CN109552420A - Profile in bottom parts - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of installation system for electric vehicle includes front beam, which extends to the left side of passenger compartment on the right side of the passenger compartment of electric vehicle.The installation system includes rear cross beam, which extends to left side from right side.Multiple mounting characteristic parts are defined in front beam and the respective downside of rear cross beam, which is configured to install battery packs to the downside of electric vehicle.Multiple seat guide rails extend across front beam and rear cross beam and install to front beam and rear cross beam, and multiple seat guide rails are configured as seat being mounted in passenger compartment.

Description

Profile in bottom parts

Background technique

For electric vehicle, usually due to exist large-scale and/or a large amount of battery to vehicle motor and Other component is provided with power, thus faces the problem of many uniquenesses.These batteries are often bulky, increase vehicle significantly Weight.When designing especially effective and practical electric vehicle, these considerations are just challenging.In addition, during collision, These batteries may be particularly easy to damage.Cell damage may be especially dangerous due to leading to fire and/or corrosion harmfulness.Therefore, Cell damage is prevented to be still a unique difficult challenge in electric vehicle field.

Vehicular manufacturer has been that vehicle adds a variety of new structure features, to promote safety and/or performance.It is many this A little structure features are equally applicable to electric vehicle, hybrid vehicle and on-electric vehicle, and other structures feature is then more Lay particular emphasis on the motor type of vehicle, for example, the vehicle chassis thickened in order to protect on vehicle specific zones electric vehicle electricity Pond.Safety and performance are improved without significantly undermining the important mesh that otherwise structure improvement is still vehicular manufacturer Mark.

Electric vehicle substitution is just becoming more and more practical using the conventional truck of internal combustion engine.Electric vehicle can have as Lower advantage: its is compact to design, simple, and depends on the device for initially generating the electric power for vehicle, potentially more environmentally-friendly.By Petroleum reserves in all over the world becomes more and more poorer, before being provided with power to automobile instead of gasoline using renewable energy Scape has clear advantage.

Summary of the invention

In one aspect, a kind of installation system for electric vehicle is provided.Installation system may include: front beam, The front beam extends to the left side of passenger compartment on the right side of the passenger compartment of electric vehicle；And rear cross beam, the rear cross beam extend from right side To left side.Front beam and the respective downside of rear cross beam can define multiple mounting characteristic parts, and multiple mounting characteristic parts are configured as Battery packs are installed to the downside of electric vehicle.Installation system can also include multiple seat guide rails, and the seat guide rail is horizontal Extend across front beam and rear cross beam and installs to front beam and rear cross beam.The multiple seat guide rail can be configured as seat Chair is mounted in passenger compartment.

In another aspect, a kind of installation system for electric vehicle may include: front beam, and the front beam is from electricity The left side of passenger compartment is extended on the right side of the passenger compartment of motor-car；And rear cross beam, the rear cross beam extend to left side from right side.Front beam Multiple mounting characteristic parts can be defined with the respective downside of rear cross beam.Installation system may include multiple seat guide rails, the seat Guide rail extends across front beam and rear cross beam and installs to front beam and rear cross beam.Installation system may further include: extremely A few seat, the seat are slidably mounted at least some of multiple seat guide rails seat guide rail；And battery pack Piece installing, the battery packs are secured to multiple mounting characteristic parts on front beam and the respective downside of rear cross beam.

In another aspect, a kind of method in electric vehicle upper mounting seat chair and battery packs is provided.The party Method may include: at the pedestal for the passenger compartment that front beam and rear cross beam are located in electric vehicle, so that front beam and rear cross beam The right side of passenger compartment is extended on the left of passenger compartment.Front beam and the respective downside of rear cross beam can define multiple mounting characteristic parts. This method can also include that multiple seat guide rails are fixed to front beam and the respective top surface of rear cross beam, so that multiple seats Guide rail is across between the distance between front beam and rear cross beam.This method may further include by battery packs be positioned to By the downside of electric vehicle, and using the fixed multiple fasteners of multiple mounting characteristic parts battery packs are seated against electricity The downside of motor-car.

Detailed description of the invention

By reference to following attached drawing, the characteristics of further understanding various embodiments and advantage may be implemented.In the accompanying drawings, Similar component or feature can have identical appended drawing reference.In addition, the different components of same type can be by attached drawing Second label of label plus hyphen and differentiation similar component is to distinguish.If only used the first attached drawing in the present specification Label, then this explanation is suitable for the similar component of any one first appended drawing reference having the same, without considering the second attached drawing Label.

Fig. 1 shows a kind of electric vehicle according to the embodiment.

Fig. 2 depicts the installation system that electric vehicle is used for according to embodiment.

Fig. 3 depicts the viewgraph of cross-section in the channel according to embodiment electric vehicle.

Fig. 4 depicts the seat mounting system according to embodiment electric vehicle.

Fig. 5 depicts the centre cross member that electric vehicle is used for according to embodiment.

Fig. 6 depicts the seat mounting system that electric vehicle is used for according to embodiment.

