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Granted Patent B2
US 12,734,872 · App. 18/573,345 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Support device for vehicular battery pack and electric truck

Inventor: Naotatsu Kumagai (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
B60K1/04B60L50/66H01M50/242H01M50/249B60K2001/0438H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,734,872
App. No.
18/573,345
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support device for a vehicular battery pack that is mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and that includes a pair of battery side-faces each of which faces outward in a vehicle width direction and is located outside in the vehicle width direction further than the side rails. The support device includes a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing plate facing one of the battery side-faces and receives the vehicular battery pack. A frame-side bracket couples the battery-side bracket to one of the side rails. A patterned opening unit is provided with a plurality of holes formed on the opposing plate of the battery-side bracket and mounts an on-board device on the battery-side bracket via at least one of the plurality of holes, the plurality of holes being arranged in a predetermined pattern.

Claims (26)

1 . A support device for a vehicular battery pack that is mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and that includes a pair of battery side-faces each of which faces outward in a vehicle width direction and is located outside in the vehicle width direction further than the side rails, the support device comprising:

a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing plate facing one of the battery side-faces and receives the vehicular battery pack;

a frame-side bracket that couples the battery-side bracket to one of the side rails; and

a patterned opening unit that is provided with a plurality of holes formed on the opposing plate of the battery-side bracket and mounts an on-board device on the battery-side bracket via at least one of the plurality of holes, the plurality of holes being arranged in a predetermined pattern;

wherein:

one of the side rails has a hole pattern formed on a web face;

an arrangement of the plurality of holes corresponds to the hole pattern; and

the arrangement of the plurality of holes corresponds to the hole pattern formed on a portion of the web face of the side rail, the portion being located vertically above the vehicular battery pack.

2 . A support device for a vehicular battery pack that is mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and that includes a pair of battery side-faces each of which faces outward in a vehicle width direction and is located outside in the vehicle width direction further than the side rails, the support device comprising:

a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing plate facing one of the battery side-faces and receives the vehicular battery pack;

a frame-side bracket that couples the battery-side bracket to one of the side rails; and

a patterned opening unit that is provided with a plurality of holes formed on the opposing plate of the battery-side bracket and mounts an on-board device on the battery-side bracket via at least one of the plurality of holes, the plurality of holes being arranged in a predetermined pattern;

wherein the opposing plate is formed into a wavy shape by alternately arranging a convex part and a recess part, the convex part protruding outward in the vehicle width direction and having the plurality of holes formed therethrough, the recess part being located inside in the vehicle width direction from the convex part.

3 . A support device for a vehicular battery pack that is mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and that includes a pair of battery side-faces each of which faces outward in a vehicle width direction and is located outside in the vehicle width direction further than the side rails, the support device comprising:

a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing plate facing one of the battery side-faces and receives the vehicular battery pack;

a frame-side bracket that couples the battery-side bracket to one of the side rails; and

a patterned opening unit that is provided with a plurality of holes formed on the opposing plate of the battery-side bracket and mounts an on-board device on the battery-side bracket via at least one of the plurality of holes, the plurality of holes being arranged in a predetermined pattern;

wherein:

the opposing plate is an extrusion material including a hollow extending in a vehicle length direction; and

the plurality of holes is provided so as to penetrate the opposing plate from the hollow to an outside in the vehicle width direction.

4 . An electric truck, comprising;

a support device for a vehicular battery pack that is mounted under side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle and that includes a pair of battery side-faces each of which faces outward in a vehicle width direction and is located outside in the vehicle width direction further than the side rails, the support device comprising:

a battery-side bracket that includes an opposing plate facing one of the battery side-faces and receives the vehicular battery pack;

a frame-side bracket that couples the battery-side bracket to one of the side rails; and

a patterned opening unit that is provided with a plurality of holes formed on the opposing plate of the battery-side bracket and mounts an on-board device on the battery-side bracket via at least one of the plurality of holes, the plurality of holes being arranged in a predetermined pattern;

wherein the on-board device is mounted on a surface outside in the vehicle width direction of the opposing plate and comprises a sensor that detects an object located outside in the vehicle width direction of the electric truck.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: KUMAGAI, NAOTATSU
To: DAIMLER TRUCK AG
Reel/Frame 066189/0872 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-108463 · Jun 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240286480A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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