US 11,731,498 B2
Battery tray for protecting the vehicle battery of a hybrid motor
Daniel Meckenstock, Wuppertal (DE); Marius Sawatzki, Pulheim (DE); Frank Michel, Odenthal (DE); and Tachafine Machaar, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/77,908.
Claims priority of application No. 102019128940.8 (DE), filed on Oct. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0122222 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0427 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly that provides impact protection for a vehicle battery of a hybrid motor vehicle, comprising:
at least a first vehicle seat;
a second vehicle seat arranged adjacent to the first vehicle seat;
a center console arranged between the first vehicle seat and the second vehicle seat;
a center tunnel arranged below the center console and a vehicle battery; and
a battery tray having an upwardly directed opening for receiving the vehicle battery, the battery tray arranged in a region of the center console between the first vehicle seat and the second vehicle seat; and
at least one crossbar disposed in a transverse vehicle direction, and a load distribution device disposed between the at least one crossbar and the battery tray.