Fig. 7 is the flow chart for describing according to embodiment the method being mounted on seat and battery packs in electric vehicle.

Specific embodiment

To meet the detail of legal requirements, theme of embodiment of the present invention is described at this, but this is described It is not necessarily intended to the range of limitation claims.Claimed theme can otherwise be implemented, and may include not With element or step, and can or WeiLai Technology existing with other be used together.Each step unless explicitly recited Sequence or element arrangement, this specification should be not construed as to imply that there are any specific between various steps or element Sequence or arrangement.

System and method described herein broadly relate to the improvement of electric vehicle.Due to consideration that being supplied to such vehicle It with the size of battery needed for power and weight and needs to keep electric vehicle as safe as possible, so specific spy must be taken into consideration Sign is to design each component in electric vehicle.Specifically, it is necessary to which tradeoff is related to the weight of each component and structural intergrity The considerations of factor to ensure that electric vehicle had both efficiently and safely operated.For example, the vehicle body of vehicle must hard, effective and weight Gently.Light-weighted vehicle body helps to offset the additional weight of battery, and the battery can be the form of several large-sized batteries, or use The form for a large amount of (sometimes up to thousands of) smaller batteries that conducting wire links together.Hard vehicle body helps to make during turning Vehicle is more stable, additionally aids damage of the limitation to vehicle body and battery in collision process.Since a large amount of battery causes phase It when big fire hazard and is also possible to that passenger is made to be exposed to strong corrosive material with other people, therefore is protected in collision process Battery is especially important.Due to this high safety risk, it is necessary to be designed to body structure by from the strong of any direction Power collision.

Referring now to Fig. 1, one embodiment of electric vehicle 100 is shown.Although being here illustrated as electric car, Electric vehicle 100 can be any motor vehicles for being provided with power with electric power.For example, electric vehicle 100 may include traffic work Has the transporter of such as automobile, bus, train, truck, tramcar, ship, aircraft and/or any other type Structure.

Although being especially designed to constitute those of vehicle frame component in most of main body 102 of this electric vehicle 100 And for those of collision protection component, be all made of aluminium or aluminium-containing alloy, it is to be appreciated that it is also contemplated that other Material.Aluminium alloy provides firm but light-weight component, they facilitate mitigation weight and are provided with power to compensate to electric vehicle The high weight of required battery.For electric vehicle, the protection to battery is more laid particular emphasis on, this is because battery unit Damage may set off an explosion inside the vehicle and fire.Since battery must occupy a large amount of space in electric vehicle to tie up Actual mileage is held, therefore complicates these problems.Therefore, enhancing is provided along the edge of Vehicular battery and turning The vehicle change of protection is beneficial.These changes can include but is not limited to and following related Consideration: (1) increasing The rigidity of extra bus；(2) absorption to collision energy is improved；And (3) improve the energy/power for being originated from the impact to automobile body Transmission efficiency with mitigate in Vehicular battery and vehicle passenger apply potential impact.

Cell device 104 is located at below the floor structure 106 of electric vehicle 100.This positioning provides several benefits.It is first First, mainly cell device is isolated with passenger compartment by aluminium (or other metal materials) floor structure 106, this helps to improve passenger Safety.Cell device 104 is placed on vehicle 100 enables cell device 104 below floor structure 106 further below It is connect with the electrical system of vehicle 100.This enables cell device 104 to change out from the outside of vehicle 100.For example, can To increase vehicle 100, and cell device 104 can be made to separate from the bottom of vehicle 100.It only as an example, can be with By multiple bolts or other disassembly of fastener, and cell device 104 can be moved from vehicle 100 low.It can be by cell device 104 disconnect, and new cell device 104 can be connected and be fastened to the bottom of vehicle 100.This enables used batteries It is enough to be easily replaced, and the cell device exhausted 104 is also enabled rapidly to be replaced with the cell device to have charged 104, as the method to 100 quick charge of vehicle, in order to farther distance.The placement of cell device 104 also makes vehicle 100 most of weight is close to bottom surface, to reduce the center of gravity of vehicle 100, and vehicle 100 is preferably turned It is curved, and a possibility that reduce rollover.

With use internal combustion engine and the automobile of the power drive system including extending along Vehicle length is different, electric vehicle 100 by one or more motor drives positioned at vicinity.It therefore, there is no need to longitudinal power train.In order to which facilitate will be objective Compartment 108 is isolated from cell device 104, while providing access to be connected to cell device 104 to be connected in passenger compartment 108 Electrical system and be connected to one or more motor, rigid crossing 110 has can be set in passenger compartment, and the rigid crossing is from passenger compartment 108 floor structure 106 projects upwards.However, being different from conventional fuel oil power car, (wherein channel be can be set as power Transmission system provides gap), it is cell device 104 for providing power to electric vehicle 100 including rigid crossing 110 Part provide gap.Rigid crossing 110 not only can provide shell for the part of battery packs, but also may be used as a variety of Other function.Only as an example, if colliding, rigid crossing 110 can contribute to that power is absorbed and shifted from passenger It opens.In such an embodiment, rigid crossing 110 can be by carbon fiber or other extremely firm and light-weight composite material shapes At.In other embodiments, rigid crossing 110 can serve as the part of air ventilation systems, and hot-air or cold air are passed through The part of rigid crossing 110 is passed through in passenger compartment 108.

