Battery tray glide system

• US 10,062,885 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2017
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas Gerald Tessier
• Original Assignee: Thomas Gerald Tessier
• Inventors: Tessier, Thomas Gerald
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Hau Van
• Application Number:
  US15/805,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20180130983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• Field of Search: 180 685
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0455 Removal or replacement of the energy storages
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0494 with arrangements for sliding
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/202 Casings or frames around the primary casing of a single cell or a single battery
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/244 Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/264 for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A tray glide system includes a frame having opposite sides, and a base defining an interior, where a tray slides relative to the frame. Glide mounts formed of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene are attached to the base in the interior, and are located under the tray providing sliding of the tray relative to the frame. Glide rails are engaged to the bottom of the tray and are shaped to engage one or more surfaces of the slide mounts. Each of the glide rails includes a bearing ledge proximate to one of the opposite sides of the frame. An upper guide rail is attached to each of the opposite walls. Each upper guide rail has a horizontal retaining ledge positioned above one of the bearing ledges, to engage the bearing ledges, and to prevent downward pivoting of the tray during withdraw of the tray from the frame.

Claims

1. A battery tray glide system comprising:

a frame, said frame having an interior, a right vertical side, a left vertical side, and a horizontal base extending between said right vertical side and said left vertical side;

a tray slidably engaged within said interior of said frame, said tray having a platform having a front, a rear, a right edge extending between said front and said rear and a left edge extending between said front and said rear;

at least two glide mounts one of said glide mounts being engaged to said base proximate to said right vertical side and one of said glide mounts being engaged to said base proximate to said left vertical side, said glide mounts being formed of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, each of said glide mounts comprising a lower surface positioned proximate to said base, an interior vertical wall, an upper glide surface positioned proximate to an underside of said platform, and a vertical exterior wall one of, said vertical exterior walls being disposed proximate to said right vertical side and one of said vertical exterior walls being disposed proximate to said left vertical side;

at least two tray glide rails, each of said tray glide rails comprising an interior vertical flange extending downwardly from a bearing ledge, each of said interior vertical flanges being disposed proximate to one of said interior vertical walls, each of said bearing ledges being disposed proximate to and above one of said upper glide surfaces and below said platform, each of said tray glide rails further comprising a vertical support wall extending upwardly from said bearing ledge distal from said interior vertical flange and exterior to one of said right edge and said left edge, and a guide ledge extending outwardly from an upper portion of said vertical support wall away from said interior vertical flange; and

at least two upper glide rails, each of said upper glide rails comprising a horizontal retaining ledge being disposed proximate to and above one of said guide ledges, said horizontal retaining ledge extending inwardly from a vertical attachment wall, each of said vertical attachment walls being engaged to one of said right vertical side and said left vertical side.

2. The battery tray glide system according to claim 1, wherein said interior vertical wall is disposed towards a center of said base.

3. The battery tray glide system according to claim 2, wherein each of said tray glide rails is formed of metal material.

4. The battery tray glide system according to claim 3, wherein each of said bearing ledges extend horizontally outwardly from one of said interior vertical flanges away from said center of said base.

5. The battery tray glide system according to claim 4, wherein said guide ledge extends away from said center of said base towards one of said right vertical side and said left vertical side.

6. The battery tray glide system according to claim 5, wherein each of said upper glide rails is formed of metal material.

7. The battery tray glide system according to claim 6, wherein said vertical attachment walls extend upwardly from an exterior side of said horizontal retaining ledges.

8. The battery tray glide system according to claim 7, wherein each of said vertical attachment walls are engaged to one of said right vertical side and said left vertical side.

9. The battery tray glide system according to claim 8, said horizontal retaining ledge comprising a slide restriction member.

10. The battery tray glide system according to claim 9, said rear comprising at least one of a stop and a rear wall, said at least one stop or said rear wall engaging said slide restriction member in an open configuration limiting outward sliding of said tray relative to said frame.

11. The battery tray glide system according to claim 10, said tray comprising a front wall proximate to said front.

12. The battery tray glide system according to claim 11, said front wall comprising at least one latching member, said frame further comprising a front edge, said front edge having at least one catch, wherein said at least one latching member releasably engages said at least one catch when said tray is in a closed configuration relative to said frame.

13. A battery tray glide system comprising:

a box frame, said box frame having an interior, a right vertical side, a left vertical side, and a horizontal base extending between said right vertical side and said left vertical side;

a tray slidably engaged in said interior of said box frame, said tray having a platform having a front, a rear, a right edge extending between said front and said rear and a left edge extending between said front and said rear;

at least two glide mounts one of said glide mounts being engaged to said base proximate to said right vertical side and one of said glide mounts being engaged to said base proximate to said left vertical side, said glide mounts being formed of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, each of said glide mounts comprising a lower surface positioned proximate to said base, an interior vertical wall disposed towards a center of said base, an upper glide surface positioned proximate to an underside of said platform, and a vertical exterior wall, one of said vertical exterior walls being disposed proximate to said right vertical side and one of said vertical exterior walls being disposed proximate to said left vertical side;

at least two tray glide rails, each of said tray glide rails being formed of metal material, each of said tray glide rails comprising an interior vertical flange extending downwardly from a bearing ledge, each of said interior vertical flanges being disposed proximate to one of said interior vertical walls, each of said bearing ledges extending horizontally outwardly from one of said interior vertical flanges away from said center of said base, each of said bearing ledges being disposed proximate to and above one of said upper glide surfaces and below said platform, each of said tray glide rails further comprising a vertical support wall extending upwardly from said bearing ledge distal from said interior vertical flange and exterior to one of said right edge and said left edge, and a guide ledge extending outwardly from an upper portion of said vertical support wall away from said center of said base towards one of said right vertical side and said left vertical side; and

at least two upper glide rails, each of said upper glide rails being formed of metal material, each of said upper glide rails comprising a horizontal retaining ledge being disposed proximate to and above one of said guide ledges, said horizontal retaining ledge extending inwardly from a vertical attachment wall, said vertical attachment wall extending upwardly from an exterior side of said horizontal retaining ledge, each of said vertical attachment walls being engaged to one of said right vertical side and said left vertical side.

14. The battery tray glide system according to claim 13, said horizontal retaining ledge comprising a slide restriction member.

15. The battery tray glide system according to claim 14, said rear comprising at least one of a stop and a rear wall, said at least one stop or said rear wall engaging said slide restriction member in an open configuration limiting outward sliding of said tray relative to said box frame.

16. The battery tray glide system according to claim 15, said tray comprising a front wall proximate to said front.

17. The battery tray glide system according to claim 16, said front wall comprising at least one latching member, said box frame further comprising a front edge, said front edge having at least one catch, wherein said at least one latching member releasably engages said at least one catch when said tray is in a closed configuration relative to said box frame.