US 11,850,956 B2
Battery arrangement of a compact electric tractor
Vikas V. Jadhav, Sanpada (IN); Sudip Kandke, Thane (IN); Gaurav Dusane, Pune (IN); Subhabrata Gupta, Pune (IN); Bhupesh Agrawal, Udaipur (IN); Saravanan Stallin, Pune (IN); and Navneet Garg, Sampla (IN)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,882.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363145 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01)
CPC B60L 50/66 (2019.02) [H01M 16/00 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric compact tractor, comprising:
a battery pack housing a plurality of lithium ion battery modules in side-by-side vertical positions;
a lithium ion battery module in a horizontal position above the plurality of lithium ion battery modules;
a battery management system in a horizontal position above the plurality of lithium ion battery modules;
a negative electrical bus bar connecting a plurality of negative terminals of the plurality of lithium ion battery modules and extending vertically up to connect to a negative terminal of the horizontally positioned lithium ion battery module and the battery management system;
a positive electrical bus bar connecting a plurality of positive terminals of the plurality of lithium ion battery modules and having a first end extending vertically up to connect to a positive terminal of the horizontally positioned battery management system, and a second end extending vertically up to connect to a positive terminal of the horizontally positioned lithium ion battery module.