US 12,218,371 B2
Battery housing apparatus and electric vehicle
Mikio Kashiwai, Wako (JP); Tadahiro Yaguchi, Wako (JP); Masahiko Yamagishi, Wako (JP); and Katsunori Okubo, Wako (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/766,394
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/038109
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/070897, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-187447 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2019; and application No. 2019-234167 (JP), filed on Dec. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0278410 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/273 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/249 (2021.01) [H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/273 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery housing apparatus, comprising:
a housing portion configured to form a housing space of a battery, the battery being removably housed in the housing space;
a holding portion configured to hold the battery; and
a cover portion configured to close the housing space in an openable manner, wherein
the housing portion includes a support portion rotatably supporting the holding portion about a rotational axis so that the battery is movable between a housed position and a non-housed position in the housing space, and
the support portion includes a first link rotatably supporting the holding portion, below a center line passing through a center in an up-down direction of the battery disposed in the housing space, and a second link rotatably supporting the holding portion above the center line.