US 11,981,227 B2
Device for installing traction batteries, a system and a vehicle
Sondre Landvik, Gothenburg (SE); Krister Andersson, Särö (SE); Roger Hedlund, Hovås (SE); Guilherme Selbach, Hisings Backa (SE); and Mikael Boisen, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/441,452
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/192897, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161680 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01)
CPC B60L 53/80 (2019.02) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0422 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0466 (2013.01); B60L 2200/36 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/145 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/115 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for installing traction batteries underneath a cab of a cab-over-engine vehicle, the device comprising:
a base portion having a bottom and an open top, the base portion defining a space into which a portion of a traction battery pack is receivable by lowering the traction battery pack into the space through the open top and towards the bottom,
at least one front securing element connected to the base portion and configured to secure the base portion to at least one front bushing of the vehicle, and
at least one rear securing element connected to the base portion and configured to secure the base portion to at least one rear bushing of the vehicle,
wherein at least one of the front and rear securing elements comprises a first securing portion for connecting that securing element to one of the front bushing and rear bushing, respectively, and a second securing portion projecting upwardly from the base portion for connecting that securing element to the traction battery pack when the traction battery pack has been received in the space.