# US 12,183,904 B2 · Vehicle battery system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,904 B2 - Document ID: US12183904B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/153,579 - Filed: 2023-01-12 - Published: 2023-06-01 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-10 - Assignees: Karma Automotive LLC - Applicants: Karma Automotive LLC - Inventors: Nadim F. Ramadan; Bailey Erin Fagan; Edward Djrbashian - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183904B2 ## CPC - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - H01M 10/625: Vehicles - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - B60L 58/26: by cooling - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/6554: Rods or plates - H01M 50/20: Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - 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 - B60K 11/02: with liquid cooling - B60K 2001/005: {the electric storage means} - B60K 2001/0427: {Arrangement between the seats} - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - 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 - 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 - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery assembly of claim 1, further comprising: a first horizontal bolt anchor attached to the pillar; and a second horizontal bolt anchor attached to the pillar, wherein the first horizontal bolt mounts onto the first horizontal bolt anchor and the second horizontal bolt mounts onto the second horizontal bolt anchor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery assembly of claim 1, further comprising a cooling plate longitudinally extending from one end of the upper level battery modules to an opposing end of the upper level battery modules. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The battery assembly of claim 3, wherein the cooling plate is disposed between adjacent rows of the upper level battery modules. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery assembly of claim 1, further comprising a cooling plate longitudinally extending from one end of the lower level battery modules to an opposing end of the lower level battery modules. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery assembly of claim 5, wherein the cooling plate is disposed between adjacent rows of the lower level battery modules. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The battery assembly of claim 1, wherein each corresponding battery module located in the upper level battery modules comprises a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the first electrical connector of the corresponding battery module configured to connect to the second electrical connector of an adjacent battery module located in the upper level battery modules via a wire. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The battery assembly of claim 1, wherein each corresponding battery module located in the lower level battery modules comprises a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the first electrical connector of the corresponding battery module configured to connect to the second electrical connector of an adjacent battery module located in the lower level battery modules via a wire. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The battery assembly of claim 1, further comprising a housing including a cover and a tray, the tray located under the cover and supporting the lower level battery modules. ### Claim 10 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; and 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The battery assembly of claim 10, further comprising: a first horizontal bolt anchor attached to the pillar; and a second horizontal bolt anchor attached to the pillar, wherein the first horizontal bolt mounts onto the first horizontal bolt anchor and the second horizontal bolt mounts onto the second horizontal bolt anchor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The battery assembly of claim 10, further comprising a cooling plate longitudinally extending from one end of the upper level battery modules to an opposing end of the upper level battery modules. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The battery assembly of claim 12, wherein the cooling plate is disposed between adjacent rows of the upper level battery modules. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The battery assembly of claim 10, further comprising a cooling plate longitudinally extending from one end of the lower level battery modules to an opposing end of the lower level battery modules. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The battery assembly of claim 14, wherein the cooling plate is disposed between adjacent rows of the lower level battery modules. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The battery assembly of claim 10, wherein each corresponding battery module located in the upper level battery modules comprises a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the first electrical connector of the corresponding battery module configured to connect to the second electrical connector of an adjacent battery module located in the upper level battery modules via a wire. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The battery assembly of claim 10, wherein each corresponding battery module located in the lower level battery modules comprises a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the first electrical connector of the corresponding battery module configured to connect to the second electrical connector of an adjacent battery module located in the lower level battery modules via a wire. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The battery assembly of claim 10, further comprising a housing including a cover and a tray, the tray located under the cover and supporting the lower level battery modules.