US 11,811,101 B1
Battery box
Kevin T. Downey, Rockford, MI (US)
Assigned to Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed by Brunswick Corporation, Mettawa, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/197,619.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/00 (2021.01); H01M 50/593 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/593 (2021.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery box being defined in a length direction, a height direction, and a width direction, the battery box comprising:
a front wall and a rear wall spaced from one another in the width direction;
a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced from one another in the length direction and connecting the front and rear walls to define an interior of the battery box;
a first guideway on a surface of the first sidewall that faces the interior of the battery box, the first guideway extending in the height direction;
a second guideway on a surface of the second sidewall that faces the interior of the battery box, the second guideway extending in the height direction;
a first spacer configured to move in the height direction along the first guideway; and
a second spacer configured to move in the height direction along the second guideway;
wherein at least one of the first and second guideways and the first and second spacers has an angled surface so that as the first and second spacers are moved downwardly in the height direction along the respective first and second guideways, a gap defined in the length direction between the first and second spacers is narrowed.