MOTOR VEHICLE AND BODY FLOOR STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20110139534A1
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: HULBERT, Juergen, KLIMEK, Stanislaw
• Application Number:
  US12/960,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20110139534A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/309
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 15/063 Arrangement of tanks
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0433 Arrangement under the rear seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/2009 in connection with other superstructure subunits

Abstract

A body floor structureis provided, which, within the center tunnel, includes, but is not limited to a first receiving clearance for receiving a first energy storage device for the storage of energy for driving the vehicle and in the rear seat region includes, but is not limited to a second receiving clearance for receiving a second energy storage device for the storage of energy for driving the vehicle and a motor vehicle, specifically a hybrid vehicle, which comprises this body floor structure.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A body floor structure of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a center tunnel;

a first receiving clearance within the center tunnel configured to received a first energy storage device for storage of energy; and

a rear seat region comprises a second receiving clearance configured to receive a second energy storage device for storage of energy.

17. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the first receiving clearance is an anchorage region with an integrated opening configured to receive a tank for an electric motor.

18. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the first receiving clearance is an anchorage region with an integrated opening configured to receive a battery stack for an electric motor.

19. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the second receiving clearance is an anchorage region with an integrated opening configured to receive a tank for an electric motor.

20. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the second receiving clearance is an anchorage region with an integrated opening configured to receive a battery stack for an electric motor.

21. The body floor structure according to claim 16, further comprising an installation space for an exhaust system outside the center tunnel.

22. The body floor structure according to claim 16, the first energy storage device is positively connected to the first receiving clearance and the second energy storage device is positively connected to the second receiving clearance.

23. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device an energy storage unit configured to store energy for driving the motor vehicle.

24. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the first energy storage device is a fuel tank.

25. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the second energy storage device is a fuel tank.

26. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the second energy storage device comprises a battery stack.

27. The body floor structure according to claim 16, wherein the first energy storage device is a gas tank and the second energy storage device comprises a battery stack.

28. The body floor structure according to claim 16, the first energy storage device comprises a battery stack and the second energy storage device comprises a second battery stack.

29. The body floor structure according to claim 21, wherein the exhaust system is arranged in the installation space.

30. The body floor structure according to claim 29,

wherein the exhaust system of the motor vehicle comprises an exhaust pipe that is arranged in the installation space running substantially parallel to the center tunnel, and

wherein a first catalytic converter is arranged in a region of the center tunnel and a second catalytic converter is arranged in the rear seat region.

31. The body floor structure according to claim 16, further comprising a starter batter arranged in the rear seat region.