IP Library Granted Patent US 12,661,969
Granted Patent B2
US 12,661,969 · App. 18/528,852 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Storage system for storing high-voltage battery packs in vehicle

Inventors: Suk Won Hong (Bucheon, KR); Hyeong Jong Kim (Seoul, KR); Ju Yeol Kong (Ansan, KR); Byeong Kwang Kim (Suwon, KR); So Young Yoo (Suwon, KR); Han Su Yoo (Hwaseong, KR); Byung Yong Choi (Hwaseong, KR); Sang Do Park (Seoul, KR); Seong Hyeon Shin (Suwon, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,661,969
App. No.
18/528,852
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage system for a vehicle has a configuration capable of storing a plurality of high-voltage battery packs in a separably assembled state in a seat backboard of the vehicle through a coupling structure of a protrusion and a groove. Only a broken or failed high-voltage battery pack from among a plurality of high-voltage battery packs assembled to the seat backboard is separated from the seat backboard, and a new high-voltage battery pack can then replace the failed high-voltage battery pack through assembly thereof to the seat backboard at a position from which the failed high-voltage battery pack has been separated.

Claims (46)

1 . A storage system for a vehicle, the storage system comprising:

a storage device provided in a vehicle seat; and

a battery pack assembled in the storage device in a separable state;

wherein the storage device comprises a seat back board provided in the vehicle seat;

wherein the seat backboard and the battery pack are assembled in the separable state through a first coupler; and

wherein the first coupler comprises:

a protrusion provided in one surface of the seat backboard, the protrusion configured to protrude from the surface of the seat backboard; and

a groove provided in one surface of the battery pack and configured to receive the protrusion, for assembly therebetween.

2 . The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein, when viewed in an upright state of the seat backboard, the protrusion is formed in a front surface of the seat backboard, and a back surface of the seat backboard takes a form of a flat surface.

3 . The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the protrusion comprises plural protrusions; and

the battery pack comprises plural high-voltage battery packs.

4 . The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein:

the plural protrusions form a particular pattern at the one surface of the seat backboard; and

the plural high-voltage battery packs are assembled to the seat backboard.

5 . The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein a failed one of the plural high-voltage battery packs is configured to be separated from the seat backboard.

6 . The storage system according to claim 5 , wherein only the failed one of the plural high-voltage battery packs is configured to be replaced.

7 . The storage system according to claim 5 , wherein:

the protrusion comprises plural protrusions that form a particular pattern at the one surface of the seat backboard;

the groove comprises at least two grooves formed at each of the plural high-voltage battery packs; and

the plural high-voltage battery packs are assembled to the seat backboard through coupling of the at least two grooves to at least two of the plural protrusions.

8 . The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the seat backboard provided with the protrusion is formed of a plastic composite material.

9 . The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the battery pack comprises plural high-voltage battery packs assembled to the seat backboard; and

adjacent ones of the plural high-voltage battery packs are assembled to each other in a separable state through a second coupler.

10 . The storage system according to claim 9 , wherein the second coupler is one of an assembly structure of a protrusion and a groove, an assembly structure of a hook and a hook groove, or an assembly structure of a bolt or a screw.

11 . A vehicle comprising the storage system of claim 1 .

12 . A storage system for a vehicle, the storage system comprising:

a storage device comprising a seat backboard provided in a vehicle seat;

a battery pack assembled in the storage device in a separable state; and

a first coupler configured to assemble the seat backboard and the battery pack in a separable state;

wherein the first coupler comprises a protrusion provided in one surface of the seat backboard;

wherein the protrusion comprises plural protrusions; and

wherein the battery pack comprises plural high-voltage battery packs.

13 . The storage system according to claim 12 , wherein:

the plural protrusions form a particular pattern at the one surface of the seat backboard; and

the plural high-voltage battery packs are assembled to the seat backboard.

14 . The storage system according to claim 12 , wherein a failed one of the plural high-voltage battery packs is configured to be separated from the seat backboard.

15 . The storage system according to claim 14 , wherein only the failed one of the plural high-voltage battery packs is configured to be replaced.

16 . A vehicle comprising the storage system of claim 12 .

17 . A storage system for a vehicle, the storage system comprising:

a storage device provided in a vehicle seat; and

a battery pack assembled in the storage device in a separable state;

wherein the storage device comprises a seat backboard provided in the vehicle seat;

wherein the seat backboard and the battery pack are assembled in the separable state through a first coupler; and

wherein the first coupler comprises a plurality of fastening members threadedly fastened to the seat backboard while extending through the battery pack.