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US 12,183,904 B2Granted
Vehicle battery system
AssigneeKarma Automotive LLC
InventorsNadim F. Ramadan, Bailey Erin Fagan, Edward Djrbashian
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Abstract
A vehicle battery assembly having a battery stack that includes a plurality of modules. The plurality of modules fastened by vertical and horizontal bolts. The battery stack includes cooling plates that is configured to be flexible and non-rigid placed between the modules. The cooling plates have improved isolation of structural stresses from the battery assembly.
Claims18
A battery assembly comprising:
- upper level battery modules;
- lower level battery modules, wherein the lower level battery modules support the upper level battery modules;
- a pillar extending from the upper level battery modules to the lower level battery modules;
- a vertical bolt extending through the pillar;
- a first horizontal bolt extending into and through a first top of a first one of the upper level battery modules and a second top of a second one of the upper level battery modules, the first one of the upper level battery modules located adjacent to the second one of the upper level battery modules;
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- a second horizontal bolt extending into and through a first bottom of the first one of the upper level battery modules and a second bottom of the second one of the upper level battery modules.
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A battery assembly comprising:
- upper level battery modules;
- lower level battery modules, wherein the lower level battery modules support the upper level battery modules;
- a pillar extending from the upper level battery modules to the lower level battery modules;
- a vertical bolt extending through the pillar;
- a first horizontal bolt extending into and through a first top of a first one of the lower level battery modules and a second top of a second one of the lower level battery modules, the first one of the lower level battery modules located adjacent to the second one of the lower level battery modules;
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- a second horizontal bolt extending into and through a first bottom of the first one of the upper level battery modules and a second bottom of the second one of the upper level battery modules.
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