US 11,850,932 B2
Structure for fastening battery to vehicle
Gyung Hoon Shin, Seoul (KR); Yong Hwan Choi, Seoul (KR); Yu Ri Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Tae Hyuck Kim, Chungcheongnam-do (KR); Hae Kyu Lim, Bucheon-si (KR); and Ji Woong Jung, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,805.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0149450 (KR), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144060 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure for fastening a battery to a vehicle, the structure comprising:
a carrier part including:
a pair of first members disposed at a lower portion of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the pair of first members in contact with sides of a vehicle body, respectively; and
a plurality of second members each of which having both ends being in contact with the pair of first members; and
a battery having a case that houses a plurality of battery cells,
wherein a first portion of the case is connected to the first members, and second portion of the case is connected to the second members,
wherein the case includes a lower panel, a side wall member disposed along a rim of the lower panel, and a case inner member that is disposed in a space defined by the side wall member, in the longitudinal direction or a lateral direction of the vehicle,
wherein the case inner member includes:
a lateral member that extends in the lateral direction of the vehicle; and
a reinforcing member that connects between the lateral member and the side wall member, and
wherein the reinforcing member is configured such that the case is fastened to the first members through the reinforcing member.