US 12,351,028 B1
Military vehicle with modular battery units
Chad Smith, Omro, WI (US); Nader Nasr, Neenah, WI (US); Rachell Harsh, Oshkosh, WI (US); Mike J. Bolton, Oshkosh, WI (US); Bradon Zeitler, Oshkosh, WI (US); Ryan Crabtree, Oshkosh, WI (US); Micah Richmond, Omro, WI (US); and Jacob Leeman, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Defense, LLC, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Defense, LLC, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,621.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/344,118, filed on May 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,008, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Int. Cl. B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 6/28 (2013.01) [B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A military vehicle comprising:
a passenger capsule including a floor and sidewalls;
a door coupled to the passenger capsule;
a front module coupled to a front of the passenger capsule;
a rear module coupled to a rear of the passenger capsule;
an energy storage system connected to a main power bus; and
a battery module coupled to an exterior of the passenger capsule, the door, the front module, or the rear module, wherein the battery module includes a plurality of battery units, each being removably coupled to the exterior of the passenger capsule, the door, the front module, or the rear module, and wherein each of the plurality of battery units is configured to be selectively removed from the exterior of the passenger capsule, the door, the front module, or the rear module to provide power to a field component.