Battery unit and vehicle equipped with such a battery unit
AssigneeSaab Automobile AB
InventorsRoland Andersson, Kent Stake
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Abstract
A battery unit for a motor vehicle, especially an electric-powered or hybrid-powered motor vehicle, includes at least one row of a plurality of separate but linked battery cells. Each cell has parallel, opposing main limit walls. The main limit walls of neighboring battery cells bear substantially flatly one against the other and overlap one another in a sloping position on the support. A fixed deflection ramp is arranged in the vehicle to be able to deflect battery cells upward relative to a horizontal plane or forward or sideways, but out of the row of the battery cells.
Claims15
A battery unit intended for a motor vehicle and comprising
- at least one row comprised of a plurality of linked, but separate, battery cells, each cell having parallel, opposite main limit walls, and the cells in the at least one row are positioned to have the mutually facing, main limit walls of neighboring battery cells bear substantially flat one against the other,
- a support on which the neighboring battery cells rest;
- the mutually facing walls partially overlap one another when positioned on the support,
- a deflection ramp in the row, against which one of the battery cells in the row bears when force is applied to the row of battery cells in the longitudinal direction of the at least one row.
A battery unit intended for a motor vehicle and comprising
- at least one row comprised of a plurality of linked, but separate, battery cells, each cell having parallel, opposite main limit walls, and the cells in the at least one row are positioned to have the mutually facing main limit walls of neighboring battery cells bear substantially flat one against the other,
- a support on which the neighboring battery cells rest;
- the mutually facing walls partially overlap one another when positioned on the support,
- wherein the battery cells include an edge face that bears against the support, and a battery cell located at one end of each row bears with one of the main limit walls thereof against a fixed deflection ramp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.