Battery case
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSaori Hase, Yutaroh Gotoh, Tasuku Zeniya
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Abstract
A battery case includes: a frame that holds an end portion of a battery in a stacking direction of the battery; a cross member that is disposed so as to extend in the stacking direction of the battery; and a cross bracket that couples the frame and the cross member. The cross bracket includes a base portion that is joined to the frame, and a pair of corner bracket portions that extends from the base portion, that sandwiches a wall portion of the cross member from both sides, and that is joined to the wall portion. A cutout is provided at a site where a surface of each of the pair of corner bracket portions on a side of the wall portion and a surface of the base portion on the side of the wall portion intersect.
Claims4
A battery case comprising:
- a frame that holds an end portion of a battery stack that includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in a stacking direction;
- a cross member that extends in the stacking direction;
- and
- a cross bracket that couples the frame and the cross member, wherein:
- the cross bracket includes
- a base portion that is joined to the frame, and
- a pair of corner bracket portions that extends from the base portion, that sandwiches a wall portion of the cross member from both sides, and that is joined to the wall portion;
- and
- a cutout of the cross bracket that is provided at a site where a surface of each of the pair of corner bracket portions on a side of the wall portion and a surface of the base portion on the side of the wall portion intersect, and wherein the cutout of the cross bracket is open toward the cross member in a top plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.