Vehicle battery enclosure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat
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Abstract
A vehicle battery enclosure includes a first member elongated along an axis and a second member spaced from the first member. The vehicle battery enclosure includes a battery compartment between the first member and the second member. A wing is rotatably connected to the first member and is rotatable relative to the first member from a stowed position (FIGS. 1, 4A, 4B) to a deployed position (FIGS. 2, 3, 5A, 8, and 9). The wing is aligned with the battery enclosure along the axis in the deployed position. A pyrotechnic actuator is operatively coupled to the wing to rotate the wing to the deployed position.
Claims20
A vehicle battery enclosure, comprising:
- a first member elongated along an axis and a second member spaced the first member;
- a battery compartment extending between the first member and the second member;
- a wing rotatably connected to the first member and rotatable relative to the first member from a stowed position to a deployed position, the wing being aligned with the vehicle battery enclosure along the axis in the deployed position;
- a hinge between the wing and the first member;
- the wing extending from the hinge vehicle-inboard below the first member in the stowed position and the wing extending from the hinge vehicle-outboard of the first member in the deployed position;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator operatively coupled to the wing to rotate the wing to the deployed position.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle frame including first frame member and a second frame member spaced from each other cross-vehicle and elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis;
- a vehicle battery enclosure including a first member supported by the first frame member and a second member supported by the second frame member;
- the vehicle battery enclosure including a battery compartment between the first member and the second member;
- a wing rotatably connected to the first member and rotatable relative to the first member from a stowed position to a deployed position, the wing being aligned with the vehicle battery enclosure along the vehicle-longitudinal axis in the deployed position;
- the wing being below the first member in the stowed position and the wing being vehicle- outboard of the first member in the deployed position;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator operatively coupled to the wing to rotate the wing to the deployed position.
A vehicle battery enclosure, comprising:
- a first member elongated along an axis and a second member spaced the first member;
- a battery compartment extending between the first member and the second member;
- a wing rotatably connected to the first member and rotatable relative to the first member from a stowed position to a deployed position, the wing being aligned with the vehicle battery enclosure along the axis in the deployed position;
- the wing including legs spaced from each other along the axis, the legs being elongated transverse to the first member;
- at least one of the legs including a hollow member and an extension member telescopically received by the hollow member;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator operatively coupled to the wing to rotate the wing to the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.