In some embodiments, front panel 112 can be coupled with rigid crossing 110, which can be from front panel 112 extand rearward to one or more centre cross member 132, as shown in Figure 2.For example, the leading edge of rigid crossing 110 can at The middle section of the part 122 of angle and the middle section coupling of front beam 114.The leading edge of rigid crossing 110 can open It opens, so as to lead to the access of motor room in 110 following settings of rigid crossing.The rear part of rigid crossing 110 can be in Crossbeam 132 is entreated to couple.For example, the forefront of centre cross member 132 can be coupled with the bottom of rigid crossing 110, such as in rigidity In notch in channel 110, which is configured to accommodate the forefront of centre cross member 132.The rearmost part of centre cross member 132 can be with It is configured to couple with the back edge of rigid crossing 110 and/or close to its coupling.Centre cross member 132 can be across the width of passenger compartment 108 Degree extends transversely with.In some embodiments, the top surface of one or more centre cross member 132 can be configured to be used as front row seat The installation point of chair.For example, the top surface of one or more centre cross member 132 can with well-defining, the hole be configured to accommodate bolt and/ Or other retention mechanisms are in order to being couple to centre cross member 132 for seat guide rail 164 and/or other seat bases.In some realities It applies in example, seat carrier can be installed to one or more centre cross member 132.Then, these brackets can carry seat and lead Rail 164, seat can be installed together with the seat guide rail.In general, each seat can be installed to two seat guide rails 164, it is understood that the guide rail 164 of other quantity also can be used.

In some embodiments, centre cross member 132 is (and fixed to other supporting members of floor structure 106 and bottom Hardened structure 106 itself) it can be configured to that battery packs 104 are installed on it.For example, one or more centre cross member 132 Bottom surface can be configured to accommodate one or more dismountable retention mechanisms, such as bolt, which is used for battery assembly Part 104 is fixed to the bottom of floor structure 106.Only as an example, centre cross member 132 can be located on floor structure 106, Cell device 104 (can be equipped with one or more against the bottom of floor structure 106 between cell device 104 and floor structure Middle layer and/or intermediate member).One or more bolts can run through floor structure 106 from the bottom of cell device 104, prolong Protrude into the inside of one or more centre cross member 132.Bolt or other fasteners may be positioned such that across in cell device 104 The hole in the flange of cell device 104 and/or.Centre cross member 132 provides firm installation site for cell device 104, thus Allow cell device 104 bigger and provides farther mileage travelled for vehicle 100.

Centre cross member 132 can be also used for reinforcing the side wall of passenger compartment 108, and when impacting, protect passenger compartment 108. Front beam 114 (and rest part of front panel 112) can be configured to the power from head-on crash via rigid crossing 110 One or more centre cross member 132 is transmitted to from front anti-collision beam 128 and 130.Additionally or alternatively, front beam 114 is (and preceding The rest part of coaming plate 112) it may be configured to the power from head-on crash being transmitted to left side from front anti-collision beam 128 and 130 Longitudinal support beam 124 and right side longitudinal support beam 126.

Battery packs 104 can be configured to be installed together with the bottom of floor structure.Battery packs 104 can wrap At least one battery 162 is included, but generally includes a large amount of batteries, according to the size of each battery, including tens arrive thousands of a batteries. In some embodiments, battery 162 includes the multiple battery packs for being arranged to two layers, as shown in Figure 3.For example, first layer can be with Extend below all or part of passenger compartment 108, and the second layer can be stacked on the part of first layer so that it is in passenger compartment It is upwardly extended at 108 subsequent positions.In some embodiments, the upper layer of battery packs 104 can be positioned at rear cross beam 204 Rear portion.Rear cross beam 204 can extend across the width of passenger compartment 108.Rear cross beam 204 can be configured to accommodate one or more tight Firmware, the fastener arrangement is at the bottom that battery packs 104 are fixed to vehicle 100.In some embodiments, rear cross beam 204 can be also used for for one or more back seats being mounted in passenger compartment 108.

Battery packs 104 can also include battery connector shell 156.Battery connector shell 156 can be configured to At least one battery connector is accommodated wherein.Battery connector shell 156 can define at least one electric connector, described Electric connector is configured to couple at least one electrical system (such as motor) of electric vehicle 100.Battery connector shell 156 can be configured to be inserted into the hole 152 of floor structure 106, so that at least part of battery connector shell 156 is prolonged It is stretched outside on the top surface of floor structure 106.This enables electric connector to be accessed by the open front of rigid crossing 110, So that cell device 104 can be electrically connected with the motor of vehicle 100 and other electrical systems.Can be used can be from bottom plate Battery packs 104 are fixed to the bottom of floor structure 106 by the fastener that the bottom of structure 106 enters, thus without into Battery packs 104 can be removed from electric vehicle 100 in the case where entering passenger compartment 108.These fasteners can be along vehicle 100 bottom interval at floor structure 106, centre cross member 132, bottom floor beam 160 and/or other structures element It opens, and the spacing sum number amount of fastener depends on weight, the size and/or shape of cell device 104.

Rigid crossing 110 can be coupled with front panel 112, such as be coupled at the rear surface of front panel 112.Rigid crossing 110 can also couple with floor structure 106 and central supporting beam 132.Rigid crossing 110 can be configured to covering battery connector The part for extending in 106 top of floor structure of shell 156, so that passenger compartment 108 be closed from battery connector shell 156.

Centre cross member 132 can form the installation system for vehicle 100.Installation system may include preceding centre cross member 206, the preceding centre cross member extends to the left side of passenger compartment 108 from the right side of passenger compartment 108.Installation system further includes rear centre cross member 208, the rear centre cross member extends to left side from right side at the position at preceding 206 rear of centre cross member.Preceding 206 He of centre cross member The respective downside of centre cross member 208 can define multiple mounting characteristic parts afterwards.Each mounting characteristic part, which can be configured as, to be connect It receives and fastener or other fixed mechanisms or is engaged in other ways with fastener or other fixed mechanisms, by battery packs 104 install to the downside of electric vehicle 100.In some embodiments, mounting characteristic part can be across preceding centre cross member 206 with after The length of centre cross member 208 is spaced apart, so that the load of battery scatter along the width of electric vehicle 100.

In some embodiments, preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 can be configured as absorption and touch from front The power is transferred to preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208, rigid crossing coupling via rigid crossing 110 by the power hit Between the front panel and preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 of electric vehicle 100.The beam can be additionally configured to Help protects passenger compartment 108 and battery packs 104 from side collision.In order to facilitate in the case where front or side collision A greater amount of power and generally strengthened beam are absorbed, preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 can each define interior Portion, the inside have in a plurality of rib wherein formed.Centre cross member 206 and rear center are horizontal before rib can extend longitudinally through Beam 208.For example, a plurality of vertical rib 210 can preceding centre cross member 206 and/or rear centre cross member 208 corresponding top surface and Extend between bottom surface.Here, rib 210 can be located at equal intervals in the inside of beam.In some embodiments, Mei Gean Between two ribs 210 in the center portion for the width that dress feature is located in respective girders.

In some embodiments, preceding centre cross member 206 and/or rear centre cross member 208 can be formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy.Make With aluminium rather than more rigid material such as steel not only alleviates the weight of vehicle 100, but also (such as by by aluminium centre cross member 206 are designed as with 208 with similar concertina style shrinkage) allow to absorb the more energy from collision.This shrinkage can lead to The outer wall for crossing crossbeam realizes that the wall is at chamfering and/or the wall substantially octagonal.In order to promote the formation of rib 210, it is preceding in Entreat crossbeam 206 and rear centre cross member 208 can be by aluminium extruded pressing formation, so that the outer wall of rib 210 and centre cross member 206 and 208 It is formed together.In some embodiments, the tie point between rib 210 and centre cross member 206 and 208 outer wall can outward gradually Contracting, so that the thickness near tie point is greater than the thickness of the rest part of rib 210.Similarly, connecing between any rib Also it can have the thickness bigger than the rest part of rib at conjunction.

Preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 can be additionally configured to the one or more of support electric vehicle 100 Seat.For example, each centre cross member 206 and 208 may include one or more installation sites, multiple seat guide rails 164 can be with In one or more of installation sites before preceding centre cross member 206 and the extension of rear centre cross member 208 and being mounted to Centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208.For example, installation site, which can be configured as, respectively receives fastener or other fixations Mechanism.In other embodiments, seat guide rail 164 can be directly mounted to collar or sleeve, and the collar or sleeve then can be with The installation site being fixed on preceding centre cross member 206 or rear centre cross member 208.For example, seat guide rail 164 can be soldered And/or it is otherwise attached to sleeve.Seat guide rail 164, which can be configured as, is mounted on seat in passenger compartment 108.For example, Seat can be engaged slidably with one or more seat guide rails 164, so that the position of each seat in passenger compartment 108 can be with It is adjusted by the running lengthwise seat of the corresponding seat guide rail 164 along seat.In other embodiments, it can be set The bracket being mounted on centre cross member 132, the bracket are configured as receiving guide rail 164.

Fig. 4 depicts the system for coupling the external frame of centre cross member 132 and vehicle 100.The system can wrap Include at least one longitudinal support beam with the coupling of the chassis 292 of electric vehicle 100.For example, left longitudinal beam 124 can be along electronic The left side of vehicle 100 extends.Right longitudinal beam 126 can extend along the right side of vehicle 100.In some embodiments, longitudinal beam 124 and 126 define the bottom beam of passenger compartment 108.Longitudinal beam 124 and 126 can be configured as to protect cell device 104 and passenger compartment 108 mode absorbs and metastatic capacity.For example, left longitudinal beam 124 and right longitudinal beam 126 can be formed of aluminum or aluminum alloy respectively.

Using aluminium rather than more rigid material such as steel not only alleviates the weight of vehicle 100, but also (such as pass through by Aluminium longitudinal beam 124 and 126 is designed as with similar concertina style shrinkage) allow to absorb the more energy from collision.This wrinkle Contracting can realize that the outer wall is at chamfering and/or formation by the outer wall of left Longitudinal Collision Avoidance beam 124 and right Longitudinal Collision Avoidance beam 126 Being includes one or more pits, and the pit is designed to promote controlled shrinkage when impacting.

In order to help to cope with bigger power, left longitudinal beam 124 and right longitudinal beam 126 each define inside, inside packet Include a plurality of rib extended along the length of left longitudinal beam 124 and right longitudinal beam 126.Rib can extend through entire internal with will be more A wall is coupled together, and provides additional material and material thickness thus to absorb and shift bigger power.For example, left longitudinal beam 124 and right longitudinal beam 126 can each include one or more vertical rib of bottom wall being extended to from roof and/or from longitudinal beam 124 and 126 side wall extends to one or more horizontal ribs of another side wall.In other embodiments, rib can be Diagonal orientation.In order to promote to be formed rib, left longitudinal beam 124 and right longitudinal beam 126 can be formed by aluminium extrusion so that rib with The outer wall of longitudinal beam 124 and 126 is formed together.In some embodiments, between rib and longitudinal beam 124 and 126 outer wall Tie point can be outwardly tapered, so that the thickness near tie point is greater than the thickness of the rest part of rib.Similarly, rib is each other Between any joint also can have the thickness bigger than the rest part of rib.

Connection system can also include preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208, respectively since the right side of passenger compartment 108 Extend to the left side of passenger compartment 108.In some embodiments, the downside of preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 is respectively defined Multiple mounting characteristic parts, the mounting characteristic part are configured as installing cell device 104 to the downside of electric vehicle 100.Example Such as, multiple fasteners can be inserted into mounting characteristic part to bolt or be fastened in other ways electronic by cell device 104 Vehicle 100.Preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 can be oriented generally normal to longitudinal support beam 124 and 126, and And it can be configured as and extend between longitudinal support beam 124 and 126.In order to help to cope with bigger power, preceding centre cross member 206 Inside can be respectively defined with rear centre cross member 208, the inside has one or more rib extended along its corresponding length. Rib can extend through entire inside to be coupled together multiple walls, provide additional material and material thickness thus to absorb The bigger power with transfer.In order to promote the formation of rib, preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 can be formed by aluminium extrusion, So that the outer wall of rib and crossbeam is formed together.

Seat mounting system can also include connector 212, and the connector is arranged on longitudinal support beam 124 and 126 One of them and preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 are between the two.Connector 212 can be configured as longitudinal branch Both beam 112 and preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208 is supportted to couple.Connector 212 may include preceding first part 214 With rear second part 216, the preceding first part is configured as the end of centre cross member 206 before receiving, the rear second part It is configured as the end of centre cross member 208 after receiving.For example, first part 214 and second part 216 can define it is substantially rectangular (or other shapes corresponding with the cross-sectional shape of preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208) chamber, wherein accordingly The end of crossbeam can be inserted and fix in the chamber.In some embodiments, first part 214 and second part 216 can Respectively to define flange, entire (or a large amount of) outer periphery that the flange is configured around the end of respective girders extends.It is convex Edge can have the length of at least about 1cm to 3cm, but other length also can be used.Before this length ensures sufficient amount Centre cross member 206 or rear centre cross member 208 are fixed in first part 214 or second part 216, while providing enough tables Face area can apply one or more fixed mechanisms (such as fastener, welding bead and such) by the surface area.

Connector 212 can also include Part III 218, which is configured as and longitudinal support beam 124 or 126 The middle section engagement of one of them.For example, Part III 218 may include flange, it is longitudinal that the flange is configured as contact The side of one of supporting beam 124 or 126.Then flange can be fastened or be otherwise affixed to longitudinal support beam 124 or 126 side.Flange can be sufficiently wide to accommodate any retention mechanism, which is used for 212 He of coupling connectors Longitudinal support beam 124 or 126.The flange of Part III 218 can be with the flange of first part 214 and second part 216 substantially It is orthogonal, so that connector 212 be allowed to couple orthogonal directed beam.In some embodiments, the flange of Part III 218 can be swollen Swollen one or more corners to wrap longitudinal support beam 124 or 126, so that Hp contacts longitudinal support beam 124 or 126 Multiple sides.For example, the flange of Part III 218 can form generally U-shaped container, which be may be positioned such that around longitudinal The part of supporting beam 124 or 126.

Connector 212 is configured as coupling several orthogonal directed components, wherein first part 214 and second part 216 It is configured as receiving the end of a component along a first direction, and Part III 218 is configured as from opposite with first direction The fixed second component of second direction side.The pedestal of the flange of Part III 218 and first part 214 and second part The 216 respective pedestal of substantially rectangular chamber can be shared with substantially parallel layout and/or be aligned.Due to connector 212 Somewhat complex design by aluminum casting or can suppress.

In some embodiments, connector 212 includes increasing section 220, which is configured as connector 212 preceding Height at the position of the top of centre cross member 206 is increased to level more higher than position above rear centre cross member 208.Example Such as, increasing section 220 may include protrusion, and the protrusion extends above the main surface of connector 212, wherein main surface and first The height of the flange of part 214 and second part 216 flushes or close to the height.In some embodiments, support flap 218 exists It increases and extends between the upper section of section 220 and the main surface of first part 214.Increasing section 220 can be used for supporting for extremely The preceding installation part of a few seat guide rail 164, the preceding installation part, which can be configured as, is slideably mounted on passenger compartment for seat In 108.The rear installation part of seat guide rail 164 can be located on second part 216 at the position close to rear centre cross member 208 Near or.Seat guide rail 164 extends across preceding centre cross member 206 and rear centre cross member 208, and is mounted so that a seat The preceding part of seat rail 164 extends get Geng Gao than the rear part of seat guide rail 164.This, which can be used, increases the completion of section 220.Seat Guide rail 164 can be soldered, fasten and/or be otherwise affixed to connector 212.In general, seat guide rail 164 be positioned to Longitudinal support beam 124 or 126 is substantially parallel and is laterally spaced with it.

Fig. 5 shows the alternative embodiment of rigid crossing 910.Here, rigid crossing 910 extends only to the center of forefront Crossbeam 932.The centre cross member 932 of forefront has to be defined by front side portion 934, rear lateral portion 936, top side portion 938 and bottom side 940 Side wall profile.In some embodiments, front side portion 934 can not be parallel with rear lateral portion 936.For example, front side portion 934 can To be forwardly and downwardly at an angle of from top side portion 938.It the rear end of rigid crossing 910 can be with the top of the centre cross member 932 of forefront Side 938 and/or front side portion 934 couple.Rigid crossing 910 may include flange 912, the center cross of the flange and forefront The top side portion 938 and/or front side portion 934 of beam 932 couple.In some embodiments, the centre cross member 932 of forefront can define Inside including a plurality of rib 942.Rib 942 extends vertically between top side portion 938 and bottom side 940.Here, in the inside Two ribs are set, to form two rectangular cavities and a trapezoidal cavity.Additional level can be set in the cavity Rib 944.For example, each cavity can include at least one rib 944 that the cavity is separated into multiple sections.Rib 944 is perpendicular Straight rib 942 provides additional intensity and rigidity.The use of rib 942 and 944 helps to reinforce and reinforce the centre cross member of forefront 932, without increasing significant quantity of material or weight, so that the centre cross member 932 of forefront can be when colliding Cope with bigger impact force.

The centre cross member 946 of rearmost part can have to be pushed up by front side portion 948, the first top side portion 950, midfeather 952, second The profile that side 954, rear lateral portion 956 and bottom side 958 define.The profile can be shaped so that the centre cross member of rearmost part The rear part of the 946 preceding centre cross member 946 for being partially larger than the rearmost part.In some embodiments, the first top side portion 950 and One or two of two top side portions 954 can tilt down from front to back.The inclined surface can be configured to accommodate one or Multiple brackets, seat and/or seat guide rail may be mounted on the bracket.In some embodiments, the centre cross member of rearmost part Define open inside in 946 side.A plurality of rib 960 can extend in open inside.Rib 960 is in the second top side portion 954 Vertically extend between bottom side 958.Here, two ribs are set in the inside, the rib and midfeather 952 of middle front part Alignment.Additional horizontal ribs 962 can be set in the inside.For example, horizontal ribs 962 can extend into the center of rearmost part In the preceding part of crossbeam 946, it is aligned with the second top side portion 954.The use of rib 960 and 962 helps to reinforce and reinforce rearmost part Centre cross member 946, without increasing significant quantity of material or weight, so that the centre cross member 946 of rearmost part can be Bigger impact force is coped with when colliding.

Fig. 6, which is shown, is installed to one of the centre cross member 932 of forefront and the bracket on the centre cross member 946 of rearmost part Embodiment.Front rack 964 is configured to attach to the crossbeam 932 of forefront.For example, the driver's side wall and passenger side of passenger compartment 108 Enclosing can include two or more front racks 964.Front rack 964 can have top mounting surface 966, the top installation Surface configuration is at receiving seat guide rail or other seat bottoms at the position of the top surface for the centre cross member 932 for being higher by forefront Seat.For example, before each front rack 964 may have preceding connector and rear connector in order to which front rack 964 to be mounted on most On the crossbeam 932 in portion.Preceding connector can be configured on the front side portion 934 of the crossbeam 932 fixed to forefront, such as by adopting It is fixed with fastener, bonding agent, welding and/or other known technique for fixing.In some embodiments, preceding connector can To include flange, the flange is designed to flush placement with the front side portion 934 being at an angle of, shown in Figure 5.Fastening can be used The flange is fixed to front side portion 934 by part and/or other retention mechanisms.Connector can be configured to horizontal with the center of forefront afterwards 938 phase of top side portion of beam 932 is fixed.For example, rear connector may include flange, the flange is configured to neat with top side portion 938 Safety sets and is fixed to top side portion 938.Top mounting surface 966 can extend upwards and/or forward from rear connector, and including Threaded hole in order to accommodate bolt or other fasteners with by seat guide rail be fixed to front rack 964.This make seat guide rail or Other seat bases can be located at the higher height of top side portion 938 of the centre cross member 932 than forefront, so that seat is led Rail can tilt from front to back, so that seat is more easily adjusted.

