall member (45,46).
STRUCTURAL BATTERY WITH REDUCED SILL HEIGHT
STRUKTURBATTERIE MIT REDUZIERTER SCHWELLENHÖHE
BATTERIE STRUCTURALE À HAUTEUR DE SEUIL RÉDUITE
2023-01-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |