US 11,787,278 B2
Battery tray floor assembly for electric vehicles
Joseph Robert Matecki, Allendale, MI (US); Mark Charles Stephens, Grand Rapids, MI (US); and Helen Weykamp, Grand Haven, MI (US)
Assigned to Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed by Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/688,802.
Application 17/688,802 is a continuation of application No. 17/192,008, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,267,327.
Application 17/192,008 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,703, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,960,748, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 16/851,703 is a continuation of application No. 16/152,147, filed on Oct. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,661,646, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,051, filed on Oct. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194199 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/124 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/125 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle battery tray comprising:
a floor assembly having a plurality of elongated tray sections disposed adjacent to each other to form a floor structure that is configured to support vehicle batteries contained in the vehicle battery tray;
wherein the plurality of elongated tray sections each comprise a transverse cross-sectional shape extending consistently along a length of the respective tray section;
wherein the transverse cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of elongated tray sections comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing side surfaces; and
wherein adjacent tray sections of the plurality of elongated tray sections are attached together along the opposing side surfaces to align the upper and lower surfaces of the adjacent tray sections, wherein a first tray section of the adjacent tray sections comprises a first attachment feature at the side surface thereof, and wherein a second tray section of the adjacent tray sections comprises a second attachment feature at the side surface thereof that corresponds with the first attachment feature.