US 11,858,364 B2
Battery case mounting structure for electric vehicle
Jun Young Lim, Incheon (KR); Jin Won Kim, Pyeongtaek-si (KR); Sung Bae Bang, Suwon-si (KR); and Jong Seop Song, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,434.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0123074 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0089040 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 50/66 (2019.02) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 11/08 (2013.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery case mounting structure for an electric vehicle, the battery case mounting structure comprising:
a vehicle body floor on which a plurality of seats are installed;
a battery case provided below the vehicle body floor, having a battery module therein, and including:
an air inlet configured to introduce air and disposed on a rear side of the battery case, and
an air outlet configured to discharge the air and disposed on a front side of the battery case;
an intake duct configured to communicate with the air inlet at an upper portion of the vehicle body floor and guide interior air of a vehicle cabin to an interior of the battery case; and
a discharge duct configured to:
communicate with the air outlet at the upper portion of the vehicle body floor,
extend along the upper portion of the vehicle body floor to the rear side of the battery case, and
discharge air to outside of the electric vehicle.