Battery box structure of electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10525839-B2
Application number	US-201916247575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 1, 2018
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A battery structure of an electric vehicle is provided. The battery includes a main body, a top cap arranged on a top side of the main body, and a bottom lid arranged on a bottom side of the main body. The main body is provided, in an interior thereof, with a battery core. A lift handle is mounted to the top cap. The lift handle is spaced from a top surface of the top cap by a spacing distance. The lift handle has an outside perimeter that, in the entirety, delimits an area that is smaller than an area delimited by an outside perimeter of the top cap. The lift handle has a circumference having at least two sides that are generally in alignment with one side of a circumference of the top cap and the main body. As such, a user lifting the battery is made easy.

First claim

We claim:

1. A battery structure of an electric vehicle, the battery comprising a main body, a top cap arranged on a top side of the main body, and a bottom lid arranged on a bottom side of the main body, the main body being provided, in an interior thereof, with a battery core, wherein a lift handle is mounted to the top cap, the lift handle being spaced from a top surface of the top cap by a spacing distance; the lift handle has an outside perimeter that, in the entirety, delimits an area that is smaller than an area delimited by an outside perimeter of the top cap, and the lift handle has a circumference having at least two sides that are generally in alignment with one side of a circumference of the top cap and the main body; wherein the lift handle comprises a grip in a ring or annular configuration and a pair of connection sections extending from two opposite side portions of the grip toward the top surface of the top cap, the grip being formed with a through opening in a central portion thereof; the grip is connected by the connection sections to the top surface of the top cap and is kept at a distance from the top surface of the top cap; wherein the grip comprises a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, the long sides forming grip bars; the short sides are extended to form the connection sections; the long sides of the grip are generally in alignment with one side of a circumference of the top cap and the main body; when viewed from top side, the short sides of the grip are arranged to each form a stage with respect to the top cap and a projection of the long sides of the grip overlaps a projection of the top cap and the main body.

2. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the top cap is provided with a barcode.

3. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the top cap is provided with an electric capacity display.

4. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the electric capacity display comprises a color variable capacity display.

5. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom lid is formed with a mounting hole, the mounting hole being provided for mounting a power input/output device, the power input/output device being electrically connected to the battery core.

6. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein an outside surface of the bottom lid, which is a side distant from the main body, is provided with a bottom escutcheon set thereon for covering, the bottom escutcheon being formed with a through hole corresponding to the mounting hole of the bottom lid, the through hole allowing a portion of the power input/output device to extend outside therethrough.

7. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the lift handle is provided with a top escutcheon set thereon for covering.

8. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the top cap is provided with a barcode.

9. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the top cap is provided with an electric capacity display.

10. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the electric capacity display comprises a color variable capacity display.

11. The battery structure of the electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the lift handle is provided with a top escutcheon set thereon for covering.

12. A battery structure of an electric vehicle, the battery comprising a main body, a top cap arranged on a top side of the main body, and a bottom lid arranged on a bottom side of the main body, the main body being provided, in an interior thereof, with a battery core, wherein a lift handle is mounted to the top cap, the lift handle being spaced from a top surface of the top cap by a spacing distance; the lift handle has an outside perimeter that, in the entirety, delimits an area that is smaller than an area delimited by an outside perimeter of the top cap, and the lift handle has a circumference having at least two sides that are generally in alignment with one side of a circumference of the top cap and the main body; wherein the lift handle comprises a grip in a ring or annular configuration and a pair of connection sections extending from two opposite side portions of the grip toward the top surface of the top cap, the grip being formed with a through opening in a central portion thereof; the grip is connected by the connection sections to the top surface of the top cap and is kept at a distance from the top surface of the top cap; wherein the distance between the grip and the top surface of the top cap is defined by a length of the connection sections; wherein the grip comprises a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, the long sides forming grip bars; the short sides are extended to form the connection sections; the long sides of the grip are generally in alignment with one side of a circumference of the top cap and the main body; when viewed from top side, the short sides of the grip are arranged to each form a stage with respect to the top cap and a projection of the long sides of the grip overlaps a projection of the top cap and the main body.

Assignees

• Kwang Yang Motor Co

Inventors

• Chuang Ping-Huan
• Tsai Yu-Jiun

Classifications

• B60L50/66

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• B60L50/64 Primary

  Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• H01M2/1083

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/0434

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M50/209 Primary

  adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) · CPC title