Motor guidance component configured to direct movement of a dislodged electric motor of an electric vehicle in response to crash forces

US10370035B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• InEVit LLC · US

Inventors

• Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Alexander Eichhorn · Eppingen, DE
• Ralf Maisch · Abstatt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D21/18
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a motor guidance component is configured to guide a dislodged electric motor away from one or more protected areas of the electric vehicle in response to crash forces. In a further embodiment, the motor guidance component may be configured to guide the one dislodged electric motor in an upwards direction (e.g., above the one or more protected areas) or in a downwards direction (e.g., below the one or more protected areas).