US 12,337,771 B2
Motor vehicle and method for mounting a housing on a shell of a motor vehicle
Philipp Kellner, Renningen (DE); Sascha Mostofi, Stuttgart (DE); Christopher Volkmer, Niefern-Öschelbronn (DE); Adrian Starczewski, Korntal-Münchingen (DE); and Immanuel Vogel, Steinheim (DE)
Assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,643.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 127 846.5 (DE), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0129402 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/02 (2013.01) [B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 65/024 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
a shell including a first side that is positionable to face a roadway and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the shell comprises two suspension strut receptacles and two side members extending in a travel direction,
a housing in which at least one electronic component is arranged,
a mounting member that fastens the housing to the shell, and
an additional mounting member having (i) a central portion that is fastened to the housing and (ii) end portions that are fastened to the shell at respective suspension strut receptacles,
wherein the mounting member is releasably mounted on the shell and the housing is releasably fastened to the mounting member such that, in a mounting operation of the housing, the mounting member and the housing are mountable on the shell via the first side of the shell, and the housing is removable via the second side of the shell during a removal operation of the housing by removing the additional mounting member,
wherein the mounting member extends in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle between the two side members and is fastened to the side members,
wherein the mounting member and the additional mounting member are positioned at opposite sides of the housing, and
wherein the housing is sandwiched between the two side members in the transverse direction, and wherein the housing is sandwiched between the mounting member and the additional mounting member in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle.