Underbody of a motor vehicle

US9862427B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9862427-B2
Application numberUS-201615063863-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 8, 2016
Priority dateMar 17, 2015
Publication dateJan 9, 2018
Grant dateJan 9, 2018

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An underbody of a motor vehicle has a base plate ( 3 ) and an impact protector ( 6 ) connected a lower side of the base plate ( 3 ). The impact protector ( 6 ) is a material composite composed of metal and fiber composite material.

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What is claimed is: 1. An underbody of a motor vehicle, comprising: a structural frame; a base plate secured to the structural frame and having a lower surface; and an impact protector connected to the lower surface of the base plate, the impact protector being a composite material composed of upper and lower metal layers and a fiber composite material layer disposed between the upper and lower metal layers and wherein the fiber composite material layer is in face-to-face contact with the upper and lower metal layers, the upper metal layer having an upper surface facing away from the fiber composite material layer, the upper surface of the upper metal layer being connected to the lower surface of the baseplate; and wherein the base plate is part of an underbody traction battery of a hybrid vehicle or electric vehicle. 2. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the metal layers are a highly elastic aluminum or titanium. 3. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the fiber composite material layer is an aramid fiber or an aramid fabric. 4. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the impact protector is an impact protection layer having a thickness of 2to 4mm. 5. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the impact protector is formed by a single entire plate. 6. The underbody of claim 5 , wherein the entire plate is laminated directly onto the base plate. 7. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the base plate is an aluminum plate. 8. The underbody of claim 1 , further comprising a cooling structure with cooling ducts integrated in the base plate on a side of the base plate facing away from the impact protector. 9. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the base plate is screwed, adhesively bonded or welded to a structural frame of the underbody battery. 10. The underbody of claim 1 , wherein the impact protector is formed by a multiplicity of individual plates. 11. The underbody of claim 10 , wherein each of the respective individual plates is formed from two metal layers and the fiber composite material layer arranged therebetween. 12. The underbody of claim 10 , wherein each of the respective individual plates is laminated directly onto the base plate.

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  • Electricity · mapped topic

  • of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

  • Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

  • the electric storage means · CPC title

  • B62D25/20Primary

    Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} · CPC title

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What does patent US9862427B2 cover?
An underbody of a motor vehicle has a base plate ( 3 ) and an impact protector ( 6 ) connected a lower side of the base plate ( 3 ). The impact protector ( 6 ) is a material composite composed of metal and fiber composite material.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Porsche Ag, Porsche Ag
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B62D25/20. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 09 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 12 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).