Protective cage assemblies for electrified vehicle battery packs

US10953926B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert Howard Saunders · Glastonbury, US
• Wayne Haider · Dearborn, US
• Catherine Bansek · Royal Oak, US
• Steven Michael Cyr · Lake Orion, US
• Luke Allen Pontz · Royal Oak, US
• Sahil Nagpal · Dearborn Heights, US
• Jeffery Towns Gilchrist · Irvine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/70
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A protective cage assembly includes a frame, a bracket assembly mounted to a first tubular member of the frame, a gusset of the bracket assembly extending between the bracket assembly and a second tubular member of the frame, and a third tubular member of the frame removably received by the bracket assembly. The protective cage assembly may be mounted within a cargo space of an electrified vehicle for both protecting the battery pack and establishing a load bearing floor of the cargo space.