US 12,654,585 B2 · Battery placement for electrified vehicle

Battery placement for electrified vehicle

AssigneeOshkosh Corporation

InventorsJeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Vincent Hoover, Zachary L. Klein, Jerrod Kappers, Derek A. Wente, Logan Gary, Joshua D. Rocholl, Nader Nasr, Chad K. Smith, John T. Kellander, Cody D. Clifton, Skylar A. Wachter, Neil Dekarske

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Abstract

An electrified vehicle includes a chassis and a plurality of battery cells positioned along the chassis. The chassis includes a right frame member and a left frame member. Each of the right frame member and the left frame member has a vertical portion, a first end portion extending from a first end of the vertical portion, and a second end portion extending from an opposing second end of the vertical portion. The right frame member and the left frame member are configured to support a cab and a body. The right frame member and the left frame member extend lengthwise in a longitudinal direction. The plurality of battery cells are supported by at least one of the right frame member or the left frame member via couplings positioned along the vertical portion of the at least one of the right frame member or the left frame member.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An electrified vehicle comprising:

a chassis including a right frame member and a left frame member, each of the right frame member and the left frame member having a vertical portion, a first end portion extending from a first end of the vertical portion, and a second end portion extending from an opposing second end of the vertical portion, the right frame member and the left frame member configured to support a cab and a body, the right frame member and the left frame member extending lengthwise in a longitudinal direction;
and
a plurality of battery cells positioned along the chassis between the right frame member and the left frame member, wherein the plurality of battery cells are supported by at least one of the right frame member or the left frame member via couplings positioned along the vertical portion of the at least one of the right frame member or the left frame member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/116,700Filed 2 Mar 2023 · continuation

Priority

3 May 2019

Published

US 2023/0042649 A129 Jun 2023

Granted

16 Jun 2026

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Classification17 codes

B60L 53/80
Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of…:…
B65F 3/02
Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse: with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
B60K 1/04
Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units: of the electric storage means for propulsion
B60L 50/64
Using power supplied by batteries: constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles

Family

Application62/842,934Us provisional application · filed 3 May 2019

Application16/851,149Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Apr 2020

Application17/007,622Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Aug 2020

Application63/084,334Us provisional application · filed 28 Sep 2020

Application17/362,601Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2021

Application17/972,056Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Oct 2022

US 2023/0202340 A1Pre-grant publication · published 29 Jun 2023

US 11,618,339 B2Parent of this continuation

US 11,505,084 B2Parent of this continuation

US 11,148,550 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

Application17/362,601Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 12,337,718 B2Parent of this continuation

Application17/007,622Parent of this continuation

US 2020/0346556 A1Published application

US 2020/0398695 A1Published application

US 2021/0339648 A1Published application

US 2023/0042649 A1Published application

US 12,654,585 B2This patent

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