# US 12,119,692 B2 · Battery holder, power transfer device, electric vehicle and installation method for power transfer device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,692 B2 - Document ID: US12119692B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/156,408 - Filed: 2023-01-19 - Published: 2023-05-25 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-29 - Assignees: Shanghai Dianba New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; Aulton New Energy Automotive Technology Group - Applicants: Shanghai Dianba New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; Aulton New Energy Automotive Technology Group - Inventors: Jianping Zhang; Chunhua Huang; Zhibo Lan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119692B2 ## CPC - H02J 7/751: {concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries} - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - H01M 10/46: Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus (circuits for charging H02J7/00) - H01M 50/207: characterised by their shape - H01M 50/244: Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method - 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) - H01M 50/262: with fastening means, e.g. locks - H01M 50/264: for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames - H01M 50/271: Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings - H01M 50/296: characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) - H01M 50/298: characterised by the wiring of battery packs - H01M 50/569: Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals (battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements G01R31/364) - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - H01R 13/639: Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - 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 - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract Provided are a battery holder, a power transfer device, an electric vehicle and an installation method for electric vehicle. The battery holder is mounted on the body of the electric vehicle to fix the battery pack, the battery holder includes a plurality of supporting devices, the plurality of supporting devices are distributed on both sides of the fixing bracket in the length direction of the fixing bracket; in the length direction of the fixing bracket, both sides of the fixing bracket are both arranged with the lock mechanism, the lock mechanism is a primary lock mechanism and a secondary lock mechanism; the secondary lock mechanism is used to provide a secondary locking function or a locking protection function for the battery pack, when the primary lock mechanism fails, it is used to prevent the battery pack from falling. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery holder, for being mounted on the body of an electric vehicle to fix a battery pack, the battery holder comprises a fixing bracket and a plurality of lock mechanisms, the lock mechanisms are fixed on the fixing bracket, characterized in that the battery holder further comprises: a plurality of supporting devices, which are fixed on one side of the fixing bracket facing the battery pack, and the plurality of supporting devices provide a plurality of support points to support the battery pack; the plurality of supporting devices are distributed on both sidewalls of the fixing bracket in the length direction of the fixing bracket; in the length direction of the fixing bracket, both sidewalls of the fixing bracket are both arranged with two lock mechanisms, the two lock mechanisms are a primary lock mechanism and a secondary lock mechanism; the secondary lock mechanism is used to provide a secondary locking function or a locking protection function for the battery pack, when the primary lock mechanism fails, it is used to prevent the battery pack from falling. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the secondary lock mechanism comprises: a secondary locking base, the secondary locking base is fixed on the fixing bracket, the secondary locking base is provided with a secondary opening and a secondary cavity extending from the secondary opening, the secondary opening is used for a secondary locking shaft installed on the battery pack to enter the secondary cavity; a secondary locking tongue, the secondary locking tongue can rotate relative to the secondary locking base to change between an unlocking state and a locking state, the secondary locking tongue includes a secondary locking tongue body and a secondary locking tongue extension portion which are fixedly connected, the secondary locking tongue extension portion is on the outside of the secondary locking base, when the secondary locking tongue is in the locking state, the secondary locking tongue body can prevent the secondary locking shaft from leaving the secondary cavity from the secondary opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery holder according to claim 2, characterized in that the secondary lock mechanism further comprises: a secondary reset part, the secondary reset part is arranged on the secondary locking base, and the secondary reset part acts on the secondary locking tongue, the secondary reset part is able to be elastically deformed, the secondary reset part is used to rotate the secondary locking tongue in a locking direction to reset from the unlocking state to the locking state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the lock mechanism includes a locking base, the locking base is provided with an opening and a cavity extending from the opening, the opening is used for one of the locking shafts installed on the battery pack to enter the cavity; the supporting device is provided with a supporting groove, a lower surface of the supporting groove is in the same plane with a lower surface of the cavity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting device is provided with the supporting groove; the supporting device comprises: a supporting base, the supporting base is provided with a supporting opening and a supporting groove which extends from the supporting opening, and the supporting opening is used for a supporting portion mounted on the battery pack to enter the supporting groove. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery holder according to claim 5, characterized in that the fixing bracket has an upper-position accommodation cavity, the upper-position accommodation cavity is located above the supporting opening, an upper-position sensor is arranged in the upper-position accommodation cavity, the upper-position sensor is used for detecting whether the supporting portion of the battery pack has passed through the supporting opening; or, the fixing bracket has a front-position accommodation cavity, the front-position accommodation cavity is located at the front end of the supporting groove, a front-position sensor is arranged in the front-position accommodation cavity, the front-position sensor is used to detect whether the supporting portion of the battery pack has entered a front end of the supporting groove. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The battery holder according to claim 5, characterized in that the supporting device further comprises an elastic part, the elastic part is at least partially located in the supporting groove, and the elastic part is used for abutting against the supporting portion of the battery pack. