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Granted Patent B2
US 12,496,891 · App. 18/563,641 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Battery case

Inventors: Tatsuya Imashioya (Kanagawa, JP); Yuuji Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Shinya Akizuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
B60K1/04B60L50/64H01M50/202H01M50/249B60K2001/0438H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,496,891
App. No.
18/563,641
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery case that accommodates a battery for an electric vehicle includes a pair of side frames that constitute left and right side walls of the battery case in a vehicle width direction and extend along a vehicle front-rear direction, a cross member that partitions an internal space of the battery case in the vehicle front-rear direction and extends from one of the side frames to the other side frame, and a side bracket that is fixed to an outer surface of the side frame and is configured to attach the battery case to a vehicle body. The side frame includes a frame rib extending in the vehicle width direction inside the side frame and the side bracket includes a bracket rib extending in the vehicle width direction inside the side bracket.

Claims (18)

1 . A battery case that accommodates a battery for an electric vehicle, the battery case comprising:

a pair of side frames that constitute left and right side walls of the battery case in a vehicle width direction and extend along a vehicle front-rear direction;

a cross member that partitions an internal space of the battery case in the vehicle front-rear direction and extends from one of the side frames to another of the side frames; and

a side bracket that is fixed to an outer surface of a side frame and configured to attach the battery case to a vehicle body, wherein

the side frame includes a frame rib extending in the vehicle width direction inside the side frame,

the side bracket includes a bracket rib extending in the vehicle width direction inside the side bracket,

the cross member includes a member rib extending in the vehicle width direction inside the cross member, and

an end portion of the frame rib on a cross member side and an end portion of the member rib on a side frame side are disposed in a manner of corresponding to each other in a vehicle upper-lower direction.

2 . The battery case according to claim 1 , wherein an end portion of the bracket rib on the side frame side and an end portion of the frame rib on a side bracket side are disposed in a manner of corresponding to each other in the vehicle upper-lower direction.

3 . The battery case according to claim 1 , wherein the side bracket includes an abutting portion that abuts against the outer surface of the side frame and a support portion that supports a bottom portion of the battery case from below.

4 . The battery case according to claim 3 , wherein

a plurality of frame ribs are provided at predetermined intervals in the vehicle upper-lower direction, and

an upper end of the abutting portion and an end portion of one of the frame ribs on a side bracket side are disposed in a manner of corresponding to each other in the vehicle upper-lower direction.

5 . The battery case according to claim 3 , wherein a lower surface of the support portion and a lower surface of the bottom portion of the battery case are disposed in a manner of corresponding to each other in the vehicle upper-lower direction.

6 . The battery case according to claim 1 , wherein

the side bracket has a passage extending in the vehicle front-rear direction by partitioning an inside of the side bracket by the bracket rib, and

the passage is a refrigerant passage for cooling an in-vehicle device provided in the electric vehicle.

7 . The battery case according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of side frames are curved such that a distance between the pair of side frames in the vehicle width direction gradually decreases along the vehicle front-rear direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2023
From: IMASHIOYA, TATSUYA; OKAMOTO, YUUJI; AKIZUKI, SHINYA
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065665/0771 →
Continuity (1)
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