Battery fixing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10840488-B2
Application number	US-201516060971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 16, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A battery fixing device includes: a receiving member on which two batteries are placed parallel to each other; a retainer having a portion hanging down between the two batteries to retain mutually opposed shoulder portions of the two batteries: rods having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being fixed to the receiving member and the distal end passing through each end of the retainer; and nuts threadably engaged with the distal ends of the rods. The rods penetrate through the retainer within the range in which the two batteries are opposed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery fixing device comprising:
a receiving member on which a plurality of batteries are placed parallel to each other, two retainers each configured to retain an outer side shoulder portion of one of the plurality of batteries;
two rotating plates that are fixed on a plane perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of batteries is disposed to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a plane in which the plurality of batteries is placed;
four rods each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends being fixed to relatively rotate at positions on opposite sides of a rotation center of each rotating plate, and the distal ends penetrating through both ends of the retainers; and
four nuts each threadably engaged with the distal end of the rod passed through the retainer.

2. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the proximal ends of the rods are fixed at positions equally apart from the rotation center of the rotating plate.

3. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating plate has an inverted V shape.

4. The battery fixing device according to claim 3 , wherein the inverted V shape has an angle of 90 degrees.

5. The battery fixing device according to claim 4 , wherein when the plurality of batteries are fixed with the rods, the rods extend to have an angle of 90 degrees relative to an extending part of the inverted V shape of the rotating plate.

6. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating plate can be adjusted in a vertical position relative to the receiving member.

7. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein each rod is a J bolt.

8. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving member is attached to an outer side surface of a side frame of a vehicle.

9. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of batteries are placed parallel in the vehicle width direction.

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Izumi Shigeaki
• Fujino Tatsuya

Classifications

• B60R16/04 Primary

  Arrangement of batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/204

  Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells · CPC title

• H01M50/262

  with fastening means, e.g. locks · CPC title

• H01M50/249

  specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) · CPC title

• B60Y2200/14

  Trucks; Load vehicles, Busses · CPC title