IP Library Granted Patent US 12,502,987
Granted Patent B2
US 12,502,987 · App. 18/230,788 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Battery support body and aircraft including same

Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon (Suwon-Si, KR); Hyun Ki Cho (Anyang-Si, KR); Jin Soo Jang (Yongin-Si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
B60L50/66B64C3/32B64D27/40F16F7/00H01M50/204H01M50/242H01M50/249B60L2200/10H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,502,987
App. No.
18/230,788
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery support body may include a bracket extending in a front-rear direction and a shock absorber, which may extend in the front-rear direction and may be coupled to the bracket in a direction crossing the front-rear direction. At least a portion of the shock absorber may be provided in the form of foam.

Claims (20)

1 . A body comprising:

a bracket extending in a front-rear direction; and

a shock absorber, extending in the front-rear direction and coupled to the bracket in a direction crossing the front-rear direction, and at least a portion of which comprises a foam,

wherein the shock absorber comprises a shock absorber body and a plurality of shock absorber grooves formed by recessing a surface of the shock absorber body, and

wherein an inner surface of the shock absorber body has an appearance that is corrugated.

2 . The body of claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a bracket body and a bracket coupling portion provided in the bracket body, and wherein

the shock absorber further comprises a shock absorber protrusion that protrudes from the shock absorber body and is inserted into the bracket coupling portion.

3 . The body of claim 1 , wherein the shock absorber is made of a material that comprises at least one of foamed polypropylene, polyurethane, polyethylene, aluminum, rubber, polystyrene, or any combination thereof.

4 . The body of claim 1 , wherein an expansion ratio of the shock absorber is about 5% to about 45%.

5 . The body of claim 1 , wherein the shock absorber comprises a plurality of shock absorbing units divided in the front-rear direction.

6 . The body of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises at least one battery support body, and wherein the at least one battery support body comprises the bracket and the shock absorber.

7 . The body of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises comprise a first battery support body located between a central power relay assembly and a battery, of a plurality of batteries, adjacent to the central power relay assembly.

8 . The body of claim 7 , wherein the first battery support body comprises the bracket and the shock absorber, wherein the bracket is coupled to a wing frame, and wherein the shock absorber is in contact with the battery of the plurality of batteries.

9 . The body of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a plurality of battery support bodies, each of which is arranged between two adjacent batteries of a plurality of batteries or between one battery of the plurality of batteries and one power relay assembly of a plurality of power relay assemblies, to support the plurality of batteries.

10 . The body of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of battery support bodies comprise a second battery support body located between the two adjacent batteries of the plurality of batteries.

11 . The body of claim 10 , wherein the second battery support body comprises a second bracket coupled to a wing frame, a second-first shock absorber coupled to the second bracket and in contact with a first battery, of the plurality of batteries, located inside the second bracket in a wing root-wing tip direction, and a second-second shock absorber in contact with a second battery, of the plurality of batteries, located outside the second bracket in the wing root- wing tip direction.

12 . The body of claim 11 , wherein the second bracket comprises a second bracket body and a second-first and a second-second bracket coupling portion that are respectively provided on a left surface and a right surface of the second bracket body,

wherein the second-first shock absorber comprises a second-first shock absorber body and a second-first shock absorber protrusion that protrudes from the second-first shock absorber body and is inserted into one of the second-first and second-second bracket coupling portions, and

wherein the second-second shock absorber comprises a second-second shock absorber body and a second-second shock absorber protrusion that protrudes from the second-second shock absorber body and is inserted into the other one of the second-first and second-second bracket coupling portions.

13 . The body of claim 12 , wherein the second bracket further comprises a second bracket upper hole formed by passing through an upper surface of the second bracket body, and wherein the second bracket further comprises a second bracket cavity formed by passing through the second bracket body in the front-rear direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2023
From: JEON, YOON CHEOL; CHO, HYUN KI; JANG, JIN SOO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064507/0252 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0043564 · Apr 3, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240326614A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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