US 11,855,300 B2
Electric vehicle battery pack having external side pouch for electrical components
Vignesh Sekar, Westland, MI (US); Bruce Turner, Livonia, MI (US); and Kyle Butterfield, Ladera Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,288.
Application 17/746,288 is a continuation of application No. 16/681,653, filed on Nov. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,367,918.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,701, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0352585 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); H01M 50/202 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/293 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/296 (2021.01) [H01M 50/202 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); H01M 50/293 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure comprising:
an open first side configured to be attached to a battery pack so as to define a space between the enclosure and the battery pack;
an open second side forming a continuous opening with the open first side and comprising an upper surface configured to be attached to a cover;
a first external lower surface positioned at a first elevation; and
a second external lower surface positioned at a second elevation different than the first elevation,
wherein the first external lower surface and the second external lower surface are oriented substantially parallel to the upper surface of the enclosure, and
wherein there is an opening formed in the first external lower surface.