Floor pan for motor vehicle e.g. rear wheel drive (RWD) car, has space which is closed by trough-shaped support structure

• Main Authors: SRETENOVIC, MIRKO, NOHR, MATTHIAS, BAYER, FRANZ-JOSEF, WOELKERLING, SVEN DAVID, HOFELE, HANS, RASCHKE, DIRK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; German
• Published: 13.09.2012
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The floor pan (1) has a space (4) which is formed at front of rear axle (2) of motor vehicle. The space is provided for receiving an energy storage device in downward direction. The space in rear axle is closed by trough-shaped support structure (5). Eine Bodengruppe (1) für ein Kraftfahrzeug weist einen Raum (4) vor einer Hinterachse (2) des Kraftfahrzeugs zur Aufnahme eines Energiespeichers auf. Erfindungsgemäß ist der Raum (4) zur Aufnahme des Energiespeichers nach unten und in Richtung der Hinterachse (2) durch eine wannenförmige Tragstruktur (5) verschlossen.