Battery tray floor assembly for electric vehicles

A floor assembly for a vehicle battery tray, the floor assembly comprising:

• a plurality of elongated tray sections disposed in parallel alignment and adjacent to each other to form a floor structure that is configured to support vehicle batteries;
• wherein the plurality of elongated tray sections each comprise a transverse cross-sectional shape extending consistently along a length of the respective tray section;
• wherein the transverse cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of elongated tray sections comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing side surfaces;
• wherein adjacent tray sections of the plurality of elongated tray sections are attached together along the opposing side surfaces defining a seam therebetween;
• and
• wherein the lower surfaces of the adjacent tray sections are each aligned with each other to form a bottom surface of the floor assembly.

A vehicle battery tray comprising:

• a floor assembly having a plurality of elongated tray sections disposed in parallel align with each other and adjacent to each other to form a floor structure that is configured to support vehicle batteries;
• wherein the plurality of elongated tray sections each comprise a transverse cross-sectional shape extending consistently along a length of the respective tray section;
• wherein the transverse cross-sectional shape of each of the plurality of elongated tray sections comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing side surfaces;
• wherein a first tray section of the plurality of elongated tray sections is attached to a second tray section of the plurality of elongated tray sections along their side surfaces;
• wherein the first and second tray sections each comprise a panel portion that partially forms the floor structure and a wall portion that integrally protrudes upward from the panel portion;
• and
• wherein the wall portions of the first and second tray sections are each disposed along the side surfaces and are attached together to form a wall structure that spans over the floor structure.