Covering of an outer sill, energy storage element and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11077882-B2
Application number	US-201916591723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2019
Priority date	Oct 16, 2015
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A covering of an outer sill of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a covering region and a mounting region, which extend between first and second ends of the covering along a direction of longitudinal extension. The mounting region extends in a first direction of transverse extension perpendicular to the direction of longitudinal extension and has mounting elements in order to be able to be mounted on an underside of the outer sill for a mounted state. The mounting region has a lateral edge facing away from the covering region in the direction of longitudinal extension, which has recesses between mounting elements, which are formed such that sections of the lateral edge of the mounting region extend in a recessed manner in the first direction of transverse extension towards the covering region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a body which comprises an outer sill; and
a covering for the outer sill, the covering comprising:
a covering region and a mounting region, which extend between first and second ends of the covering along a longitudinal extension direction, wherein
the mounting region extends in a first transverse extension direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction and comprises mounting elements so as to be mountable for a mounted state to an underside of the outer sill, and
facing away from the covering region in the longitudinal extension direction, the mounting region comprises a lateral edge which, between mounting elements, comprises recesses which are formed so that sections of the lateral edge of the mounting region extend in a recessed manner in the first transverse extension direction towards the covering region in sections,

wherein the covering is fastened by way of the mounting elements of the mounting region to an underside of the outer sill,
wherein the vehicle is an electric or hybrid motor vehicle having an energy storage element, and
the energy storage element is mounted with a mounting side of a housing region of the energy storage element facing an underside of the outer sill of the electric or hybrid motor vehicle such that a respective fastening element of the energy storage element is arranged in a region of a recess of the mounting region of the covering of the outer sill.

2. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the body comprises left and right side outer sills, and
the energy storage element extends below the vehicle body and is mounted at each side.

3. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the recesses of the lateral edge are formed so that the lateral edge of the mounting region in the first transverse extension direction runs set back behind the mounting elements in sections.

4. The vehicle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the lateral edge of the mounting region comprises a recess between every two mounting elements that are adjacent following one another.

5. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the lateral edge of the mounting region comprises a recess between every two mounting elements that are adjacent following one another.

6. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the covering region extends in a second transverse extension direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction in order to cover, in a mounted state, an outer side of the outer sill along the longitudinal extension direction and the second transverse extension direction outside and laterally on the vehicle.

7. The vehicle as claimed in claim 6 , wherein
the covering region and the mounting region are connected to one another in the longitudinal extension direction.

8. The vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
the covering region and the mounting region comprise a unitary material.

9. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a respective mounting element is a mounting hole which is formed for receiving a mounting device.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
an energy storage unit is formed in an interior of the housing region, wherein
the housing region extends along a longitudinal extension direction, and
the housing region comprises the at least one fastening element so as to be fastenable, for a mounted state, with the mounting side of the housing region facing the underside of the outer sill of the vehicle.

11. The vehicle as claimed in claim 10 , wherein
the at least one fastening element is formed as a fastening hole in or through the housing region, which extends in a transverse extension direction perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension direction and which is formed for receiving a fastener.

12. The vehicle as claimed in claim 11 , wherein
on the mounting side of the housing region in the region of the at least one fastening element, at least one spacer element is formed, which extends in the transverse extension direction and in the mounted state creates a spatial distance between the mounting side of the housing region and the underside of the vehicle.

13. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the energy storage element is a high-voltage storage element.

14. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the respective fastening element is arranged together with a spacer element in the region of the recess of the mounting region of the covering of the outer sill.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Rottelberger Markus
• Lathwesen Harald
• Riedl Wilhelm

Classifications

• B60R13/04

  External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12) · CPC title

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B60K2001/0472

  from below · CPC title

• B62D25/025 Primary

  Side sills thereof · CPC title