Device for mounting a storage battery

• US 4,098,366 A
• Filed: 09/27/1976
• Issued: 07/04/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Reinhard, Theodor, Haug, Ernst, Schulz, Manfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Church, Gene A.
• Application Number:
  US05/726,561
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 180/68.5, 429/175, 429/176, 429/163, 429/179, 429/180
• US Class Current: 180/68.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/04 Arrangement of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/204 Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
• 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: H01M 50/271 Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An installation for accommodating a storage battery in a closed-off space, such as a passenger or luggage space of a motor vehicle, which includes a covering hood that holds back gases and acids escaping from the battery cells; the covering hood thereby forms the cover of a trough surrounding the storage battery and abuts sealingly at the top side of the trough so that a container is created which is gas-tight with respect to the interior of the vehicle; the connecting cables for the battery are led out of the container in a sealed manner while a recess with a discharge opening is provided in the bottom of the container which is in communication with the free atmosphere.

Claims

1. An installation for the accommodation of a storage battery within a closed-off space, which comprises a covering hood means holding back gases and acids escaping out of the battery cells, characterized in that the covering hood means forms a cover for a trough means surrounding the storage battery, said cover abutting sealingly against the trough top side so that a container is produced which is gas-tight within the vehicle interior and which is only connected with the outside air via a discharge opening, said discharge opening being provided in a recess formed in the bottom of the container for conducting away said gases and acids.

2. An installation according to claim 1, with connecting cable means for the battery, characterized in that the connecting cable means extend sealingly through the container.

3. An installation according to claim 1, characterized in that rib means project inwardly from at least two mutually oppositely disposed side walls of the trough means, whose front faces extend approximately parallel to the side walls within the lower area thereof and obliquely upwardly with respect thereto in the upper area thereof.

4. An installation according to claim 3, characterized in that the bottom of the trough means is provided with a number of raised portions on which rests the bottom side of the storage battery.

5. An installation according to claim 4, characterized in that the raised portions are formed by interrupted web rows.

6. An installation according to claim 4, characterized in that the discharge opening is constructed as funnel means which is supported in a self-centering and sealing manner on a further discharge funnel accommodated in a body part.

7. An installation according to claim 6, characterized in that the container is received by a hollow space of the body and the cover is pressed against the trough top side by at least one pivotally connected clamping band pivotally connected at at least one fixed vehicle part.

8. An installation according to claim 7, characterized in that the closed-off space is the passenger space of a motor vehicle.

9. An installation according to claim 7, characterized in that the closed-off space is the luggage space of a motor vehicle.

10. An installation according to claim 7, with connecting cable means for the battery, characterized in that the connecting cable means extend sealingly through the container.

11. An installation according to claim 10, characterized in that the raised portions are formed by interrupted web rows.

12. An installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom of the trough means is provided with a number of raised portions on which rests the bottom side of the storage battery.

13. An installation according to claim 12, characterized in that the raised portions are formed by interrupted web rows.

14. An installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the discharge opening is constructed as funnel means which is supported in a self-centering and sealing manner on a further discharge funnel accommodated in a body part.

15. An installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the container is received by a hollow space of the body and the cover is pressed against the trough top side by at least one pivotally connected clamping band pivotally connected at at least one fixed vehicle part.

16. An installation for the accommodation of a storage battery within a closed-off space, which comprises a covering hood means holding back gases and acids escaping out of the battey cells, characterized in that the covering hood means forms a cover for a trough means surrounding the storage battery, said cover abutting sealingly against the trough top side so that a container is produced which is gas-tight within the vehicle interior, and said container being provided with a recess having a discharge opening in the bottom of the container, which is in communication with the free atmosphere, and further characterized in that the discharge opening is constructed as funnel means which is supported in a self-centering and sealing manner on a further discharge funnel accommodated in a body part.

17. An installation for the accommodation of a storage battery within a closed-off space, which comprises a covering hood means holding back gases and acids escaping out of the battery cells, characterized in that the covering hood means forms a cover for a trough means surrounding the storage battery, said cover abutting sealingly against the trough top side so that a container is produced which is gas-tight within the vehicle interior, and said container being provided with a recess having a discharge opening in the bottom of the container, which is in communication with the free atmosphere, and further characterized in that rib means project inwardly from at least two mutually oppositely disposed side walls of the trough means, whose front faces extend approximately parallel to the side walls within the lower area thereof and obliquely upwardly with respect thereto in the upper area thereof.