Vehicle battery systems and methods

US8453773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Proterra Ag, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dale Hill · Kalamazoo, US
• Michael Walker · Greenville, US
• Shaun Onorato · Superior, US
• Donald Morris · Conifer, US
• Stephen Misencik · Raleigh, US
• John Winkel · Bartlesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides for a high occupancy or heavy-duty vehicle with a battery propulsion power source, which may include lithium titanate batteries. The vehicle may be all-battery or may be a hybrid, and may have a composite body. The vehicle battery system may be housed within the floor of the vehicle and may have different groupings and arrangements.