Patent number: 10843577
Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle driven by an electric motor, said battery case comprising a tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) which has a base (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) onto which side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) having a mounting flange (4) are molded, and comprising a frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) which surrounds the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) on the outer side thereof and has a hollow chamber (11, 11.1, 11.2). The side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) of the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) are at the same time part of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) and separate the tray interior from the hollow chamber (11, 11.1, 11.2) of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2). The side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) with their mounting flange (4) are part of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) and the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) has at least two additional frame members (6, 8, 3.1, 4.1, 13, 3.2, 4.2, 13.1) connected to the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) for completing the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2), of which a first frame member (6, 3.1, 3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2020
Assignee:
KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Inventors:
Alexander Günther, Marco Töller, Stefan Brandl, Alexander Schauerte
Publication number: 20190381899
Abstract: A battery case for a vehicle driven by an electric motor, said battery case comprising a tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) which has a base (2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) onto which side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) having a mounting flange (4) are molded, and comprising a frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) which surrounds the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) on the outer side thereof and has a hollow chamber (11, 11.1, 11.2). The side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) of the tray part (1. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) are at the same time part of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) and separate the tray interior from the hollow chamber (11, 11.1, 11.2) of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2). The side walls (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) with their mounting flange (4) are part of the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) and the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2) has at least two additional frame members (6, 8, 3.1, 4.1, 13, 3.2, 4.2, 13.1) connected to the tray part (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) for completing the frame structure (5, 5.1, 5.2), of which a first frame member (6, 3.1, 3.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 12, 2017
Publication date:
December 19, 2019
Inventors:
Alexander Günther, Marco Töller, Stefan Brandl, Alexander Schauerte