US 12,441,548 B2
Stacking column for storing electric vehicle batteries
Eckhard Laible, Leinfelden-Schlechtenmühle (DE)
Assigned to MTS Maschinenbau GmbH, Mengen (DE)
Filed by MTS Maschinenbau GmbH, Mengen (DE)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,917.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2023 104 336.6 (DE), filed on Feb. 22, 2023; and application No. 10 2024 104 302.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 15, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278994 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 1/14 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01)
CPC B65G 1/14 (2013.01) [H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacking column for storing electric vehicle batteries one above the other or next to one another on or on pawls (7.1-7.3), the pawls (7.1-7.3) are in a U-body and the U-body has two side walls (1.1, 1.2), a rear wall (2) and an opening edge; wherein each pawl (7.1-7.3) is configured to rotate about a respective axis of a plurality of axes (8.1-8.3) from a resting position into a working position between the two side walls (1.1, 1.2), and each pawl has a supporting part (9) on one side of the respective axis (8.1-8.3) and a rear part (10) on another side of the axis (8.1-8.3),
wherein, when each pawl (7.1-7.3) is in the working position, each pawl is supported with the rear part (10) against a respective stop, the respective stop is arranged between the two side walls (1.1, 1.2) and the supporting part (9) is configured to rest on a respective polygonal support of a plurality of polygonal supports, each polygonal support is arranged between the two side walls (1.1, 1.2) at the opening edge, wherein the supports are configured to support the supporting part (9) of the pawls (7.1-7.3) in the working position on a bottom side of each pawl, the stop simultaneously bearing in a supporting manner an upper side of the rear part (10) of the pawls (7.1-7.3) to make the respective axis (8.1-8.3) of each pawl (7.1-7.3) substantially weight-free.