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Electrified vehicle with battery arrangement permitting relative transverse movement of individual modules

US11005135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Marius Sawatzki · Pulheim, DE
Dominik Mueller · Euskirchen, DE
Daniel Meckenstock · Wuppertal, DE
Joergen Hilmann · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2019
Grant date	May 11, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a battery arrangement for an electrified vehicle. Among other things, the battery arrangement includes first and second battery modules, each of which includes a battery module housing. Adjacent surfaces of these battery module housings are interlocked such that the first and second battery modules are configured to slide relative to one another in a transverse direction of the electrified vehicle. Accordingly, this disclosure increases safety while saving space and without requiring undue reinforcements of the chassis structure, which would increase the weight of the vehicle and reduce the energy efficiency the vehicle. These and other benefits will be appreciated from the following description.

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