High voltage battery system without standalone pack enclosure
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorsAdam Thipphavong, James Hawkins, Harrison Senor, Axel Boris Vollmer
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Abstract
An electric vehicle comprises: a vehicle body; a cavity in the vehicle body, the cavity formed by at least one wall of the vehicle body and by an opening in the vehicle body; a closure configured for closing the opening; an electric motor for propulsion of the electric vehicle; and components that comprise a high voltage battery system, the components mounted to the vehicle body inside the cavity, the high voltage battery system including electrochemical cells powering the electric motor, the high voltage battery system being enclosed by the wall of the vehicle body and the closure and having no standalone pack enclosure.
Claims20
An electric vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a cavity in the vehicle body, the cavity formed by at least one wall of the vehicle body and by an opening in the vehicle body;
- a closure configured for closing the opening;
- an electric motor for propulsion of the electric vehicle;
- and
- components that comprise a high voltage battery system, the components mounted to the vehicle body inside the cavity, the high voltage battery system including electrochemical cells powering the electric motor, the high voltage battery system being enclosed by the wall of the vehicle body and the closure and having no standalone pack enclosure.
A method of manufacturing an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- forming a cavity in a vehicle body by at least one wall of the vehicle body and by an opening in the vehicle body;
- mounting an electric motor to the electric vehicle for propulsion of the electric vehicle;
- mounting components that comprise a high voltage battery system to the vehicle body inside the cavity, the high voltage battery system including electrochemical cells for powering the electric motor;
- and
- closing the opening with a closure, the high voltage battery system being enclosed by the wall of the vehicle body and the closure and having no standalone pack enclosure.
A method of servicing an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- removing a closure that closes an opening in a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, a cavity in the vehicle body formed by the opening and at least one wall of the vehicle body, wherein components that comprise a high voltage battery system are mounted to the vehicle body inside the cavity, the high voltage battery system comprising at least first and second modules of electrochemical cells;
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- removing from the high voltage battery system an electrical interconnect that electrically connects the first and second modules to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.