US 12,466,517 B2
Electric vehicle with battery pack as structural element
Samuel Bruneau, Montreal (CA); Matthew Schroeder, Montreal (CA); Paul Achard, Montreal (CA); and Marc-André Fafard, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Taiga Motors Inc., Lasalle (CA)
Filed by Taiga Motors Inc., Lasalle (CA)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,803.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,506, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,499, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,497, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3113789 (CA), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219782 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B62M 27/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62J 1/28 (2006.01); B62J 43/10 (2020.01); B62K 21/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC B62M 27/02 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62J 1/28 (2013.01); B62J 43/10 (2020.02); B62K 21/00 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01); B62M 2027/023 (2013.01); B62M 2027/025 (2013.01); B62M 2027/026 (2013.01); B62M 2027/027 (2013.01); B62M 2027/028 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle, comprising:
a suspension system;
a seat on which a rider of the electric vehicle may sit;
a steering system;
an electric motor;
a battery pack, the battery pack comprising:
one or more battery modules to provide power to the electric motor; and a battery enclosure housing the one or more battery modules, the battery enclosure being a structural element of the electric vehicle to receive loads from at least two of the suspension system, the seat and the steering system; and
a chassis, the battery enclosure to transfer the received loads, at least partially, to the chassis, the chassis including a rear tunnel, the battery enclosure connected to the rear tunnel to transfer the received loads, at least partially, to the rear tunnel.