IP Library Granted Patent US 8,967,312
Granted Patent B2
US 8,967,312 · App. 13/940,735 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Battery pack tray

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Patent No.
US 8,967,312
App. No.
13/940,735
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery pack tray includes: a tray body including: a bottom which has a concave-convex portion that includes convex and concave portions which extend in a first direction; and a wall which is upward bent from a periphery of the bottom; reinforcement frames provided along opposed wall portions of the wall in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a cross member disposed on an upper surface of the concave-convex portion, and forming a first closed cross-section with the concave-convex portion, both end portions of the cross member being secured to the reinforcement frames; an inner cross member secured to an upper surface of the cross member, both end portions of the inner cross member being secured to the reinforcement frames; and attachment brackets secured to the reinforcement frames.

Claims (12)

1. A battery pack tray which constitutes a battery pack to be mounted on a vehicle, the battery pack tray comprising:

a tray body including: a bottom which has a concave-convex portion that includes a convex portion and a concave portion which extend in a first direction and on which a battery is to be placed; and a wall which is upward bent from a periphery of the bottom, the tray body having a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view;

reinforcement frames provided along a pair of opposed wall portions of the wall in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

a cross member disposed on an upper surface of the concave-convex portion, and forming a first closed cross-section with the concave-convex portion, both end portions of the cross member being secured to the reinforcement frames;

an inner cross member secured to an upper surface of the cross member, both end portions of the inner cross member being secured to the reinforcement frames; and

attachment brackets used for attachment to a vehicle body, and secured to the reinforcement frames, the attachment brackets projecting to an outside of the tray body in a projection direction.

2. The battery pack tray according to claim 1 , wherein each of the reinforcement frames includes: an inner frame forming a second closed cross-section with the wall, at a side where the battery is to be placed; and an outer frame forming a third closed cross-section with the wall, at a position opposed to the inner frame across the wall.

3. The battery pack tray according to claim 2 , wherein, in the inner cross member, a lower portion of a section shape has an opening, and an end edge of the opening is secured to the cross member, thereby forming a fourth closed cross-section, and both end portions of the inner cross member are secured to the inner frames.

4. The battery pack tray according to claim 2 , wherein a position where one of the attachment brackets is attached to the outer frame is located in a portion opposed to a range where the cross member and the inner frame are coupled to each other.

5. The battery pack tray according to claim 2 , wherein each of the attachment brackets includes:

an upper bracket formed with a recess in which a middle portion of a section is recessed along the projection direction, a tip end portion of the upper bracket formed with an attachment hole for attaching to the vehicle body, a basal end portion of the upper bracket coupled to the outer frame; and

a lower bracket, one end portion of which forms a fifth closed cross-section with the recess in a range from a middle portion in the projection direction of the upper bracket to the basal end portion, and the other end portion of which is secured to a portion of the outer frame where the outer frame is joined to the tray body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2013
From: YANAGI, KENJI
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 030813/0539 →