Accumulator assembly for an electric hybrid vehicle
AssigneeMahle International GmbH
InventorsIngo Haeusler, Ruediger Knauss, Peter Nowak, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich
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Abstract
An accumulator assembly for an electric or hybrid vehicle may include a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part releasably fixed to the housing upper part. The housing upper part may be fixable to a floor panel of the vehicle. The assembly may further include at least one battery module disposed in a receptacle space between the housing upper part and the housing lower part. The at least one battery module may be releasably fixed to the housing upper part.
Claims20
An accumulator assembly for an electric or hybrid vehicle, comprising:
- a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part releasably fixed to the housing upper part;
- the housing upper part fixable to a floor panel of the vehicle;
- at least one battery module disposed in a receptacle space between the housing upper part and the housing lower part, the at least one battery module releasably fixed to the housing upper part;
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- wherein the at least one battery module is coupled to the housing lower part such that the at least one battery module and the lower housing part are conjointly fixable to the housing upper part via a movement in a direction of the housing upper part.
An electric or hybrid vehicle comprising an accumulator assembly and a floor panel, the accumulator assembly including:
- a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part releasably fixed to the housing upper part;
- the housing upper part fixable to the floor panel;
- a plurality of battery modules disposed in a receptacle space between the housing upper part and the housing lower part, the plurality of battery modules releasably fixed to the housing upper part;
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- wherein the housing lower part is defined by a plurality of lids, a respective lid assigned to a respective battery module such that a number of lids corresponds to a number of battery modules.
An accumulator assembly for an electric or hybrid vehicle, comprising:
- a housing including a housing upper part and a housing lower part releasably fixed to the housing upper part, the housing upper part fixable to a floor panel of the vehicle;
- an electrical switching unit;
- a plurality of battery modules disposed in a receptacle space between the housing upper part and the housing lower part, the at least one battery module releasably fixed to the housing upper part;
- a plurality of lids defining the housing lower part, a respective lid of the plurality of lids assigned and coupled to a respective battery module of the plurality of battery modules in at least one of a form-fitting manner, a force-fitting manner, and a materially integral manner;
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- wherein a number of the plurality of lids corresponds to a number of the plurality of battery modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.