US 12,202,324 B2
Battery case for vehicle
Chan Hoon Park, Gyeonggi-Do (KR); and Yong Hwan Choi, Seoul (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 Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,923.
Application 17/521,923 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/028,911, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,912,120.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0050812 (KR), filed on Apr. 27, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0030371 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063390 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/209 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery case for a vehicle, comprising:
a lower panel supporting lower sides of a plurality of battery modules, the lower panel comprising a sidewall bent and extending upwards from the lower panel;
a side member connected to and supporting an outer surface of the sidewall of the lower panel, the side member being configured to protect side surfaces of the plurality of battery modules; and
a plurality of reinforcing members disposed between the plurality of battery modules mounted in the battery case, opposite ends of each of the plurality of reinforcing members being coupled to and supported by the sidewall;
wherein the side member comprises:
a protruding end integrally formed with the side member and protruding outwards from at least a portion of the side member; and
a lower reinforcing panel extending from the protruding end to a lower side of the lower panel so as to be coupled to a lower surface of the lower panel, wherein the lower reinforcing panel comprises:
a gap-forming portion extending downwards from an end of the protruding end;
a first horizontal portion extending from the gap-forming portion in a direction parallel to the lower panel;
a slanted portion slanted downwards from the first horizontal portion; and
a second horizontal portion extending from the slanted portion in a direction parallel to the lower panel so as to be coupled to the lower panel.