Patent ID: 11958532
Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A motor vehicle with electric or hybrid drive, comprising a protection device configured to protect a functional element of the motor vehicle against lateral shocks and comprising, in a single piece, a protection element and a shock absorber,
wherein the functional element comprises a power supply battery,
wherein the protection element at least partly covers a bottom surface of the power supply battery with the protection device being closer to the ground than the bottom surface of the power supply battery,
wherein the shock absorber includes a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion, and a top portion,
wherein the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion extend from a top surface of the protection element substantially at right angles to the top surface,
wherein the top portion is in contact with ends of the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion opposite ends of the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion in contact with the top surface of the protection element,
wherein the top portion extends substantially at right angles to the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion,
wherein the top portion of the shock absorber is concave on a side opposite that facing the top surface of the protection element, and
wherein a height of the shock absorber varies such that a vertex of the top portion has a smallest height and outer edges of the top portion have a largest height.