IP Library Granted Patent US 12,246,773
Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,773 · App. 17/926,405 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Fastening arrangement of an integral support on a body for a passenger motor vehicle as well as passenger motor vehicle

Inventors: Regina Ganzhorn (Sindelfingen, DE); Niels Ole Dittmer (Altensteig, DE); Robert Murmann (Gerlingen, DE)
Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
B62D21/155B62D25/2018B60K1/04B60K2001/0438B62D21/11B62D25/08B62D27/02
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Patent No.
US 12,246,773
App. No.
17/926,405
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening arrangement for a passenger motor vehicle includes an integral support fastened to longitudinal supports of a body of the passenger motor vehicle that are distanced from each other in a transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle and are disposed above the integral support. An electrical energy store is disposed behind the integral support in a longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle. The integral support has a step on an end that faces the electrical energy store where an upper support surface and a lower support surface are formed by the step. The upper support surface is disposed opposite a crossmember of the body in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle and the lower support surface is disposed opposite a support element of the electrical energy store in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

Claims (15)

1. A fastening arrangement for a passenger motor vehicle, comprising:

an integral support ( 10 ), wherein the integral support ( 10 ) is fastened to longitudinal supports ( 14 ) of a body ( 12 ) of the passenger motor vehicle that are distanced from each other in a transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle and are disposed above the integral support ( 10 ); and

an electrical energy store ( 20 ) that is disposed behind the integral support ( 10 ) in a longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle and that is disposed under a floor ( 24 ) of the body ( 12 );

wherein the integral support ( 10 ) has a step(S) on an end (E) that faces the electrical energy store ( 20 ), wherein an upper support surface (A 1 ) and a lower support surface (A 2 ) are formed by the step(S), wherein the upper support surface (A 1 ) is disposed opposite a crossmember ( 32 ) of the body ( 12 ), which is disposed under the floor ( 24 ), in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle, and wherein the lower support surface (A 2 ) is disposed opposite a support element ( 22 ) of the electrical energy store ( 20 ), which is disposed under the floor ( 24 ), in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

2. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lower support surface (A 2 ) opposite the upper support surface (A 1 ) is displaced towards a rear in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

3. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the integral support ( 10 ) is fastened to the crossmember ( 32 ) at a top the integral support ( 10 ) in a vertical direction of the passenger motor vehicle between the upper and lower support surfaces (A 1 , A 2 ) in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

4. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the upper support surface (A 1 ) directly adjoins the crossmember ( 32 ) towards a rear in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

5. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lower support surface (A 2 ) is distanced from the support element ( 22 ) in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle and wherein the upper support surface (A 1 ) is distanced from the crossmember ( 32 ).

6. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the crossmember ( 32 ) is connected to side sills of the body ( 12 ) at respective ends and wherein the side sills are distanced from each other in the transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle.

7. The fastening arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the support element ( 22 ) is connected to the side sills.

8. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening element ( 22 ) is fastened to the crossmember ( 32 ).

9. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the integral support ( 10 ) has a curved structure ( 26 ) with two front support beams ( 28 ) which extend to a front of the curved structure ( 26 ) in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle and extend away from each other and has a rear integral support crossmember ( 38 ) via which respective legs ( 36 ) of the curved structure ( 26 ) are connected to each other.

10. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the two front support beams ( 28 ) are connected directly to the curved structure ( 26 ) via respective ends that face the curved structure ( 26 ).

11. A passenger motor vehicle, comprising:

the fastening arrangement according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: GANZHORN, REGINA; DITTMER, NIELS OLE; MURMANN, ROBERT
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 062604/0447 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 003 013.0 · May 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230182821A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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