US 11,938,804 B2
System and method for installation of traction batteries for a vehicle
Krister Andersson, Särö (SE); Roger Hedlund, Hovås (SE); and Guilherme Selbach, Hisings Backa (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/599,108
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058536
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200459, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169104 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0472 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0494 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for installation of traction batteries for a vehicle having a chassis comprising at least one load-carrying frame member, the system comprising:
a front bracket member adapted to be secured to and project from a frame member of the vehicle,
a rear bracket member adapted to be secured to and project from the frame member of the vehicle so that the rear bracket member is spaced apart from the front bracket member for receiving a traction battery between the front bracket member and the rear bracket member, wherein each one of the front bracket member and the rear bracket member comprises a respective sliding surface,
a first slider adapted to be connected to a front side of the traction battery, and
a second slider adapted to be connected to an opposite rear side of the traction battery, wherein the first slider is adapted to be mated with the sliding surface of the front bracket member and the second slider is adapted to be mated with the sliding surface of the rear bracket member subsequent to the first slider and the second slider having been connected to the traction battery, thereby enabling the traction battery by the connected sliders to be received by the front and rear bracket members and be moved towards the frame member of the vehicle,
wherein each one of the front bracket member and the rear bracket member comprises a securing portion for securing the bracket member to the frame member of the vehicle, and
wherein each one of the front bracket member and the rear bracket member comprises two vertically spaced arm portions comprising a lower arm portion and an upper arm portion, both projecting from the securing portion, wherein each one of the lower arm portion and the upper arm portion is provided with the sliding surface.