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US 2019/0241081 A1Published application
Energy storage arrangement including battery unit in intermediate space between fluid tanks
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorUlrich Kramer
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to an energy storage arrangement for a vehicle. In particular, the energy storage arrangement includes a battery unit provided in an intermediate space between adjacent fluid tanks. Relative to the above-discussed prior art, this disclosure provides an improved energy storage arrangement which uses the otherwise unused intermediate space between two adjacent fluid tanks. Thus, this disclosure provides a space-saving, efficient, and cost-effective arrangement.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- at least two cylindrical fluid tanks;
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- at least one battery unit configured to supply a drive unit of the vehicle with electrical energy, the at least one battery unit arranged in an intermediate space between adjacent ones of the at least two cylindrical fluid tanks, and wherein the at least one battery unit is shaped to correspond to a shape of the intermediate space.
A battery unit for supplying a drive unit of a vehicle with electrical energy, comprising:
- an enclosure exhibiting a trapezoid-like shape in cross-section and configured to fit in an intermediate space between two adjacent cylindrical fluid tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.