# US 12,183,872 B2 · Battery module frame configuration > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,872 B2 - Document ID: US12183872B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/665,157 - Filed: 2022-02-04 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-13 - Assignees: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC - Applicants: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC - Inventors: Tyler Collins; Nathaniel C. Wynn; Kyle Butterfield - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183872B2 ## CPC - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - H01M 10/0486: {Frames for plates or membranes} - H01M 10/0413: {Large-sized flat cells or batteries for motive or stationary systems with plate-like electrodes} - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/625: Vehicles - H01M 50/204: Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells - H01M 50/24: adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion (thermal insulation H01M10/658) - H01M 50/242: adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling - H01M 50/258: Modular batteries; Casings provided with means for assembling - H01M 50/262: with fastening means, e.g. locks - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - 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) - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - 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 - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A battery system includes a battery frame, a battery module, and a polymeric seat. The battery frame includes a horizontal bottom plate and a plurality of members that extend in a vertical direction from the bottom plate. The battery module includes at least one battery cell enclosed inside body of the battery module. The battery module also includes an attachment surface fixedly attached to the body and one or more supports that extend downward from to the body. The attachment surface is fixedly attached to one or more of plurality of members to generate a force on the one or more supports in a direction of the bottom plate. The polymeric seat is fixedly attached to either the one or more supports or the battery frame and removably contacts the other of the one or more supports or the battery frame. The polymeric seat is compressed in response to the force. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery system, comprising: a battery frame comprising a plurality of frame members; a battery comprising: a body at least partially enclosing at least one battery cell; a pair of supports on opposite lateral sides of the body, wherein each support of the pair of supports comprises a portion that extends downward from a bottom of the body and is angled towards a respective opposite lateral side of the body; and attachment surfaces that extend laterally away from a top portion of the body and interface with upper surfaces of adjacent frame members of the plurality of frame members. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein the body encloses a plurality of battery cells. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein the attachment surfaces extend along a plane parallel to a top plane of the plurality of frame members. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein the attachment surfaces are fixedly attached to upper surfaces of the plurality of frame members. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The battery system of claim 4, wherein the attachment surfaces are fixedly attached by fasteners configured to interface with threaded holes of the upper surfaces of the plurality of frame members. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of frame members receives attachment surfaces from batteries on either side of the plurality of frame members. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The battery system of claim 6, wherein each of the batteries are laterally offset on a respective frame member of the plurality of frame members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein each of the adjacent frame members are separately attached to each of the attachment surfaces. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The battery system of claim 6, wherein at least two of the attachment surfaces overlap. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The battery system of claim 9, wherein a fastener is used to affix the at least two of the attachment surfaces together. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of frame members comprises a front member, a rear member, and a plurality of opposite side members. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of cross members that define a plurality of cavities arranged along the battery frame. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The battery system of claim 1, wherein the battery is attached within a first cavity arranged along the battery frame and wherein another battery is attached within a second cavity arranged along the battery frame. ### Claim 14 A battery system, comprising: a battery frame; and a battery module comprising: a body configured to accommodate at least one battery cell; a pair of supports on opposite lateral sides of the body, wherein each support of the pair of supports comprises a portion that extends downward from a bottom of the body and is angled towards a respective opposite lateral side of the body; and one or more attachment surfaces extending laterally away from a portion of the body above a bottom portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The battery system of claim 14, wherein the one or more attachment surfaces extend along a plane parallel to a top plane of the battery frame. ### Claim 16 A method of assembling a battery system, the method comprising: placing a battery within a cavity of a battery frame, wherein the battery comprises: a body configured to accommodate at least one battery cell, an attachment surface that extends laterally away from the body, and a pair of supports on opposite lateral sides of the body, wherein each support of the pair of supports comprises a portion that extends downward from a bottom of the body and is angled towards a respective opposite lateral side of the body; fixedly attaching the battery to the battery frame via the attachment surface; and causing a vertical compression of the battery towards a bottom plate of the battery frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising arranging a plurality of cross-members within the cavity of the battery frame, wherein an arrangement of the plurality of cross-members define a plurality of cavities arranged along the battery frame.