Tail-bracket 968 can have rear part 970, and rear portion distribution is set to the centre cross member 946 for being placed in rearmost part In second top side portion 954.In some embodiments, rear part 970 can have thickness, so that make the top table of rear part 970 Face and the first top side portion 950 are generally in identical height.Part 970 can define threaded hole afterwards, and the threaded hole is configured to Bolt and/or other fasteners are accommodated in order to which seat guide rail is fixed to tail-bracket 968.In general, the top surface of rear part 970 It is located at the lower height of top mounting surface 966 than front rack 964, so that between front rack 964 and tail-bracket 968 The seat guide rail of extension slopes slightly downward from front to back.In some embodiments, tail-bracket 968 can respectively include preceding part 972, such as extend to the flange in the first top side portion 950.The flange can be fixed to the first top side portion 950, such as by adopting It is fixed with fastener, bonding agent, welding and/or other fixed mechanisms, to be mentioned for tail-bracket 968 and/or seat guide rail For bigger support.

Fig. 7 is the flow chart for describing the method 700 for being mounted on seat and battery packs on electric vehicle.Method 700 can be used electric vehicle 100 described herein to execute.At frame 702, method 700 may begin at front beam and Rear cross beam is located at the pedestal of the passenger compartment of electric vehicle, so that front beam and rear cross beam extend to passenger compartment on the left of passenger compartment Right side.Front beam and the respective downside of rear cross beam can define multiple mounting characteristic parts, and the multiple mounting characteristic part can be with It is configured as battery packs being fixed to electric vehicle.At frame 704, multiple seat guide rails can be fixed to front beam and The respective top surface of rear cross beam, so that multiple seat guide rails are across between the distance between front beam and rear cross beam.For example, can To use fastener that seat guide rail guidance is fastened to crossbeam.In other embodiments, seat guide rail is mounted to sleeve or axis Ring, the sleeve or collar can slide into the installation site of crossbeam or be otherwise located on the installation site of crossbeam Place, is then fixed.Fastener, fixture and/or other mechanisms can be used, sleeve or lantern ring are fixed to crossbeam.

At frame 706, battery packs can be located against to the downside of electric vehicle.For example, can be by battery pack The battery connector and/or connector shell of piece installing are inserted by the opening being defined in the floor structure of vehicle, so that its It extends in the rigid crossing being located in passenger's assembly and is covered by rigid crossing.It, can be with before being inserted into connector shell One or more electrical systems of connector and vehicle from battery packs are electrically connected.It is multiple by making at frame 708 Fastener is engaged with mounting characteristic part, and battery packs can be fixed to the downside of vehicle.For example, can be by fastener from vehicle Downside be inserted through battery packs and enter mounting characteristic part in, fastener can be twisted in the mounting characteristic part Tightly.

Method 700 can also include that one or more seats are mounted on seat guide rail.For example, can will be before vehicle The mating feature part and one or more seat guide rails for arranging seat are sliding engaged.This allows through the length along seat guide rail Sliding seat adjusts the position of each seat.

It should be noted that system described above and device are merely intended to illustrate.It has to be emphasized that various embodiments can take the circumstances into consideration Omit, replace or increase various steps or component.Furthermore, it is possible to will be described for some embodiments in each other embodiments Feature combination.The different aspects and element of various embodiments can be combined in a similar way.In addition, it should be emphasized that, technology It can develop, thus many elements are examples, are not necessarily to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.

Concrete details is given in this specification, to help comprehensive understanding embodiment.However, the ordinary skill of this field Personnel can also practice embodiment it should be understood that without these details.Such as, it has been shown that well known structure and Technology is without extra details in order to avoid keep embodiment smudgy.Present description provides merely illustrative embodiments, and simultaneously It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, applicability or construction.On the contrary, will be above those skilled in the art to the description of embodiment The description that can be realized is provided to implement the embodiment of the present invention.Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, Can function to element and arrangement carry out various changes.

Several embodiments have been described, it would be recognized by those skilled in the art that in the situation for not departing from spirit of the invention Under, various modifications, alternative constructions and equivalent program can be used.For example, the above element can be only the component of larger system, Wherein other rules may prior to or otherwise modify application of the invention.Moreover, before considering said elements, During or after, more steps can be taken.Therefore, above description is not construed as limiting the scope of the invention.

