Electrified Battery Tray Assemblies

• US 20140287289A1
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Richard C. Lee
• Original Assignee: Richard C. Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Richard C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,640,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/100
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/658 by thermal insulation or shielding
• 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 50/249 specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An electrified battery tray assembly comprising a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the tray tor accessing battery power via the at least one connector.

Claims

1. An electrified battery tray comprising a body having a base, a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of side walls extending from the base defining an interior surface, a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the tray for accessing battery power via the at least one connector.

2. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the base has an inner surface and an outer surface, and end walls have an outer and inner surface adapted to overlay the base outer surface and to create substantially planar, vertical end wall inner surfaces thereby, and a left and right side wall having outer and inner surfaces adapted to longitudinally overlay the base outer surface and to create substantially planar, vertical left and right side wall inner surfaces thereby and wherein the end and side walls'"'"' inner and outer surfaces are spaced a predetermined distance to form cavities therebetween and wherein the cavities are filled with is thermal insulation core material.

3. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the interior surface of the battery tray includes a plurality of ribs with the top surface of the ribs lying generally in a single plane, and together define a floor upon winch the bottom of the battery is supported.

4. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the interior surface on the base of the battery tray comprises a positive battery terminal engaging element and a negative battery terminal engaging element designed to engage the positive battery terminal and the negative battery terminal when the battery is sealed on the interior surface of the electrified battery tray.

5. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the battery terminal engaging elements are configured in the form of cylindrical protrusions from the base.

6. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the battery terminal engaging elements are configured in the form of J-hook, stab lock, or interlocking receiving cavities designed to engage corresponding, J-hook, stab lock, or interlocking terminals on the battery.

7. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the base comprises a means for bearing the positive and negative battery cables from the at least one connector to the terminal engaging elements.

8. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the means for bearing the positive and negative battery cables comprises two separate wire-bearing conduits, well, recess, or channel, one for the positive and the other for the negative cable running up respectively to the positive and negative battery terminal engaging elements.

9. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the tray comprises two separate connectors for connecting respectively to the positive and negative terminal engaging elements.

10. The electrified battery tray of claim 9, wherein the connectors are adjacent to each other on the same side of the battery tray and are color coded in the conventional manner with the red connector for connecting to the positive battery terminal engaging element and a black connector for connecting to the negative battery terminal engaging element.

11. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, comprising a single connector having a positive and adjacent negative side configured such that the positive side is completely insulated from the negative side.

12. The electrified battery tray of claim 1, wherein the tray is sired and configured for top mounting, side mounting or bottom mounting.

13. An electrified battery hood assembly comprising a base, a pair of end walls, and an extended side wall, extending from the base wherein the base and the side walls define a battery receiving interior and the extended side wall extending from the base comprises a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the hood for accessing battery power via the at least one connector.

14. An electrified battery hood assembly comprising a top tray and a bottom tray, each tray comprising a base a pair of end walls, and an extended side wall connecting the base of the top and bottom tray, wherein the base and end walls of the bottom tray define a battery receiving interior and the base and end walls of the top tray define a battery cradling interior and the extended side wall comprising a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the hood for accessing battery power via the at least one connector.

15. An electrified battery tray assembly and hold down assembly wherein the battery tray assembly comprises a base, as pair of end walls, and a pair of side walls extending from the base defining an interior, a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the tray for accessing battery power via the at least one connector and wherein the hold down assembly comprises at least one hold down rod, one or more horizontally disposed hold down clamps, having one or more openings for passage of the rod there through, and wherein the hold down rod comprises a tensioner for holding down the one or more hold down clamps against the battery and a tensioner retaining means for retaining the tensioner on the hold down rod.

16. An electrified battery tray assembly and hold down assembly wherein the battery tray assembly comprises a base, a pair of end walls, and a pair of side walls extending from the base defining an interior, a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the tray for accessing battery power via the at least one connector and wherein the hold down assembly comprises an escalatable hold down clamp for clamping either the battery or the tray, an escalator means for raising or lowering the clamp in screwed engagement with the escalatable bold down clamp, a hold down rod for fixedly engaging the hold down device unto the battery tray.