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US 11,152,665 B2Granted
Vehicle and battery pack
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki Shimada
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a battery pack, seats, and seat rails. The battery pack has a battery case and a battery unit accommodated in the battery case. The seat rails are frame members disposed over the battery pack and fixed to the vehicular body. The battery case has an upper portion with four openings located under the seat rails and formed through both an upper surface of the battery case and a side surface of the battery case.
Claims7
A vehicle comprising:
- a battery pack including a battery case and a battery unit accommodated in the battery case;
- and
- a frame member disposed over the battery pack and fixed to a vehicular body,
- the battery case having an upper portion with an opening located under the frame member and formed through at least one of an upper surface of the battery case and a side surface of the battery case,
- the frame member being a seat mounting member fixed to a floor panel constituting a portion of the vehicular body,
- the seat mounting member being one of a seat rail and a seat pipe, and
- the battery pack being disposed between the floor panel and the seat mounting member and fixed to the floor panel.
4 more elements
A battery pack comprising:
- a battery case with an opening to allow a holding hook of a carrier device to be inserted therein to hang and hold the battery pack, the battery pack being carried and mounted in a vehicle by the carrier device;
- and
- a battery unit accommodated in the battery case,
- the opening being formed in an upper portion of the battery case and located under a frame member fixed to a vehicular body of the vehicle.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.