IP Library Granted Patent US 12,337,673
Granted Patent B2
US 12,337,673 · App. 18/248,341 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Support apparatus for battery pack and electric truck

Inventor: Naotatsu Kumagai (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
B60K1/04B60L50/66B60L53/16B62D21/02H01M50/249H01M50/262B60K2001/0438B60L2200/36H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,337,673
App. No.
18/248,341
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support apparatus for a battery pack being mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and including a pair of side faces, the side faces facing outward in a vehicle width direction. The support apparatus has a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing face facing the side face and accommodates the battery pack and a frame-side bracket coupling the battery-side bracket to the side rail. The battery-side bracket has a device mounting unit for mounting an on-board device at an outer face opposite to the opposing face.

Claims (15)

1. A support apparatus for a battery pack being mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and including a pair of side faces, the side faces facing outward in a vehicle width direction, the support apparatus comprising:

a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing face facing the side face and accommodates the battery pack; and

a frame-side bracket coupling the battery-side bracket to the side rail;

wherein the battery-side bracket comprises a device mounting unit for mounting an on-board device at an outer face opposite to the opposing face.

2. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the device mounting unit comprises a weld bolt having a head portion being welded to the opposing face and a screw portion protruding from the head portion outward in the vehicle width direction further than the outer face.

3. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the device mounting unit comprises a weld nut welded to the opposing face.

4. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the battery-side bracket comprises a successive face being provided successively to the outer face and forming a corner portion in conjunction with the outer face; and

the device mounting unit is formed on the corner portion provided from the outer face to the successive face.

5. The support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the side faces are positioned on outsides in the vehicle width direction with respect to the side rails.

6. An electric truck, comprising:

the support apparatus according to claim 1 .

7. The electric truck according to claim 6 , wherein the on-board device comprises a casing provided with a charging opening for charging the battery pack from outside.

8. The electric truck according to claim 6 , wherein the on-board device comprises a sensor that detects an object being outside in the vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2023
From: KUMAGAI, NAOTATSU
To: DAIMLER TRUCK AG
Reel/Frame 063262/0337 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-171501 · Oct 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230373287A1 · Nov 23, 2023
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