Electric vehicle battery case
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1. A vehicle battery case comprising:
- a housing at least partially enclosing a cavity to receive one or more vehicle batteries substantially along an axial direction of said cavity, an internal surface of said housing including one or more slides comprising elongate ridges that extend inward of said cavity and substantially in parallel to said axial direction of said cavity, wherein said elongate ridges comprise raised portions of said internal surface of said housing, wherein said raised portions have a shape that is at least partially convex with respect to said cavity, and said one or more slides to at least partially support weight of said one or more vehicle batteries.
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Abstract
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to an apparatus for a battery system for electric vehicles and, more particularly, to removable modular batteries and a battery case to store the batteries.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle battery case comprising:
a housing at least partially enclosing a cavity to receive one or more vehicle batteries substantially along an axial direction of said cavity, an internal surface of said housing including one or more slides comprising elongate ridges that extend inward of said cavity and substantially in parallel to said axial direction of said cavity, wherein said elongate ridges comprise raised portions of said internal surface of said housing, wherein said raised portions have a shape that is at least partially convex with respect to said cavity, and said one or more slides to at least partially support weight of said one or more vehicle batteries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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placing a vehicle battery onto one or more slides disposed inside a cavity of a battery housing; and sliding said vehicle battery into said cavity while weight of said vehicle battery is at least partially supported by said one or more slides comprising elongated ridges that extend inward of said cavity and substantially in parallel to said axial direction of said cavity, wherein said elongate ridges comprise raised portions of said internal surface of said housing, wherein said raised portions have a shape that is at least partially convex with respect to said cavity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of manufacturing a vehicle battery case, the method comprising:
forming a housing that at least partially encloses a cavity to receive one or more vehicle batteries substantially along an axial direction of said cavity, wherein said housing includes one or more slides comprising elongate ridges that extend inward of said cavity and substantially in parallel to said axial direction of said cavity, wherein said elongate ridges comprise raised portions of said internal surface of said housing, wherein said raised portions have a shape that is at least partially convex with respect to said cavity, and said one or more slides to at least partially support weight of said one or more vehicle batteries. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A vehicle battery case for a non-gas powered vehicle, the vehicle battery case comprising:
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a polyethylene material formed into a housing including sides and an end-cap; a cavity formed as part of said case at least partially enclosed by said sides, a size of said cavity to receive two or more vehicle batteries; and one or more slides comprising elongate ridges disposed on at least one of said sides inside said cavity, wherein an elevated portion of said one or more slides project inward of said housing cavity, wherein said one or more slides extend substantially parallel to an axial direction of said housing, wherein at least one of said one or more slides comprises a contoured portion of said polyethylene material on an internal surface of said housing, wherein said contoured portion has a shape that is at least partially convex with respect to said housing, and said one or more slides to at least partially support weight of said two or more vehicle batteries.
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