US 12,246,589 B2
Vehicle body having high voltage battery
Seung Won An, Seoul (KR); Young Jun Kim, Seoul (KR); and Jong Jin Choi, Anyang-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 Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/377,681.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0151287 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144059 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body having a battery, the vehicle body comprising:
a vehicle body frame having:
a pair of first side sill sections extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle body, respectively; and
a pair of second side sill sections disposed outward and downward from the pair of first side sill sections, respectively, to define a mounting space for side parts, along with the pair of first side sill sections;
a battery frame located below the vehicle body frame and having:
side sections, between which the battery is configured to be accommodated; and
a plurality of mounting features by which the battery frame is fastened to a lower portion of the vehicle body frame; and
a reinforcing frame located between the vehicle body frame and the battery frame and having:
a pair of side reinforcing members extending along the side sections of the battery frame on an external side from the side sections and fastened to the side sections and the pair of second side sill sections; and
a cross-reinforcing member extending across the battery frame and coupled to the pair of side reinforcing members and fastened to a lower portion of the vehicle body frame by the plurality of mounting features,
wherein the side sections are provided with a connection end portion extending downwards from the pair of side reinforcing members so that the connection end portion and the pair of side reinforcing members are fastened together.