US 12,280,692 B2
Battery storage system for electrified vehicle
Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); Derek A. Wente, Austin, MN (US); John T. Kellander, Oronoco, MN (US); Cody D. Clifton, Mapleton, MN (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Skylar A. Wachter, Dodge Center, MN (US); Chad Smith, Omro, WI (US); and Neil Dekarske, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,554.
Application 17/968,554 is a continuation of application No. 17/362,178, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,505,083.
Application 17/362,178 is a continuation of application No. 17/007,622, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,148,550.
Application 17/007,622 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,149, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,934, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0045720 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B65F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/80 (2019.02) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B65F 3/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01); B60K 2001/045 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0461 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a chassis comprising a pair of longitudinal frame members;
a front axle coupled to the chassis;
a rear axle coupled to the chassis;
a cab coupled to the pair of longitudinal frame members;
a body assembly coupled to the pair of longitudinal members of the chassis rearward of the cab, a bottom periphery of the body assembly being defined by a point at which the body assembly couples or contacts a top of the chassis; and
an electric energy system including:
a first plurality of battery cells positioned forward of the rear axle and supported by the chassis, an uppermost periphery of the first plurality of battery cells (a) spaced a distance below the bottom periphery of the body assembly and (b) above a bottom of the pair of longitudinal frame members, wherein at least a portion of the first plurality of battery cells extends lower than the bottom of the pair of longitudinal frame members of the chassis; and
a second plurality of battery cells positioned separate from the first plurality of battery cells rearward of the rear axle and supported by the chassis in a different arrangement than the first plurality of battery cells, at least a portion of the second plurality of battery cells positioned at an elevated height relative to the first plurality of batteries such that an uppermost periphery of the second plurality of battery cells is positioned above the point at which the body assembly contacts the top of the chassis.