Fastening device for a battery pack, battery pack and method
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorRobert LUNDIN
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Abstract
A fastening device configured to fasten a battery module to a battery pack cover. The fastening device includes a fixating member adapted to be received within, and protrude from, a recess of the battery module, a first fastener adapted to fasten the fixating member to the battery pack cover and a second fastener adapted to fasten the fixating member to the battery module, for securement within the recess of the battery module. A fastening direction of the first fastener is perpendicular to a fastening direction of the second fastener, and the first fastener is configured to move the fixating member into contact with the battery pack cover.
Claims20
A fastening device configured to fasten a battery module to a battery pack cover, the fastening device comprising
- a fixating member adapted to be received within, and protrude from, a recess of the battery module,
- a first fastener adapted to fasten the fixating member to the battery pack cover, and
- a second fastener adapted to fasten the fixating member to the battery module, for securement within the recess of the battery module,
- wherein a fastening direction of the first fastener is perpendicular to a fastening direction of the second fastener, and
- wherein the first fastener is configured to move the fixating member into contact with the battery pack cover.
A method for attaching a battery module to a battery pack cover, the method comprising
- providing a battery pack cover, a battery module and a fastening device, the fastening device comprising
- a fixating member adapted to be received within, and protrude from, a recess of the battery module,
- a first fastener adapted to fasten the fixating member to the battery pack cover, and
- a second fastener adapted to fasten the fixating member to the battery module, for securement within the recess of the battery module,
- arranging the fixating member of the fastening device in the recess of the battery module, allowing part of the fixating member to protrude from the recess,
- fastening the first fastener, thereby moving the fixating member into contact with the battery pack cover, and
- fastening the second fastener to fasten the fixating member within the recess of the battery module.
A battery pack for an electrical storage system, the battery pack comprising
- a battery pack cover,
- a battery module, and
- a fastening device, the fastening device comprising
- a fixating member, the fixating member being received within, and protruding from, a recess of the battery module,
- a first fastener for fastening the fixating member to the battery pack cover, and
- a second fastener for fastening the fixating member to the battery module, for securement within the recess of the battery module,
- wherein a fastening direction of the first fastener is perpendicular to a fastening direction of the second fastener, and
- wherein the first fastener is configured to move the fixating member into contact with the battery pack cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.