Vehicle having improved battery shielding

• US 9,428,059 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Galamb, Gergely
• Primary Examiner(s): WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US14/755,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20150375623A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 180/68.5, 180/2.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/007 Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/147 electro magnetic [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/003 relating to inverters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/66 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/249 specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A vehicle comprising a vehicle body (2) and a battery (3) with energy storage devices (31) and a housing (32), which at least partially surrounds the energy storage devices (31), wherein a vehicle-body region (21) of the vehicle body (2) forms a part of the housing of the battery (3), wherein the vehicle-body region (21) is made from an electrically conductive material or comprises electrically conductive material in order to shield the vehicle against electrical and/or magnetic fields.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body (2); and

a battery (3) with energy storage devices (31) and a housing (32), which at least partially surrounds the energy storage devices (31),

wherein a shielding vehicle-body region (21) of the vehicle body (2) forms a part of the housing of the battery (3),

wherein the shielding vehicle-body region (21) is made from an electrically conductive material or comprises electrically conductive material, and

wherein an electrically conductive connection is formed between the shielding vehicle-body region and the housing of the battery.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the shielding vehicle-body region (21) forms a cover of the housing.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the shielding vehicle-body region (21) forms a base of the housing.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the shielding vehicle-body region forms walls (24, 25, 26) of the housing.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the shielding vehicle-body region (21) is a part of an underbody (20) of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the vehicle body (2) has a recess (22) in which the energy storage devices (31) are at least partially arranged.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing of the battery (3) comprises an electrically conductive material for shielding against electrical and/or magnetic fields of the energy storage device (31).

8. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection (4) between the shielding vehicle-body region (21) and the housing (32) includes metal resilient contacts.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1, also comprising an inverter (5), which is connected to the battery (3), wherein the inverter (5) is at least partially shielded by the shielding vehicle-body region (21).

10. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the vehicle body (2) has a recess (22) in which the energy storage devices (31) are completely arranged.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that a cohesive connection is provided between the shielding vehicle-body region (21) and the housing (32).