# US 10,483,510 B2 · Polarized battery tray for a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,483,510 B2 - Document ID: US10483510B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/981,654 - Filed: 2018-05-16 - Published: 2018-11-22 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-16 - Assignees: Shape Corp. - Applicants: Shape Corp. - Inventors: Mark Charles Stephens; Joseph Robert Matecki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483510B2 ## CPC - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) - B60R 16/04: Arrangement of batteries - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A battery tray for a vehicle includes two tray components or pieces that attach or mate together, such as with one tray component over or within the other tray component, to form sealed and separate battery containment areas. The lower tray component that has a panel portion and a pair of elongated reinforcement members integrally protruding upward from opposing edges of the panel portion. Also, the upper tray component has a panel portion and a cross members that integrally extend across its panel portion. The upper tray component is disposed at an upper surface of the panel portion of the lower tray component with the cross members extending between the elongated reinforcement members and defining a battery containment area between each of the cross members. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery tray for a vehicle, said battery tray comprising: a first tray component having a first panel portion and elongated reinforcement members integrally coupled at opposing edges of the first panel portion and extending in parallel alignment with each other; a second tray component having a second panel portion and a plurality of cross members integrally extending across the second panel portion; wherein the second panel portion is disposed at an upper surface of the first panel portion with the plurality of cross members extending between the elongated reinforcement members so as to provide a battery containment area between the plurality of cross members; and wherein opposing ends of the plurality of cross members directly engage inside surfaces of the elongated reinforcement members to provide the battery containment area with an interior peripheral surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery tray of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cross members are disposed substantially perpendicularly relative to the elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery tray of claim 2, wherein the plurality of cross members extend linearly and substantially parallel relative to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery tray of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second tray components comprises a substantially constant cross-section along a length of the respective elongated reinforcement members and plurality of cross members. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery tray of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second tray components comprises a single integral piece fabricated from a first material disposed at an upper section of the respective tray component and a second material disposed at a lower section of the respective tray component, and wherein the first material includes carbon fiber and the second material includes at least one of aramid or glass. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The battery tray of claim 1, wherein the first tray component comprises a constant cross-section along a length of the elongated reinforcement members and the second tray component comprises a constant cross-section along a length off the plurality of cross members, and wherein the lengths of the first and second tray components are disposed in an orthogonal orientation relative to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The battery tray of claim 1, wherein the side reinforcement members each include a multi-tubular shape with at least two elongated hollow cavities extending longitudinally along a length of the reinforcement members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The battery tray of claim 1, wherein front and rear cross members of the plurality of cross members are attached via an adhesive or a sealer at inside surfaces of the elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 9 A battery tray for a vehicle, said battery tray comprising: a first tray component having a first panel portion and a pair of elongated reinforcement members integrally protruding upward from opposing edges of the first panel portion; a second tray component having a second panel portion and a plurality of cross members disposed at an upper surface of the second panel portion with the plurality of cross members extending between the elongated reinforcement members; and wherein opposing ends of front and rear cross members of the plurality of cross members directly engage inside surfaces of the pair of elongated reinforcement members to form a peripheral wall of a battery containment area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The battery tray of claim 9, wherein the plurality of cross members each comprise a length that is oriented perpendicularly relative to a length of the pair of elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The battery tray of claim 9, wherein the first tray component comprises a substantially constant cross-section along a length of the pair of elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The battery tray of claim 11, wherein the plurality of cross members each comprise a substantially constant cross-section along a length of the respective cross member, and wherein the lengths of the plurality of cross members are oriented perpendicularly relative to a length of the pair of elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The battery tray of claim 9, wherein the first panel portion and the pair of elongated reinforcement members of the tray component are fabricated together to comprise a single integral piece. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The battery tray of claim 13, wherein the single integral piece of the first tray component comprises a first material disposed at an upper section of the first tray component and a second material disposed at a lower section of the first tray component, and wherein the first material includes carbon fiber disposed at the pair of elongated reinforcement members and the second material includes at least one of aramid and glass disposed at the panel portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The battery tray of claim 9, wherein the pair of side reinforcement members each include a multi-tubular shape with at least two elongated hollow cavities extending along a length of the respective side reinforcement member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The battery tray of claim 9, wherein front and rear cross members of the plurality of cross members are directly engaged via an adhesive or a sealer at inside surfaces of the pair of elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The battery tray of claim 9, wherein the tray component comprises a constant cross-section along a length of the elongated reinforcement members, and wherein a floor panel is disposed over the panel portion of the tray component and integrally interconnects the plurality of cross members, and wherein the length of the elongated reinforcement members are disposed in an orthogonal orientation relative to a length of the plurality of cross members. ### Claim 18 A battery tray for a vehicle, said battery tray comprising: a first tray component having a first panel portion and a plurality of cross members integrally extending across the first panel portion; a second tray component having a second panel portion and a pair of elongated reinforcement members; and wherein upright surfaces of the pair of elongated reinforcement members directly engage opposing ends of the plurality of cross members so as to provide a sealed peripheral wall around a battery containment area disposed above the panel portion of the tray component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The battery tray of claim 18, wherein the first tray component is pultruded or extruded as a single integral piece having a constant cross-section along a length of the plurality of cross members, and wherein the plurality of cross members extend substantially perpendicularly relative to the pair of elongated reinforcement members. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The battery tray of claim 19, wherein the second tray component is pultruded having a first material disposed at an upper section of the second tray component and a second material disposed at a lower section of the second tray component. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The battery tray of claim 18, wherein the pair of side reinforcement members each include a tubular shape with at least one elongated hollow cavity extending along a length of the respective side reinforcement member. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The battery tray of claim 18, wherein the opposing ends of the plurality of cross members directly engage the pair of elongated reinforcement members via a sealer.