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The battery holder according to claim 7, characterized in that the elastic part comprises an elastic pad, an elastic handle and an elastic head connected in sequence; the elastic pad is located in the supporting groove, the elastic pad is used for abutting against the supporting portion of the battery pack; the elastic handle passes through the supporting base, and a wall portion of the supporting base is clamped between the elastic pad and the elastic head. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The battery holder according to claim 5, characterized in that the supporting base is provided with a locating hole, the supporting device further includes a dowel pin, the dowel pin is partially located outside the locating hole, and the dowel pin is in interference fit with the locating hole; or, the supporting base is provided with a mounting hole, the mounting hole is a threaded hole, the supporting base can be detachably connected to the fixing bracket through the mounting hole; or, the supporting opening is a bell mouth. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the numbers of the supporting devices respectively located on both sides of the fixing bracket are the same, and the supporting devices arranged on both sides of the fixing bracket are one-to-one corresponding and relatively arranged; or, both sidewalls of the fixing bracket in the length direction of the fixing bracket are provided with the lock mechanisms, the supporting device and the lock mechanism which are on the same side are arranged at intervals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that in the supporting devices and the lock mechanisms which are on the same side, and in the length direction of the fixing bracket, the supporting devices are distributed at both ends of the fixing bracket, the lock mechanisms are located in the middle part of the fixing bracket. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the two lock mechanisms on the same side of the fixing bracket are arranged at intervals; the primary lock mechanism comprises a locking link, at least one primary locking tongue and at least one primary locking base, the primary locking base is fixed on the fixing bracket, the primary locking base is provided with a primary opening and a primary cavity extending from the primary opening, the primary opening is used for a primary locking shaft installed on the battery pack to enter the primary cavity, the locking link is rotatably connected with the at least one primary locking tongue, the locking link is used to drive the primary locking tongue to rotate under the action of external force, so that the primary locking tongue can rotate relative to the primary locking base to change between a primary unlocking state and a primary locking state, when the primary locking tongue is in the primary locking state, the primary locking tongue can prevent the primary locking shaft from leaving the primary cavity from the primary opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The battery holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing bracket comprises a frame and a temporary connector, one side of the frame in the width direction of the fixing bracket has a bracket opening, and the temporary connector is detachably connected to the portions at the two ends of the bracket opening in the frame, and covers the bracket opening or is located in the bracket opening; or, the battery holder further includes a quick-change sensor, the quick-change sensor is arranged on the fixing bracket, the quick-change sensor is used to detect the position signal of a power transfer equipment and transmit the position signal to a controller. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) An electric vehicle, the electric vehicle includes a battery pack assembly, the battery pack assembly includes a battery pack and locking shafts, the locking shafts are mounted on the battery pack, characterized in that the electric vehicle further comprises the battery holder according to claim 1, the battery pack assembly is mounted on the battery holder, the locking shafts are located in the lock mechanisms respectively; the battery pack assembly further includes a plurality of supporting portion, the plurality of supporting portion are mounted on the battery pack and are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of support devices, the supporting devices are used to support the supporting portion correspondingly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electric vehicle according to claim 14, characterized in that the lock mechanism includes a locking base, the locking base is provided with an opening and a cavity extending from the opening, the opening is used for one of the locking shafts to enter the cavity, and be mounted on the cavity; the supporting device comprises a supporting base, the supporting base is provided with a supporting opening and a supporting groove which extends from the supporting opening, and the supporting opening is used for the supporting portion to enter the supporting groove; the supporting portion includes a supporting shaft, the supporting shaft is pressed in the supporting base and located in the supporting groove. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electric vehicle according to claim 15, characterized in that the supporting portion further includes a shaft sleeve, the shaft sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the supporting shaft. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electric vehicle according to claim 15, characterized in that the supporting shaft is provided with an electromagnetic induction component; the fixing bracket has an upper-position accommodation cavity, the upper-position accommodation cavity is located above the supporting opening, an upper-position sensor is arranged in the upper-position accommodation cavity acts on the electromagnetic induction component to detect whether the supporting portion of the battery pack has passed through the supporting opening; or, the fixing bracket has a front-position accommodation cavity, the front-position accommodation cavity is located at the front end of the supporting groove, a front-position sensor is arranged in the front-position accommodation cavity, the front-position sensor acts on the electromagnetic induction component to detect whether the supporting portion of the battery pack has entered the front end of the supporting groove. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electric vehicle according to claim 17, characterized in that one end of the supporting shaft far from the battery pack is provided with a concave part, and the electromagnetic induction element is located in the concave part, and the electromagnetic induction component is on the same plane with the two ends of the supporting shaft far away from the battery pack. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The electric vehicle according to claim 14, characterized in that the supporting portion includes: a supporting shaft, the supporting shaft is pressed in the supporting device; a shaft sleeve, the shaft sleeve is rotatably sleeved on the supporting shaft. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The battery holder according to claim 14, characterized in that the electric vehicle further includes a chassis, and the battery holder is fixed on the chassis.