Flooring for an electric or hybrid vehicle.

Abstract

Floor for an electric or hybrid vehicle. The invention relates to a floor 10 for an electric or hybrid vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, the floor 10 comprising an upper face and a lower face 12, an opening 13, the opening 13 passing through the floor 10, the floor 10 comprising a reinforcement 20 extending at least partially around the opening 13 so as to reinforce the floor 10 around the opening 13, the reinforcement 20 being fixed to the lower face 12 of the floor 10 and / or to the upper face of the floor 10 and / or at the perimeter of the opening 13. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 5

Claims

Demands

1. Floor (10) for an electric or hybrid vehicle (1), in particular for a utility motor vehicle, the floor (10) comprising an upper face (11) and a lower face (12), an opening (13), the opening (13) passing through the floor (10), characterized in that the floor (10) comprises a reinforcement (20) extending at least partially around the opening (13) so as to reinforce the floor (10) around the opening (13), the reinforcement (20) being fixed to the lower face (12) of the floor (10) and / or to the upper face (11) of the floor (10) and / or at the perimeter (14) of the opening (13).

2. Floor (10) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the reinforcement (20) is formed from a sheet, in particular by bending and / or stamping.

3. Floor (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the reinforcement (20) is fixed to the floor (10) by welding and / or brazing and / or by at least one rivet.

4. Floor (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the floor (10) is made of steel and / or aluminum alloy and / or in that the reinforcement (20) is made of steel and / or aluminum alloy.

5. An arrangement (2) for an electric or hybrid vehicle (1), in particular for a utility vehicle, comprising: - a floor (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, - a compartment (30) for receiving a battery (3), in particular a compartment (30) of parallelepiped or substantially parallelepiped shape, the compartment (30) being arranged under the floor (10), the compartment (30) comprising an opening (33) for allowing the introduction of a liquid and / or powder product in the event of a short circuit and / or thermal runaway and / or ignition of such a battery (3), the opening (33) being provided on a wall (31) of the compartment (30) arranged opposite the underside (12) of the floor (10), characterized in that the reinforcement (20) extends downwards and forwards, or downwards and towards the back,so as to form a channel extending from the opening (13) in the floor (10) and being substantially directed towards the opening (33) in the compartment (30).

6. Arrangement (2) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that at least one cross member (6) extends under the floor (10), above or substantially above the opening (33) of the compartment (30) for receiving such a battery (3).

7. Arrangement (2) according to any one of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that the reinforcement (20) comprises: - a first wall (21) and a second wall (22) extending substantially in a vertical and longitudinal plane on either side of the opening (13) of the floor (10) in the transverse direction, in particular a first and second walls (21, 22) of substantially triangular shape, in particular identical, - a hood (23) extending substantially from the lower face (12) of the floor in front of or behind the opening (13) of the floor (10) and joining an edge (211, 221) of each of the first and second walls (21, 22) to form a channel in the direction of the opening (33) of the compartment (30).

8. Arrangement (2) according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the reinforcement (20) comprises at least one fixing wall (24) intended to come into contact with the lower face (12) of the floor (10) or the upper face (11) of the floor (10), the fixing wall (24) extending on either side of the opening (13) in the transverse direction and / or in the longitudinal direction.

9. Arrangement (2) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the fixing wall (24) of the reinforcement (20) includes first holes (245) and in that the floor (10) includes second holes (15) opposite the first holes (245) so as to facilitate the positioning and / or fixing of the reinforcement (20) relative to the floor (10).

10. Electric or hybrid vehicle (1), in particular a utility motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises an arrangement (2) according to any one of claims 5 to 9, or a floor (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

11. Electric or hybrid vehicle (1), in particular a utility motor vehicle, comprising an arrangement (2) according to any one of claims 5 to 9, characterized in that the vehicle (1) comprises a battery (3) housed in the compartment (30), the battery (3) being able to be cooled and / or flooded by spraying a powder and / or liquid product into the opening (13) of the floor (10), the reinforcement (20) guiding such a powdered and / or liquid product towards the opening (33) of the compartment (30) so as to fill at least partially a free space (32) between the compartment (30) and the battery (3).

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