Electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11919381-B2
Application number	US-202117548648-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2021
Priority date	Dec 14, 2020
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

An electric vehicle includes a battery pack for driving the electric vehicle; and a vehicle body reinforcing structure member having at least a cross connection structure, wherein a left side and a right side of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member are fixed to a left side and a right side of a vehicle body respectively, and at least a portion of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member is fixed to the battery pack.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack for driving the electric vehicle; and
a vehicle body reinforcing structure member having at least a cross connection structure,
wherein a left side and a right side of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member are fixed to a left side and a right side of a vehicle body respectively,
at least a portion of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member is fixed to the battery pack,
the vehicle body reinforcing structure member at least includes a first reinforcing rod and a second reinforcing rod,
the second reinforcing rod is at least one set of combination rods which are cross connected with the first reinforcing rod,
the second reinforcing rod includes a first strut and a second strut which are independently disposed,
the first strut and the second strut are spaced apart at a cross connection portion with the first reinforcing rod,
a central axis of the first reinforcing rod, a central axis of the first strut, and a central axis of the second strut are positioned in a same plane, and
a fixing bracket is provided at the cross connection portion of the first strut and the second strut and the first reinforcing rod.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle body reinforcing structure member includes a reinforcing structure main body attached to the vehicle body and connected to the battery pack.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first strut and the second strut are disposed at two opposing sides of the first reinforcing rod and form a cross connection structure.

4. The electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the reinforcing structure main body includes the fixing bracket attached to the cross connection structure.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the vehicle body reinforcing structure member includes a battery pack connection bracket connected to at least one of the first reinforcing rod and the second reinforcing rod, and
one end of the battery pack connection bracket is attached to a bottom portion of the vehicle body, and the other end of the battery pack connection bracket is connected to the battery pack.

6. The electric vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the battery pack connection bracket is connected to the first reinforcing rod and the second reinforcing rod at a position where the first reinforcing rod and the second reinforcing rod are apart away from each other by the maximum distance.

7. The electric vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the vehicle body reinforcing structure member further comprises:
a battery protection plate attached to the battery pack; and
a reinforcing bracket connected to at least one of the first reinforcing rod and the second reinforcing rod and having an end attached to the battery protection plate.

8. The electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein end portions of the first reinforcing rod are connected to end portions of the second reinforcing rod, respectively.

9. The electric vehicle according to claim 8 ,
wherein the vehicle body reinforcing structure member includes a connection member, and
the end portions of the first reinforcing rod are connected to the end portions of the second reinforcing rod by the connection member and fixed at the left side and the right side of the vehicle body.

10. The electric vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the first reinforcing rod and the second reinforcing rod are hollow rods.

11. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle body reinforcing structure member is attached to a bottom side of the vehicle body and adjacent to a rear portion of the battery pack.

12. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing bracket is attached to both front and rear sides of the vehicle body reinforcing structure member.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuoka Kiyohiko
• Huang Jun
• Yang Yao

Classifications

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60L50/64 Primary

  Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60L50/66

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• B62D21/15

  having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body (bumpers B60R19/02; shock absorbers in general F16F) · CPC title

• B62D27/023

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title