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Battery support structure

  • US 4,365,681 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1980
  • Issued: 12/28/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A structure for supporting a plurality of batteries in rows beneath a vehicle, comprising,a structural frame located beneath the vehicle and having a pair of side rails running longitudinally of the vehicle,a plurality of pairs of aligned I-type beams running generally transversely of the side rails, each beam of each aligned pair being cantilevered from a respective side rail and running approximately to the center of support structure,each cantilevered beam having a lower and an upper flange, the upper flanges of each parallel pair of cantilevered beams being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the width of the row of batteries supported therebetween with the lower flanges thereof being spaced apart a distance less than such width so as to underlie and support the lower edges of a row of batteries supported thereon, the upper flanges of the cantilevered beams being located between adjacent rows of batteries and means releasably mounting the frame to the vehicle.

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