Battery casing

US8980458B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8980458-B2
Application numberUS-201113292148-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 9, 2011
Priority dateDec 15, 2010
Publication dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2015

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Abstract

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A battery casing for receiving a battery for driving an electric vehicle, including: a tray member made from a resin and supporting the battery; a support member provided under a lower face of the tray member and supporting the tray member from a bottom thereof; a standing wall provided so as to stand in the tray member; and a sheet metal tray member made from a sheet metal and placed on the tray member. The sheet metal tray member includes a plurality of sheet metal recesses that receive the battery and a sheet metal flange placed on an upper face of the standing wall. The standing wall includes a through hole formed through the standing wall in a standing direction of the standing wall. The support member and the sheet metal flange are fastened to the tray member by a sheet metal fastening member provided through the through hole.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A battery casing for receiving a battery for driving an electric vehicle comprising: a tray member made from a resin and supporting the battery; a support member provided under a lower face of the tray member and supporting the tray member from a bottom thereof; a standing wall provided so as to stand in the tray member; and a sheet metal tray member made from a sheet metal, including a front plate, a rear plate, a bottom plate, and multiple ribs…

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What does patent US8980458B2 cover?
A battery casing for receiving a battery for driving an electric vehicle, including: a tray member made from a resin and supporting the battery; a support member provided under a lower face of the tray member and supporting the tray member from a bottom thereof; a standing wall provided so as to stand in the tray member; and a sheet metal tray member made from a sheet metal and placed on the tr…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Honjo Hideki, Loo Weng Leong, Inagaki Masanori, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60K1/04. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).