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Granted Patent B2
US 11,462,793 · App. 16/715,442 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Battery case structure for vehicle

Inventors: Ayaka Kagami (Inazawa, JP); Yasuhide Matsuo (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M50/20B60K1/04H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,462,793
App. No.
16/715,442
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle battery case structure includes a top plate and a bottom plate, a side plate provided around the bottom plate, a partition plate provided in a lattice shape on the top surface of the bottom plate to form a plurality of regions for accommodating the battery pack with the side plate, a slit portion into which the side plate and the partition plate can be inserted, and a fixing portion to which the top plate is fixed, and a fastening member bonded to the top surface of the bottom plate at the intersection of the side plate and the partition plate and at the intersection of the partition plates in a state in which at least one of the side plate and the partition plate is inserted into the slit portion.

Claims (21)

1. A battery case structure for a vehicle comprising:

a top plate;

a bottom plate;

a side plate provided around the bottom plate;

partition plates provided in a lattice pattern on an upper surface of the bottom plate and forming, with the side plate, a plurality of regions for accommodating a battery pack; and

a fastening member having a slit portion into which the side plate and the partition plate are configured to be inserted and a fixing portion to which the top plate is fixed, and being bonded to an upper surface of the bottom plate at an intersecting position between the side plate and the partition plate and at an intersecting position among the partition plates in a state in which at least one of the side plate and the partition plate is inserted into the slit portion.

2. The vehicle battery case structure according to claim 1 , wherein the side plate and the partition plate inserted into the slit portion are respectively bonded to the slit portion.

3. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate comprises a plurality of unit members, each of the plurality of unit members extend in a vehicle width direction and, the plurality of unit members being arranged in a vehicle body front-rear direction, each unit member having a bonding portion in which one end portion and the other end portion of a mutually facing bonding portions are bonded to each other.

4. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom plate comprises a plurality of unit members, each of the plurality of unit members extend in a vehicle width direction and, the plurality of unit members being arranged in a vehicle body front-rear direction, each unit member having a bonding portion in which one end portion and the other end portion of a mutually facing bonding portions are bonded to each other.

5. The vehicle battery case structure according to claim 3 , wherein the partition plate extending in the vehicle width direction is formed integrally with the unit member.

6. The vehicle battery case structure according to claim 3 , wherein a reinforcing portion extending in the vehicle width direction is formed on a lower surface of the unit member.

7. The battery case structure according to claim 3 , wherein the mutually facing bonding portions of the unit members are each formed in a staircase shape, such that the staircase shapes of mutually facing bonding portions are arranged symmetrically in a vertical direction.

8. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening member in which the side plate is inserted into the slit portion includes a flat surface in which the slit portion is not formed on a side surface in which the side plate or the partition plate is not inserted.

9. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the fastening member in which the side plate is inserted into the slit portion includes a flat surface in which the slit portion is not formed on a side surface in which the side plate or the partition plate is not inserted.

10. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the fastening member in which the side plate is inserted into the slit portion includes a flat surface in which the slit portion is not formed on a side surface in which the side plate or the partition plate is not inserted.

11. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a second fastening member inserted into an intermediate portion of the partition plate in a vehicle width direction.

12. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a second fastening member inserted into an intermediate portion of the partition plate in a vehicle width direction.

13. The battery case structure for a vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising a second fastening member inserted into an intermediate portion of the partition plate in the vehicle width direction.

14. The vehicle battery case structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a third fastening member provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate in a region in which the battery pack is not accommodated in the region formed by the side plate and the partition plate.

15. The vehicle battery case structure according to claim 2 , further comprising a third fastening member provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate in a region in which the battery pack is not accommodated in the region formed by the side plate and the partition plate.

16. The vehicle battery case structure according to claim 3 , further comprising a third fastening member provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate in a region in which the battery pack is not accommodated in the region formed by the side plate and the partition plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: KAGAMI, AYAKA; MATSUO, YASUHIDE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051295/0740 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-236609 · Dec 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200194752A1 · Jun 18, 2020
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