CHASSIS FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
A chassis for an electric vehicle comprises: a base frame, a front frame, a rear frame, two side frames, four suspension devices and four wheels. The front frame and the rear frame have the front arc-shaped tube and the arc-shaped rear tube fixed to the base frame, the arc-shaped tubes can not only reduce the number of tubes required but also increase the area of thrust force as compared to the straight tubes. Besides, the arc of the arc-shaped tubes avoids a connection point of an acute angle, thus preventing stress concentration while improving the structural strength of the chassis. Further, the arc-shaped front tube, the arc-shaped rear tube, the front connecting tube and the rear connecting tube are hollow, which contributes to light weight of the chassis.
1 . A chassis for an electric vehicle comprising:
a base frame being a rectangular structure formed by two side tubes, a front tube and a rear tube connected at both ends of the two side tubes;
a front frame including two arc-shaped front tubes with one end fixed to both ends of the front tube of the base frame, and a front connecting tube connected between another ends of the two arc-shaped front tubes, the front frame being further provided with two front mounting platforms connected to the two arc-shaped front tubes, respectively;
a rear frame including two arc-shaped rear tubes with one end fixed to both ends of the rear tube of the base frame, and a rear connecting tube connected between another ends of the two arc-shaped rear tubes; and
four suspension devices and four wheels, two of the four suspension devices each having one end fixed to the two front mounting platforms of the front frame and another end fixed to two of the four wheels, and another two of the four suspension devices each having one end fixed to both ends of the rear connecting tube and having another end fixed to another two of the four wheels.
2 . The chassis for an electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base frame is further provided with a container for storing battery.
3 . The chassis for an electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base frame is provided with a plurality of reinforced tubes for improving a load capacity of the base frame.
4 . The chassis for an electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arc-shaped front tubes, the front connecting tube, the arc-shaped rear tubes and the rear connecting tube are hollow tubes.
5 . The chassis for an electric vehicle as claimed in claim 1 further comprising two side frames each of which is an arc-shaped tube with both ends fixed to the front frame and the rear frame, respectively.