US 11,936,058 B2
Electric vehicle battery pack having bottom strike shield
Vignesh Sekar, Westland, MI (US); Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan, Canton, MI (US); Anish Shah, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Tyler Collins, Irvine, CA (US); Zubin Hareshkumar Padia, Canton, MI (US); and Nathaniel C. Wynn, Tustin, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/682,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,635, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0152927 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. H01M 50/242 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); H01M 50/207 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/242 (2021.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); H01M 50/207 (2021.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack, comprising:
a frame for surrounding batteries positioned in an interior space therein; and
a strike shield comprising:
an upper layer facing the frame;
a middle core, the upper layer positioned between the frame and the middle core, the middle core comprising a number of smaller and larger rigid and elongated U-shaped members arranged in an alternating manner; and
a lower layer comprising alternating U-shaped channels, arranged in the alternating manner of the U-shaped members and having an upper surface that is affixed to a bottom surface of the U-shaped members, the middle core positioned between the upper layer and the lower layer.