Battery tray for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9073498-B2
Application number	US-201313917464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2013
Priority date	Dec 12, 2012
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

Disclosed is a battery tray for holding and supporting a battery in a vehicle. The battery tray includes a reinforcement clamp and a fixing part. The reinforcement clamp is disposed on an outer surface and vertically extends from an undersurface of the tray to an upper surface of the tray along a side wall of the tray. Fixing parts are disposed on the upper surface and the undersurface of the tray to fix both upper and lower end portions of the reinforcement clamp.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery tray for supporting a battery in a vehicle, comprising:
a tray portion including

a rear wall of the battery tray configured to support a rear surface of the battery and a protrusion part formed on the rear wall of the battery tray configured to fix a mounting part of the battery;
a reinforcement clamp disposed on an outer surface of the rear wall and vertically extending from an undersurface of the rear wall to an upper surface of the rear wall along a side surface of the rear wall; and
fixing parts disposed on the upper surface of the rear wall and the undersurface of the rear wall to fix both upper and lower end portions of the reinforcement clamp,
wherein the tray portion is made of composite material and the reinforcement clamp is made of metal.

2. The battery tray of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement clamp is attached closely to the outer surface of the rear wall between two ribs vertically and longitudinally protruding from the outer surface of the rear wall.

3. The battery tray of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement clamp has a U-shape.

4. The battery tray of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part for both the upper and lower end portions of the reinforcement clamp is a protrusion that is formed on the upper surface of the rear wall and the undersurface of the rear wall and is coupled with an aperture of the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the reinforcement clamp, respectively.

5. The battery tray of claim 4 , wherein the protrusion has a triangular shape so as to be hooked in and fixed by the aperture of the reinforcement clamp.

6. The battery tray of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement clamp is formed of a ferro-alloy plate.

7. The battery tray of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement clamp comprises a plurality of reinforcement ribs that are longitudinally disposed on the outer surface of the reinforcement clamp.

8. The battery tray of claim 3 , wherein the fixing part for both the upper and lower end portions of the reinforcement clamp is a protrusion that is formed on the upper surface of the rear wall and the undersurface of the rear wall and is coupled with an aperture of the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the reinforcement clamp, respectively.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hoo Gwang

Classifications

• B60K1/04

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• H01M50/20 Primary

  Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title