US 12,322,821 B2
Battery structure with energy absorption members
Ihab Grace, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US); Avinash Venkata Yella, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Michael William Danyo, Trenton, MI (US); Munis Emin Yildiz, Istanbul (TR); Onur Dalli, Istanbul (TR); Burak Erdemi, Istanbul (TR); Ilhan Kurklu, Istanbul (TR); Merve Emeksiz, Istanbul (TR); and Samet Sertkaya, Surrey (GB)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/677,828.
Prior Publication US 2021/0143380 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/242 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/242 (2021.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a battery support structure to support a plurality of battery cells, wherein the battery support structure includes opposing longitudinal sides and opposing lateral sides;
a first extrusion positioned to extend along at least one of the opposing longitudinal and lateral sides, wherein the first extrusion comprises a closed section with a first plurality of hollow chambers;
wherein the first extrusion comprises at least first and second primary side rails extending along the opposing longitudinal sides of the battery support structure; and
a second extrusion connected to the first extrusion such that the first extrusion is located between the plurality of battery cells and the second extrusion, and wherein the second extrusion comprises a plurality of discrete energy absorption structures that are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction to provide open areas along the first and second primary side rails.