US 12,403,757 B2
Battery pack support device for vehicle
Naotatsu Kumagai, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Daimler Truck AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/780,780
Filed by Daimler AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/038377
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/106391, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-217198 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410686 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B62D 21/02 (2013.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle battery pack support device for a battery pack that is mounted below a pair of side rails extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and has a pair of side faces each facing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the vehicle battery pack support device comprising:
a battery bracket for housing the battery pack; and
a frame bracket for coupling the side rails and the battery bracket, the battery bracket including:
a first bracket covering the side faces of the battery pack, at least a portion of a top face that is continuous with the side faces, and at least a portion of a bottom face that is continuous with the side faces, the first bracket having a dimension in the vehicle width direction which is equal to or larger than the long side of the battery pack, and
a second bracket covering an end portion of the first bracket in the vehicle width direction and coupled to the frame bracket;
wherein the first bracket comprises a plurality of bracket members each having a U-shaped cross-section, wherein the U-shaped cross-section is defined by:
a web portion that covers a corresponding side face of the battery pack;
a top flange portion continuous with the web portion that covers at least a portion of the top face of the battery pack; and
a bottom flange portion continuous with the web portion that covers at least a portion of the bottom face of the battery pack;
wherein the plurality of bracket members are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle so as to collectively cover the side faces, the top face, and the bottom face of the battery pack.