Electrified battery tray assemblies
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1. An electrified battery tray assembly comprising:
- a battery tray assembly; and
a battery hold down assembly,wherein the battery tray assembly comprises;
a base,a pair of opposing end walls anda pair of side walls extending from the base defining an interior surface,the battery tray assembly further comprisinga pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the battery tray assembly for accessing battery power via the at least one connector; and
wherein the battery hold assembly comprises;
an escalatable hold down clamp having inner threads running from the top to the bottom of said clamp and configured to claim a battery;
an escalator comprising a hollow shaft running from the top to the bottom of the escalator and an outer threaded region,wherein the outer threaded region is mated with the inner threads of the escalatable hold down clamp;
a hold down rod which passes through the hollow shaft of the escalator and is fixedly engaged to the battery tray assembly allowing the escalator to turn or spin unopposed by the hold down rod;
wherein the escalator is configured to raise and lower the clamp while the battery hold down assembly remains stationary or permanently fixed to the battery tray assembly; and
wherein the turning of the escalator is configured to be achieved by simple hand-cranking, electronics, stepper motor drive circuits, pneumatics, hydraulics, pneudraulics, or a combination thereof.
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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 for accessing battery power via the at least one connector.
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1. An electrified battery tray assembly comprising:
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a battery tray assembly; and a battery hold down assembly, wherein the battery tray assembly comprises; a base, a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of side walls extending from the base defining an interior surface, the battery tray assembly further comprising a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the battery tray assembly for accessing battery power via the at least one connector; and wherein the battery hold assembly comprises; an escalatable hold down clamp having inner threads running from the top to the bottom of said clamp and configured to claim a battery; an escalator comprising a hollow shaft running from the top to the bottom of the escalator and an outer threaded region, wherein the outer threaded region is mated with the inner threads of the escalatable hold down clamp; a hold down rod which passes through the hollow shaft of the escalator and is fixedly engaged to the battery tray assembly allowing the escalator to turn or spin unopposed by the hold down rod; wherein the escalator is configured to raise and lower the clamp while the battery hold down assembly remains stationary or permanently fixed to the battery tray assembly; and wherein the turning of the escalator is configured to be achieved by simple hand-cranking, electronics, stepper motor drive circuits, pneumatics, hydraulics, pneudraulics, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electrified battery tray assembly comprising a battery tray assembly and a battery hold down assembly
the battery tray assembly comprising a base, a pair of end walls, and an extended side wall extending from the base wherein the base and the end walls define a battery receiving interior, and wherein the extended side wall extending from the base further comprises a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the battery tray assembly for accessing battery power via the at least one connector and wherein the battery hold down assembly comprises an escalatable hold down clamp having inner threads running from the top to the bottom of said clamp and configured to clamp a battery; -
an escalator comprising a hollow shaft running from the top to the bottom of the escalator and an outer threaded region, wherein the outer threaded region is mated with the inner threads of the escalatable hold down clamp; a hold down rod which passes through the hollow shaft of the escalator and is fixedly engaged to the battery tray assembly allowing the escalator to turn or spin unopposed by the hold down rod; wherein the escalator is configured to raise and lower the clamp while the battery hold down assembly remains stationary or permanently fixed to the battery tray assembly; and wherein the turning of the escalator is configured to be achieved by simple hand-cranking, electronics, stepper motor drive circuits, pneumatics, hydraulics, pneudraulics, or a combination thereof.
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14. An electrified battery tray assembly comprising:
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a battery tray assembly; and a battery hold down assembly, wherein the battery tray assembly comprises a top tray and a bottom tray, each tray comprising; a base, a pair of end walls, and an extended side wall connecting the bases of the top and bottom trays, wherein the base and end walls of the bottom tray defining a battery receiving interior and the base and the end walls of the top tray define a battery cradling interior, and wherein the extended side wall further comprises a pair of positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the battery tray assembly for accessing battery power via the at least one connector; and wherein the battery hold down assembly comprises; an escalatable hold down clamp having inner threads running from the top to the bottom of said clamp and configured to claim a battery; an escalator comprising a hollow shaft running from the top to the bottom of the escalator and an outer threaded region, wherein the outer threaded region is mated with the inner threads of the escalatable hold down clamp; a hold down rod which passes through the hollow shaft of the escalator and is fixedly engaged to the battery tray assembly allowing the escalator to turn or spin unopposed by the hold down rod; wherein the escalator is configured to raise and lower the clamp while the battery hold down assembly remains stationary or permanently fixed to the battery tray assembly; and wherein the turning of the escalator is configured to be achieved by simple hand-cranking, electronics, stepper motor drive circuits, pneumatics, hydraulics, pneudraulics, or a combination thereof.
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