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Granted Patent B2
US 12,427,857 · App. 17/775,487 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Motor vehicle

Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Stahl (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
B60K15/067B60K2015/03309B60K2015/0634
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Patent No.
US 12,427,857
App. No.
17/775,487
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle has a pressure vessel unit, the pressure vessels of which are arranged on both sides of a recess or depression in a passenger compartment floor.

Claims (37)

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body, in which a passenger compartment is configured which is delimited on a bottom side by a passenger compartment floor;

a pressure vessel arrangement with a plurality of pressure vessels;

a recess configured in the passenger compartment floor;

pressure vessel longitudinal axes oriented parallel to a longitudinal direction of the recess, wherein

at least one pressure vessel is arranged below the passenger compartment floor on a first side of the recess, and at least one pressure vessel is arranged below the passenger compartment floor on a second side of the recess, and the first side and the second side are opposite one another on both sides of the recess,

the pressure vessels are connected to one another rigidly by way of at least one first connector and one second connector,

the recess penetrates into an intermediate space which is configured between the pressure vessels which are arranged on the first side of the recess and the pressure vessels which are arranged on the second side of the recess,

the connectors are configured as rails, and

the pressure vessel arrangement has a pressure line which connects the pressure vessels fluidically to a common connector and the pressure line runs in one of the rails.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first connector is fastened to at least three pressure vessels, all the pressure vessels, or all the pressure vessels of a layer of pressure vessels, in order to connect them to one another rigidly.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

the second connector is fastened to at least three pressure vessels, all the pressure vessels, or all the pressure vessels of a layer of pressure vessels, in order to connect them to one another rigidly.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first connector and/or the second connector connect at least one pressure vessel on the first side of the recess to at least one pressure vessel on the second side of the recess to one another rigidly.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the connectors run below and/or outside the recess and/or laterally next to the recess.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the longitudinal axis of the recess runs transversely with respect to a motor vehicle longitudinal axis.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the longitudinal axis of the recess runs longitudinally with respect to a motor vehicle longitudinal axis.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the connectors run along the motor vehicle longitudinal axis or transversely with respect to the motor vehicle longitudinal axis.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first connector and/or the second connector connect longitudinal ends of the pressure vessels.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first connector is arranged to the left of the pressure vessels and the second connector is arranged to the right of the pressure vessels, in relation to a forward traveling direction of the motor vehicle.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the pressure vessels are displaceable along the rails before the configuration of a rigid connection.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the connectors cover center points of end sides of the pressure vessels.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a front seating row and a rear seating row arranged in the passenger compartment, wherein

the recess is situated between the front seating row and the rear seating row.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the pressure vessels configure a tubular storage system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2022
From: STAHL, HANS-ULRICH
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 060752/0950 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 130 030.4 · Nov 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220396142A1 · Dec 15, 2022
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