Vehicle battery unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10549619-B2
Application number	US-201615571150-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Jun 4, 2015
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

In a battery unit 10 in which plural high-voltage batteries 31a to 33a are accommodated in a battery case 50, the battery case 50 includes: a bottom plate 51A on which the batteries 31a to 33a are mounted; and a cover 52 covering the batteries 31a to 33a from above. The bottom plate 51A includes a tray 54 having a plate shape, lengthwise reinforcing members 55, and brackets 53. The lengthwise reinforcing members 55 are disposed so as to connect at least adjacent brackets 53. The lengthwise reinforcing members 55 and the brackets 53 are disposed in a lattice shape with the tray 54 interposed therebetween. The batteries 31a to 33a are fixed to the lengthwise reinforcing members 55 such that a longitudinal direction thereof faces the vehicle width direction. The battery case 50 is fixed under a floor of a vehicle V by the brackets 53.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle battery unit comprising:
a plurality of batteries; and
a battery case that accommodates the batteries,
wherein the battery case includes a bottom plate on which the batteries are mounted and a cover that covers the batteries from above,
wherein the bottom plate includes:
a tray that has a plate shape;
a plurality of lengthwise reinforcing members that have plate shapes and that are laminated on an upper surface of the tray; and
a plurality of lateral reinforcing members that have plate shapes and that are laminated on a lower surface of the tray,

wherein the lengthwise reinforcing members extend in a front-rear-direction of a vehicle,
wherein the lateral reinforcing members extend in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle,
wherein the lengthwise reinforcing members are disposed so as to connect at least adjacent lateral reinforcing members,
wherein the lengthwise reinforcing members and the lateral reinforcing members are disposed in a lattice shape with the tray interposed therebetween,
wherein the batteries are fixed to upper surfaces of the lengthwise reinforcing members such that a longitudinal direction of the batteries faces the vehicle width direction,
wherein the battery case is fixed under a floor of the vehicle by the lateral reinforcing members,
wherein in the battery case, a first battery module and a second battery module that include the batteries are disposed apart from each other in the front-rear-direction with a space portion interposed therebetween,
wherein a front seat is disposed above the first battery module,
wherein a rear seat is disposed above the second battery module,
wherein each of the first battery module and the second battery module is disposed between a pair of the lateral reinforcing members,
wherein a DC-DC converter is disposed in the space portion, and
wherein the DC-DC converter is fixed to at least one of the plurality of lengthwise reinforcing members.

2. The vehicle battery unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein a pair of the lateral reinforcing members are provided in a front-rear-direction of the DC-DC converter,
wherein at least one cross member is provided on the upper surface of the tray, each cross member being provided along one of the pair of the lateral reinforcing members, and
wherein the at least one lengthwise reinforcing member that holds the DC-DC converter is fixed to the at least one cross member.

3. The vehicle battery unit according to claim 2 ,
wherein the at least one cross member is disposed so as to overlap with the one of the pair of the lateral reinforcing members, which interpose the DC-DC converter therebetween, in a top view, and
wherein a closed space is formed by the at least one cross member and the one of the pair of the lateral reinforcing members.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakayama Shinya
• Takedomi Harumi

Classifications

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M2/1077

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1083

  Electricity · mapped topic