Vibration isolators for electric vehicle-battery enclosure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle-battery enclosure including an upper plate and a lower plate spaced downwardly from the upper plate. The vehicle includes a vehicle battery between the upper plate and the lower plate. The vehicle includes vibration isolators, including a first vibration isolator and a second vibration isolator, between the vehicle-battery enclosure and the vehicle battery. The first vibration isolator is between the vehicle battery and the upper plate. The second vibration isolator is between the vehicle battery and the lower plate. Each of the vibration isolators includes a coil spring and a molded portion encasing the coil spring. The molded portion is elastomeric polymer.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle-battery enclosure including an upper plate and a lower plate spaced downwardly from the upper plate;
- a vehicle battery between the upper plate and the lower plate;
- vibration isolators, including a first vibration isolator and a second vibration isolator, between the vehicle-battery enclosure and the vehicle battery;
- the first vibration isolator being between the vehicle battery and the upper plate;
- the second vibration isolator being between the vehicle battery and the lower plate;
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- each of the vibration isolators including a coil spring and a molded portion encasing the coil spring, the molded portion being elastomeric polymer;
- the vibration isolators being in compression between the vehicle battery and the vehicle-battery enclosure;
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- a fastener between the upper plate and the lower plate, the vibration isolators being in compression by the fastener.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle-battery enclosure including an upper plate and a lower plate spaced downwardly from the upper plate;
- a vehicle battery between the upper plate and the lower plate;
- vibration isolators, including a first vibration isolator and a second vibration isolator, between the vehicle-battery enclosure and the vehicle battery;
- the first vibration isolator being between the vehicle battery and the upper plate;
- the second vibration isolator being between the vehicle battery and the lower plate;
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- each of the vibration isolators including a coil spring and a molded portion encasing the coil spring, the molded portion being elastomeric polymer;
- a vehicle floor, the upper plate being between the vehicle floor and the first vibration isolator;
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- a fastener between the upper plate and the lower plate, the vibration isolators being in compression by the fastener.
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