US 12,347,881 B2
Battery-module protection structure
Toshiaki Naruke, Tokyo (JP); Toshiyuki Hara, Tokyo (JP); Norio Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Yutaka Sakakura, Tokyo (JP); Kazuki Sakai, Tokyo (JP); and Tatsuya Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,799.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-178600 (JP), filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137848 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/242 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/242 (2021.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery-module protection structure configured to protect a battery module accommodated within a vehicle frame of a vehicle from an external impact, the battery-module protection structure comprising:
a rail disposed within the vehicle frame;
a pedestal securing the battery module and secured to the rail by using a securing member; and
the vehicle frame configured as a housing of the battery module, wherein
the pedestal is configured such that, in a case where the vehicle receives the external impact and the securing member breaks, the pedestal moves in an inner direction of the vehicle along the rail while securing the battery module.