IP Library Granted Patent US 11,760,433
Granted Patent B2
US 11,760,433 · App. 16/647,037 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Battery storage device of vehicle

Inventors: Katsuyuki Okubo (Wako, JP); Nobuo Shigemizu (Wako, JP); Makie Aoyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B62J43/16B60K1/04B62J43/20H01M50/209H01M50/249H01M50/264H01M50/296H01M50/55H01M50/553H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,760,433
App. No.
16/647,037
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery storage device includes a battery case ( 42 ) storing a battery ( 62 A or 62 B) and a case side connection terminal ( 43 ) connected to a terminal portion ( 41 ) of the battery ( 62 A or 62 B) stored in the battery case ( 42 ). The battery storage device further includes a terminal displacement mechanism ( 45 ) and an operation member ( 44 ). The terminal displacement mechanism ( 45 ) causes the case side connection terminal ( 43 ) to be displaced between a connection position (P 1 ) contact-connected to the terminal portion ( 41 ) of the battery ( 62 A or 62 B) and a retreat position (P 2 ) separated from the connection position (P 1 ). The operation member ( 44 ) is capable of operating the terminal displacement mechanism ( 45 ).

Claims (34)

1. A battery storage device of a vehicle including a battery case storing a battery and a case side connection terminal connected to a terminal portion of the battery stored in the battery case, the battery storage device of a vehicle comprising:

a terminal displacement mechanism that causes the case side connection terminal to be displaced between a connection position contact-connected to the terminal portion of the battery and a retreat position separated from the connection position;

an operation member that is capable of operating the terminal displacement mechanism; and

a lock mechanism that has a movable member for restricting displacement of the battery in a releasing direction of the battery which is a direction opposite to an entering direction of the battery to the battery case, and is capable of fixing the battery to the battery case in a state where the battery is stored in the battery case,

wherein the battery case is configured such that the battery slides into the battery case in the entering direction to be stored in the battery case in a state in which the case side connection terminal is disposed at the retreat position,

wherein the terminal displacement mechanism causes the case side connection terminal at the retreat position to be displaced in the releasing direction to the connection position in a state where the movable member of the lock mechanism restricts displacement of the battery in the releasing direction,

wherein the battery case has a case side abutment seat which a bottom portion of the battery abuts when the battery is inserted,

wherein the retreat position is a position at which the case side connection terminal is away from the terminal portion of the battery in the entering direction of the battery when the bottom portion of the battery abuts the case side abutment seat,

wherein the operation member is provided on a vehicle body as being separately provided from the battery case,

wherein the movable member is disposed between an upper surface of the battery stored in the battery case and the operation member,

wherein the lock mechanism is able to be operated by the operation member,

wherein the case side connection terminal includes a plurality of pins arranged in a predetermined direction, and

wherein the movable member includes a first movable block and a second movable block that are separately from each other in the predetermined direction.

2. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the battery case has a case side abutment seat which a bottom portion of the battery abuts when the battery is inserted, and

wherein the retreat position is a position at which the case side connection terminal is away from the terminal portion of the battery in the entering direction of the battery when the bottom portion of the battery abuts the case side abutment seat.

3. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lock mechanism is able to be operated by the operation member.

4. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal displacement mechanism and the lock mechanism are associated with each other to operate due to operation of the operation member in a state where the battery is stored in the battery case.

5. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal displacement mechanism has a terminal holding member for holding the case side connection terminal, and

wherein the case side connection terminal is held by the terminal holding member in a manner of being able to be displaced in a direction intersecting a connection direction to the terminal portion.

6. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 5 ,

wherein a case side guide portion guided by a battery-side guide portion provided in the battery is integrally provided in the case side connection terminal, and

wherein a guide end of the case side guide portion in a battery direction is formed to be positioned on a side closer to the battery than a terminal end of the case side connection terminal in the battery direction.

7. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal displacement mechanism has a terminal holding member for holding the case side connection terminal, and

wherein electric wires connected to the case side connection terminal are routed below the terminal holding member.

8. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal displacement mechanism has a terminal holding member for holding the case side connection terminal, and

wherein the case side connection terminal is supported by the terminal holding member with an elastic member therebetween.

9. The battery storage device of a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movable member is located at a position to abut an upper surface of the battery when the movable member restricts displacement of the battery in the releasing direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: OKUBO, KATSUYUKI; SHIGEMIZU, NOBUO; AOYAMA, MAKIE
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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