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US 2020/0052261 A1Published application
Vehicle frame mounted high voltage battery assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric Emil Jackson, Charlie Qian, Stephen Pien, Jim William Dunham, Paul Elia, Chris P. Roxin, Jagjit Romana, Tim Alan Mouch
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Abstract
A battery assembly may include a tray, a battery pack received within the tray, a cover positioned over the battery pack and a mounting assembly connected to the tray and including at least one bushing configured to establish an interface with a vehicle component.
Claims16
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a floor pan;
- an exhaust system;
- a vehicle frame that includes a first support structure and a second support structure;
- a battery assembly mounted axially between the floor pan and the exhaust system and axially between the first and second support structures;
- a heat shield panel mounted axially between a tray of the battery assembly and the exhaust system;
- a mounting assembly including a first bushing at a first longitudinal end of the battery assembly and a second bushing at a second longitudinal end of the battery assembly;
- a first bracket mounted to the first support structure and configured to receive the first bushing;
- and
- a first bolt extending through an opening of the first bracket and into an inner sleeve of the first bushing to secure the first bushing to the first bracket.
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An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a floor pan;
- an exhaust system;
- a vehicle frame;
- a battery assembly mounted completely below the floor pan and completely above the exhaust system;
- a metallic heat shield panel positioned axially between a tray of the battery assembly and the exhaust system;
- a first bracket mounted to the tray;
- a first bushing received within the first bracket;
- a second bracket mounted to the vehicle frame,
- wherein the second bracket is configured to receive the first bushing;
- and
- a first bolt extending through an opening of the second bracket and an inner sleeve of the first bushing to secure the first bushing to the second bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.