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Granted Patent B2
US 12,365,229 · App. 17/988,365 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Vehicle battery assembly mounting structure

Inventors: Hyeon Su Jin (Bucheon-si, KR); Gyung Hoon Shin (Seoul, KR); Gun Woo Ko (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
B60K1/04B60L50/64B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 12,365,229
App. No.
17/988,365
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle battery assembly mounting structure includes: a mounting bushing provided in a battery assembly to form a space, the space allowing movement in a vertical direction; a fastening bolt disposed to vertically penetrate the space formed by the mounting bushing; and a sleeve assembly. The sleeve assembly is configured to guide the fastening bolt, to elastically prevent the fastening bolt from being separated from the mounting bushing and to elastically support the fastening bolt with respect to the mounting bushing to allow the fastening bolt to move in the mounting bushing.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle battery assembly mounting structure comprising:

a mounting bushing provided in a battery assembly to form a space, the space allowing movement in a vertical direction;

a fastening bolt disposed to vertically penetrate the space formed by the mounting bushing; and

a sleeve assembly configured to guide the fastening bolt, to elastically prevent the fastening bolt from being separated from the mounting bushing, and to elastically support the fastening bolt with respect to the mounting bushing to allow the fastening bolt to move in the mounting bushing,

wherein the sleeve assembly comprises:

a fixing guide fixed to the mounting bushing,

a sleeve configured to surround and guide an outer circumferential surface of the fastening bolt in the fixing guide, and

a guide spring configured to elastically support a space between the fixing guide and the sleeve in a radial direction of the fastening bolt.

2. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing guide is elastically deformed to be detachably mounted in the mounting bushing.

3. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the mounting bushing has the space therein in a cylindrical shape,

the mounting bushing has a fixing groove formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof and configured to fix the fixing guide, and

the fixing guide comprises a fixing protrusion elastically inserted into the fixing groove.

4. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality of holding protrusions configured to elastically press and support the outer circumferential surface of the fastening bolt.

5. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the sleeve is formed in a cylindrical shape surrounding the fastening bolt, and

the plurality of holding protrusions is provided in a plurality of elastic support parts protruding downwards from the sleeve.

6. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide spring comprises a plurality of leaf springs configured to connect the fixing guide to the sleeve, and

at least one side of each leaf spring contacts the sleeve and at least the other side contacts the fixing guide.

7. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 6 , wherein the guide spring is formed of a plurality of leaf springs disposed between the fixing guide and the sleeve to form a spiral shape around the sleeve.

8. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bushing is installed to allow the fastening bolt to be disposed in a state of penetrating a case member provided in a battery assembly case of the battery assembly.

9. The vehicle battery assembly mounting structure according to claim 8 , wherein the mounting bushing is formed in a cylindrical member welded in a state of being inserted into a hole formed in the case member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2022
From: JIN, HYEON SU; SHIN, GYUNG HOON; KO, GUN WOO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061952/0665 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0014972 · Feb 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230249535A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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