Battery for electric bicycle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020398931-A1
Application number	US-201916448855-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 21, 2019
Priority date	Jun 21, 2019
Publication date	Dec 24, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An e-bike includes a frame assembly, wheels supporting the frame assembly, a motor assembly coupled to the frame assembly, and a battery coupled to the frame assembly. The battery includes a battery housing and a battery mount. The e-bike further includes a fastener coupling the frame assembly to the battery mount, and a resilient pad adjacent the battery mount, the resilient pad being compressed between the frame assembly and the battery housing.

First claim

1 . An e-bike comprising:
a frame assembly; wheels supporting the frame assembly; a motor assembly coupled to the frame assembly; a battery coupled to the frame assembly, the battery including a battery housing and a battery mount; a fastener coupling the frame assembly to the battery mount; and a resilient pad adjacent the battery mount, the resilient pad being compressed between the frame assembly and the battery housing.

2 . The e-bike of claim 1 , wherein the resilient pad at least partially surrounds the battery mount.

3 . The e-bike of claim 2 , wherein the resilient pad completely surrounds the battery mount.

4 . The e-bike of claim 1 , wherein:
the battery mount is a first battery mount; the battery further includes a second battery mount spaced apart from the first battery mount; the resilient pad is a first resilient pad adjacent the first battery mount; and the e-bike further includes a second resilient pad adjacent the second battery mount.

5 . The e-bike of claim 4 , wherein the first resilient pad at least partially surrounds the first battery mount and the second resilient pad at least partially surrounds the second battery mount.

6 . The e-bike of claim 4 , wherein the first resilient pad completely surrounds the first battery mount and the second resilient pad completely surround the second battery mount.

7 . The e-bike of claim 4 , wherein the first resilient pad and the second resilient pad are positioned along a common side of the battery housing.

8 . The e-bike of claim 7 , wherein only the common side of the battery housing includes resilient pads positioned along the battery housing.

9 . The e-bike of claim 4 , wherein:
the battery includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end; and the first resilient pad and the second resilient pad each are spaced away from the first end and the second end.

10 . The e-bike of claim 1 , wherein the battery housing includes a housing material that is less resilient than a pad material of the resilient pad.

11 . An e-bike comprising:
a frame assembly having a frame member with an open end; wheels supporting the frame assembly; a motor assembly coupled to the frame assembly; and a battery positioned at least partially in the frame member, the battery including a battery housing having an engagement feature accessible from the open end of the frame member to facilitate removal of the battery from the frame member.

12 . The e-bike of claim 11 , wherein the engagement feature is configured to receive a tool to facilitate removal of the battery from the frame member.

13 . The e-bike of claim 12 , wherein the tool includes a hook-shaped tool.

14 . The e-bike of claim 11 , wherein:
the engagement feature is integrated with the battery housing as one piece; and the engagement feature is immovable relative to the battery housing.

15 . The e-bike of claim 11 , wherein the frame member includes a downtube, and the open end includes a lower end of the downtube.

16 . An e-bike battery configured to be inserted into and coupled to an e-bike frame assembly, the e-bike battery comprising:
a battery housing; a battery mount; and a resilient pad adjacent the battery mount, wherein the resilient pad is configured to be compressed between the battery housing and the e-bike frame assembly when the e-bike battery is coupled to the e-bike frame assembly.

17 . The e-bike battery of claim 16 , wherein the resilient pad at least partially surrounds the battery mount.

18 . The e-bike battery of claim 16 , wherein:
the battery mount is a first battery mount; the e-bike battery further includes a second battery mount spaced apart from the first battery mount; the resilient pad is a first resilient pad adjacent the first battery mount; and the e-bike battery further includes a second resilient pad adjacent the second battery mount.

19 . The e-bike battery of claim 16 , wherein the battery housing includes a housing material that is less resilient than a pad material of the resilient pad.

20 . The e-bike battery of claim 16 , further comprising an engagement feature adjacent one end of the e-bike battery to facilitate removal of the e-bike battery from the e-bike frame assembly, wherein the engagement feature is configured to receive a tool to facilitate removal of the e-bike battery from the e-bike frame assembly.

Assignees

• Specialized Bicycle Components Inc

Inventors

• Talavasek Jan
• Sonderegger Marco Werner
• Reiter Jonas

Classifications

• B60L50/64

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• H01M50/249

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• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

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• B62M6/40

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