Battery tray for protecting the vehicle battery for a hybrid vehicle
The assembly for hybrid vehicles, featuring a movable battery tray and load distribution device, addresses the challenge of protecting the battery during collisions by distributing impact forces, thereby ensuring both battery safety and optimal deformation zone integrity.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102019128940
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2019-10-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-31
- Estimated Expiration
- 2039-10-27
AI Technical Summary
The challenge is to protect the vehicle battery in hybrid motor vehicles from impacts while optimizing the deformation zone to enhance occupant safety, particularly during lateral collisions, as existing solutions either compromise the deformation zone or fail to adequately distribute impact forces.
An assembly comprising a battery tray with an upwardly directed opening, a load distribution device, and a flexible fastening system that allows the tray to move relative to the central tunnel and vehicle seats, distributing impact forces over a larger area to prevent damage to the battery.
The assembly effectively dissipates impact energy by allowing the battery tray to move with the vehicle seats, reducing peak loads on the battery and enhancing occupant safety by maintaining the deformation zone's effectiveness.
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Abstract
Claims
[1] Assembly (100) as impact protection of a vehicle battery (230) for a hybrid motor vehicle, comprising at least one first vehicle seat (210), a second vehicle seat (220) arranged adjacent to the first vehicle seat (210), a center console (240) arranged therebetween, wherein the first vehicle seat (210) and / or the second vehicle seat (220) have at least one crossbar (211) in the vehicle transverse direction, a center tunnel (241) arranged below the center console, a vehicle battery (230), and comprising a battery tray (150) with an upwardly directed opening (151) for receiving the vehicle battery (230), wherein the battery tray (150) is arranged or can be arranged in the region of the center console (240) between the first vehicle seat (210) and the second vehicle seat (220), characterized by a load distribution device (110) which is arranged or can be arranged between the crossbar (211) and the battery tray (150) and has a cover (111) arranged on an end section (211a) of the crossbar (211) facing the center console (240) and having a stop surface (111a), wherein the stop surface (111a) is aligned perpendicular to the crossbar (211) and the battery tray (150) is arranged above the center tunnel (241). [2] Assembly (100) according to claim 1, characterized by a flexible fastening device (156), wherein the battery tray (150) can be fastened or is fastened to the hybrid motor vehicle by means of the flexible fastening device (156) relative to the center tunnel (240) in a movable manner. [3] Assembly (100) according to claim 2, characterized bythat the fastening device (156) of the assembly (100) has one or more connecting elements (157) which are designed to fasten a bottom side (154) of the battery tray (150) to a center tunnel top side (244) of the center tunnel (241). [4] Assembly (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the battery tray (150) of the assembly (100) has a stiffening cover (152) for closing the upwardly directed opening (151). [5] Assembly (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the load distribution device (110) of the assembly (100) has a plate (112) and the plate (112) is suitable for transferring a load from the crossbar (211) to the cover (111) and / or the battery tray (150). [6] Assembly (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the cover (111) and / or the plate (112) has a rib structure for stiffening the cover (111) and / or the plate (112).
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