US 12,409,719 B2
Battery tray made of integrally molded fiber reinforced plastics
Tsukasa Arai, Osaka (JP); Masatomo Teshima, Osaka (JP); Shunsuke Tamura, Osaka (JP); and Hugh Foran, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Teijin Limited, Osaka (JP); and Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Appl. No. 18/014,231
Filed by Teijin Limited, Osaka (JP); and Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/039859
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/006252, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,971, filed on Jul. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256803 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery tray for mounting a battery for driving a vehicle, comprising:
a bottom;
a peripheral wall erected on an outer circumference of the bottom;
a flange connected to a top of the peripheral wall and extending outwards of the peripheral wall;
a first inner wall connected to the bottom, a bending angle between the first inner wall and the bottom being 90 degrees or more and 135 degrees or less;
a second inner wall connected to the bottom, a bending angle between the second inner wall and the bottom being 90 degrees or more and 135 degrees or less; and
a stud bolt pedestal connected to both the first inner wall and the second inner wall and provided above the bottom;
a deck connected to the first inner wall, the second inner wall, and the stud bolt pedestal; and
wherein the deck is higher than the bottom, and a thickness t1 of the stud bolt pedestal and a thickness t2 of the deck satisfy the relation of t2<t1; and
wherein the bottom, the peripheral wall, the flange, the first inner wall, the second inner wall, and the stud bolt pedestal being integrally molded from fiber reinforced plastics containing discontinuous fibers.