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Battery pack mounting architecture with shear plate for electric drive motor vehicles

  • US 9,937,781 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/2016
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A shear plate for an electric vehicle with a chassis frame and a traction battery pack, the chassis frame including a front cradle with a cradle rail connected to a cradle cross member, and the traction battery pack including an electric battery module mounted on a support tray, the shear plate comprising:

  • an elongated plate body with opposing fore and aft braces connected by opposing starboard and port braces, the fore brace being configured to mechanically couple to the cradle cross member of the front cradle, and the aft brace being configured to mechanically couple to the support tray of the traction battery pack, the elongated plate body further including a plurality of ribs disposed between the starboard and port braces and connecting the fore and aft braces,wherein the elongated plate body is configured to transmit load forces received from the front cradle via the fore brace, through the starboard and port braces, to the support tray via the aft brace.

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