In addition, the terms "include", "comprise", " having " and " containing ", are being used for this specification and following claims When middle, it is intended to it explicitly indicates that there are the feature, element, component or step, and these terms are not precluded there is also or increase Other one or more features, element, component, step, operation or group.

Claims (20)

1. a kind of installation system for electric vehicle, the installation system include:

Front beam, the front beam extend to the left side of the passenger compartment on the right side of the passenger compartment of the electric vehicle；

Rear cross beam, the rear cross beam extend to the left side from the right side, wherein the front beam and the rear cross beam are respectively Downside define multiple mounting characteristic parts, the multiple mounting characteristic part is configured as installing battery packs to described electronic The downside of vehicle；And

Multiple seat guide rails, the multiple seat guide rail extend across the front beam and the rear cross beam and install to described Front beam and the rear cross beam, the multiple seat guide rail are configured as seat being mounted in the passenger compartment.

2. the installation system according to claim 1 for electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam include extruded aluminum.

3. the installation system according to claim 1 for electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam are configured to absorb the power from front shock, and the power is via channel member Part is transferred to the front beam and the rear cross beam, the pass element be coupled in the electric vehicle front panel and it is described before Between crossbeam and the rear cross beam.

4. the installation system according to claim 1 for electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple seat guide rail is installed by multiple fasteners to the front beam and the rear cross beam.

5. the installation system according to claim 1 for electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple mounting characteristic part is respectively configured as receiving fastener, described in order to be fixed to the battery packs The downside of electric vehicle.

6. the installation system according to claim 1 for electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam include a plurality of rib, a plurality of rib extend longitudinally through the front beam and it is described after Crossbeam, a plurality of rib are configured as absorbing more power in side impact collision.

7. the installation system according to claim 1 for electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple mounting characteristic part is spaced apart across the length of the front beam and the rear cross beam.

8. a kind of installation system for electric vehicle, the installation system include:

Front beam, the front beam extend to the left side of the passenger compartment on the right side of the passenger compartment of the electric vehicle；

Rear cross beam, the rear cross beam extend to the left side from the right side, wherein the front beam and the rear cross beam are respectively Downside define multiple mounting characteristic parts；

Multiple seat guide rails, the multiple seat guide rail extend across the front beam and the rear cross beam and install to described Front beam and the rear cross beam；

At least one seat, at least one described seat are slidably mounted at least some of the multiple seat guide rail seat On seat rail；And

Battery packs, the battery packs are fastened on the front beam and the respective downside of the rear cross beam The multiple mounting characteristic part.

9. the installation system according to claim 8 for electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam include extruded aluminum.

10. the installation system according to claim 8 for electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam are configured to absorb the power from front shock, and the power is via channel member Part is transferred to the front beam and the rear cross beam, the pass element be coupled in the electric vehicle front panel and it is described before Between crossbeam and the rear cross beam.

11. the installation system according to claim 8 for electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam respectively include a plurality of rib, and a plurality of rib extends longitudinally through the front beam and institute Rear cross beam is stated, a plurality of rib is configured as absorbing more power in side impact collision.

12. the installation system according to claim 11 for electric vehicle, in which:

The a plurality of rib respectively includes a plurality of vertical rib, and a plurality of vertical rib is in one of the front beam or the rear cross beam Top surface and bottom surface between extend.

13. the installation system according to claim 12 for electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple mounting characteristic part is each positioned between two ribs in a plurality of rib.

14. the installation system according to claim 8 for electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple mounting characteristic part is spaced apart across the length of the front beam and the rear cross beam.

15. a kind of method being mounted on seat and battery packs in electric vehicle, which comprises

Front beam and rear cross beam are located at the pedestal of the passenger compartment of electric vehicle, so that the front beam and the rear cross beam The right side of the passenger compartment is extended on the left of the passenger compartment, wherein the front beam and the respective downside of the rear cross beam are defined Multiple mounting characteristic parts；

Multiple seat guide rails are fixed to the front beam and the respective top surface of the rear cross beam, so that the multiple seat Guide rail is across between the distance between the front beam and the rear cross beam.

Battery packs are located against to the downside of the electric vehicle；And

Multiple fasteners are fixed with the multiple mounting characteristic part the battery packs are seated against the electric vehicle The downside.

16. according to claim 15 be mounted on the method in electric vehicle for seat and battery packs, further wrap It includes:

At least some of at least one seat and the multiple seat guide rail seat guide rail are sliding engaged.

17. the method according to claim 15 being mounted on seat and battery packs in electric vehicle, in which:

Fixed the multiple seat guide rail includes that the seat guide rail is fastened to the top surface.

18. the method according to claim 15 being mounted on seat and battery packs in electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple fastener is inserted into from the downside of the electric vehicle.

19. the method according to claim 15 being mounted on seat and battery packs in electric vehicle, in which:

The multiple mounting characteristic part is spaced apart across the length of the front beam and the rear cross beam.

20. the method according to claim 15 being mounted on seat and battery packs in electric vehicle, in which:

The front beam and the rear cross beam include extruded aluminum.