Vehicle with detachably mounted battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12567635-B2
Application number	US-202318479945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2023
Priority date	Nov 29, 2022
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a mounting portion that opens downward and that is configured to mount a battery, and the battery that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion. The battery includes a battery main body and a battery-side connecting portion that protrudes upward from the battery main body. The mounting portion includes a vehicle-body-side connecting portion that fits with the battery-side connecting portion. The battery-side connecting portion is movable relative to the battery main body in a lateral direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body including a mounting portion that opens downward and that is configured to mount a battery; and the battery that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion, wherein the battery includes
a battery main body, and
a battery-side connecting portion that protrudes upward from the battery main body,
wherein the mounting portion includes a vehicle-body-side connecting portion that fits with the battery-side connecting portion, wherein the battery-side connecting portion is movable relative to the battery main body in a lateral direction, wherein the battery-side connecting portion includes
a connecting shaft portion that is shaped linearly, and
a plate that protrudes outward from the connecting shaft portion in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the connecting shaft portion,
wherein the battery main body includes a holding portion that holds the plate by clamping from both sides in an up-down direction, and wherein the holding portion holds the plate such that the plate is movable in the lateral direction.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle-body-side connecting portion includes a guide portion that guides the battery-side connecting portion, and wherein a shape of the guide portion gradually increases in diameter the further downward.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion further includes a rain-proofing portion that is provided around the vehicle-body-side connecting portion and of which a shape extends downward.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the battery-side connecting portion includes a battery-side connector that is configured to electrically connect the battery main body to the vehicle body, and wherein the vehicle-body-side connecting portion includes a vehicle body side connector that is electrically connectable to the battery-side connector.

5 . A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a mounting portion that opens downward and that is configured to mount a battery; and
the battery that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion, wherein the battery includes
a battery main body, and
a battery-side connecting portion that protrudes upward from the battery main body,
wherein the mounting portion includes a vehicle-body-side connecting portion that fits with the battery-side connecting portion; wherein the battery-side connecting portion is movable relative to the battery main body in a lateral direction wherein the battery-side connecting portion includes a battery-side coolant pipe through which a coolant for cooling the battery main body flows, and wherein the vehicle-body-side connecting portion includes a vehicle-body-side coolant pipe that fits into the battery-side coolant pipe.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 5 ,
wherein the battery-side coolant pipe is configured to cut off outflow of the coolant when removed from the vehicle-body-side coolant pipe, and wherein the vehicle-body-side coolant pipe is configured to cut off outflow of the coolant when removed from the battery-side coolant pipe.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimizu Tatsuya
• Shimazu Katsuya
• Kagami Ayaka
• Kawashima Mutsumi

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

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

• H01M50/296

  characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) · CPC title

• H01M50/24

  adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion (thermal insulation H01M10/658) · CPC title

• B60L53/80 Primary

  Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries · CPC title

• B60L50/60

  using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) · CPC title