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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter D. Rawlinson, Evesham, GB;
Alan Clarke, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Hitendra L Gadhiya, Irvine, CA (US);
Robert D. Sumpf, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Bruce P. Edwards, Menlo Park, CA (US);
TESLA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy absorbing and distributing side impact system for a vehicle includes: first and second side sills, each of the first and second sills comprising multiple longitudinal channels, at least an upper longitudinal channel positioned above a vehicle floor panel and at least a lower longitudinal channel positioned below the vehicle floor panel; a battery enclosure mounted between front and rear suspensions of the vehicle, the battery enclosure having a first side member attached to the first side sill, and a second side member attached to the second side sill; cross-members integrated into the battery enclosure; and one or more bolts each extending though a respective opening in one of the cross-members and extending to an opposite side of the vehicle floor panel from the cross-member.