Patent ID: 8336658

Claim:
A vehicle seat mounting assembly, comprising: a battery pack enclosure mounted under an electric vehicle, said battery pack enclosure comprising an enclosure top panel, an enclosure bottom panel, and a plurality of enclosure side members, wherein said battery pack enclosure is configured to hold a plurality of batteries, said battery pack enclosure mounted between and mechanically coupled to a first vehicle structural side member located adjacent to a first side of said vehicle and a second vehicle structural side member located adjacent to a second side of said vehicle, wherein said battery pack enclosure is mounted under a passenger cabin floor panel, wherein said battery pack enclosure further comprises a plurality of battery pack cross-members integrated into said battery pack enclosure, wherein each of said plurality of battery pack cross-members transverses the distance between a first enclosure side member adjacent to said first vehicle structural side member and a second enclosure side member adjacent to said second vehicle structural side member, and wherein said plurality of battery pack cross-members segregate said plurality of batteries into groups of batteries; at least one body cross-member, wherein said at least one body cross-member is mounted between and mechanically coupled to a third vehicle structural side member located adjacent to said first side of said vehicle and a fourth vehicle structural side member located adjacent to said second side of said vehicle, and wherein said at least one body cross-member is mechanically coupled to a corresponding battery pack cross-member; and a plurality of vehicle seat mounts mechanically coupled to said at least one body cross-member, wherein at least one vehicle seat is mechanically attached to said plurality of vehicle seat mounts.