US 12,459,377 B2
Energy unit cells for primary vehicle structure
Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US); and John Russell Bucknell, El Segundo, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,367.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,293, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227240 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01)
CPC B60L 50/66 (2019.02) [B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining enclosure criteria of an enclosure space, wherein the enclosure space is configured to contain an energy storage device;
obtaining a load case of a primary structure of a vehicle; and
determining a primary structure design based on the enclosure criteria and the load case,
wherein the primary structure design incorporates the enclosure space.