Electric vehicle structure
View Patent ↗An electric vehicle structure includes a floor panel including upper and lower side walls spaced apart from each other, the floor panel being configured to cover an upper side of a battery accommodation space, side sills coupled to two opposite ends of the floor panel to define the battery accommodation space, floor drain holes extending through the upper side wall of the floor panel, and side sill drain holes disposed in the side sills and configured to communicate with a space between the upper and lower side walls of the floor panel.
1 . An electric vehicle structure comprising:
a floor panel comprising upper and lower side walls spaced apart from each other, the floor panel being configured to cover an upper side of a battery accommodation space;
side sills coupled to two opposite ends of the floor panel to define the battery accommodation space;
floor drain holes extending through the upper side wall of the floor panel; and
side sill drain holes disposed in the side sills and configured to communicate with a space between the upper and lower side walls of the floor panel.
2 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 1 , wherein the upper side wall of the floor panel comprises:
a basic panel portion; and
a protruding panel portion protruding upward further than the basic panel portion.
3 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 2 , wherein the floor drain holes are disposed in the basic panel portion.
4 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 2 , wherein:
the floor panel is configured by connecting a plurality of partial panels, comprising the basic panel portion and the protruding panel portion, in a forward/rearward direction of a vehicle body; and
at least one of two partial panels of the plurality of partial panels connected to each other has the basic panel portion connected to another partial panel of the plurality of partial panels.
5 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 4 , wherein the floor drain holes are disposed in the basic panel portion positioned on a connection portion between the two partial panels connected to each other.
6 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the side sill drain holes communicates with an outside of a vehicle body.
7 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of the side sill drain holes communicates with the outside of the vehicle body, and wherein the plurality of the side sill drain holes comprises a lateral drain hole penetratively disposed in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and a lower drain hole penetratively disposed downward.
8 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 7 , wherein:
each of the side sills has a cross-sectional structure having a plurality of ribs; and
the side sill drain holes are disposed through all of the ribs of the respective side sill to allow the space between the upper and lower side walls of the floor panel to communicate with the lateral drain hole or the lower drain hole.
9 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 7 , wherein:
each of the side sills has a cross-sectional structure including a plurality of vertical ribs and a plurality of horizontal ribs;
an upper surface of a horizontal intermediate rib of the plurality of horizontal ribs is coupled to a lower surface of the lower side wall of the floor panel; and
the side sill drain holes are disposed, in a horizontal direction, through the plurality of vertical ribs connected to the upper surface of the horizontal intermediate rib.
10 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 1 , wherein the floor panel has a structure that is elongated in a transverse direction of a vehicle body and that has a cross-sectional shape having a plurality of partition walls that connect the upper side wall and the lower side wall.
11 . An electric vehicle structure comprising:
a floor panel comprising upper and lower side walls spaced apart from each other, the floor panel being configured to cover an upper side of a battery accommodation space;
side sills coupled to two opposite ends of the floor panel to define the battery accommodation space;
floor drain holes extending through the upper side wall of the floor panel; and
side sill drain holes disposed in the side sills and configured to communicate with a space between the upper and lower side walls of the floor panel;
an integrated battery front cross member disposed at a front side of the floor panel and covering a front side of the battery accommodation space;
an integrated battery rear cross member disposed at a rear side of the floor panel and covering a rear side of the battery accommodation space; and
a battery lower module disposed below the integrated battery front cross member, the integrated battery rear cross member, and the side sills and covering a lower side of the battery accommodation space.
12 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 11 , wherein the floor panel is configured by connecting a plurality of partial panels in a forward/rearward direction of a vehicle body, each partial panel comprising an extruded material.
13 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 12 , wherein:
the integrated battery front cross member is integrated with a foremost partial panel of the plurality of partial panels; and
the integrated battery rear cross member is integrated with a rearmost partial panel of the plurality of partial panels.
14 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 11 , wherein the battery lower module comprises:
a lower plate configured to cover the lower side of the battery accommodation space;
a lower module outer peripheral front cross member coupled to an upper side of the lower plate and coupled to a lower side of the integrated battery front cross member;
a lower module outer peripheral rear cross member coupled to the upper side of the lower plate and coupled to a lower side of the integrated battery rear cross member; and
a lower module outer peripheral side member coupled to the upper side of the lower plate and coupled to a lower side of the side sills.
15 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 11 , wherein the battery lower module is coupled in a state in which a gasket is interposed between the integrated battery front cross member, the integrated battery rear cross member, and the side sills.
16 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 11 , wherein the floor panel has a structure that is elongated in a transverse direction of a vehicle body and that has a cross-sectional shape having a plurality of partition walls that connect the upper side wall and the lower side wall.
17 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the side sill drain holes communicates with an outside of a vehicle body.
18 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 17 , wherein a plurality of the side sill drain holes communicates with the outside of the vehicle body, and wherein the plurality of the side sill drain holes comprises a lateral drain hole penetratively disposed in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and a lower drain hole penetratively disposed downward.
19 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 18 , wherein:
each of the side sills has a cross-sectional structure having a plurality of ribs; and
the side sill drain holes are disposed through all of the ribs of the respective side sill to allow the space between the upper and lower side walls of the floor panel to communicate with the lateral drain hole or the lower drain hole.
20 . The electric vehicle structure of claim 18 , wherein:
each of the side sills has a cross-sectional structure including a plurality of vertical ribs and a plurality of horizontal ribs;
an upper surface of a horizontal intermediate rib of the plurality of horizontal ribs is coupled to a lower surface of the lower side wall of the floor panel; and
the side sill drain holes are disposed, in a horizontal direction, through the plurality of vertical ribs connected to the upper surface of the horizontal intermediate rib.