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Battery junction box housing configured to direct crash forces in an electric vehicle

US10160492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

InEVit LLC · US

Inventors

Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Alexander Eichhorn · Eppingen, DE
Ralf Maisch · Abstatt, DE
Andreas Track · Sachsenheim, DE
Jörg Damaske · Freiberg, DE
Martin Eberhard · Woodside, US
Michael John Miskovsky · San Anselmo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 15, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/70
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a battery housing arrangement integrated into a vehicle floor of an electric vehicle includes a BJB housing including a BJB configured to be electrically coupled to each of a plurality of battery modules in a battery housing upon installation of the plurality of battery modules into the battery housing. The BJB housing is positioned between at least one center structural support bar and one or more vehicle chassis bars, and is configured to protect the plurality of battery modules in the battery housing from crash forces by directing crash forces from the one or more vehicle chassis bars to the at least one center structural support bar.

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