Battery pillar protector
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsMatthew C. Tier, Valerie Schnabelrauch, Ziwei Zeng, Ryan A. Mikolaizik, Donald Maynard
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Abstract
A system for reducing the likelihood of a battery short during a collision of a vehicle includes a metallic structure coupled to a portion of the vehicle. The system further includes a battery located proximate to the metallic structure and having a positive terminal. The system further includes an insulator coupled to the metallic structure such that it is located between the metallic structure and the positive terminal of the battery and configured to resist contact between the metallic structure and the positive terminal of the battery in response to the collision of the vehicle.
Claims20
A system for reducing the likelihood of a battery short during a collision of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a metallic structure coupled to a portion of the vehicle;
- a battery located proximate to the metallic structure and having a positive terminal;
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- an insulator including a first layer having a first blend of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP) that has a greater quantity of the PP than the PET, and a second layer adjacent to the first layer and having a second blend of the PET and the PP that has a greater quantity of the PET than the PP, the insulator being coupled to the metallic structure such that it is located between the metallic structure and the positive terminal of the battery and configured to resist contact between the metallic structure and the positive terminal of the battery in response to the collision of the vehicle.
A system for reducing the likelihood of a battery short during a collision of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a pillar configured to provide support to the vehicle;
- a battery located proximate to the pillar and having a positive terminal;
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- an insulator coupled to the pillar such that it is located between the pillar and the positive terminal of the battery and configured to resist contact between the pillar and the positive terminal of the battery in response to the collision of the vehicle, the insulator including a first portion, a second portion, and a bend located between the first portion and the second portion, and the insulator being configured to be coupled to the pillar such that the first portion contacts a first surface of the pillar that faces towards a front of the vehicle, and the second portion contacts a second surface of the pillar that faces towards a side of the vehicle.
A system for reducing the likelihood of a battery short during a collision of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a pillar configured to provide support to the vehicle;
- a battery located proximate to the pillar and having a positive terminal;
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- an insulator coupled to the pillar such that it is located between the pillar and the positive terminal of the battery and configured to resist contact between the pillar and the positive terminal of the battery in response to the collision of the vehicle, the insulator having:
- a first layer facing the battery and having a first blend of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP) that has a greater quantity of the PP than the PET, and
- a second layer adjacent to the first layer, at least partially in contact with the pillar, and having a second blend of the PET and the PP that has a greater quantity of the PET than the PP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.