Battery tray
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsChristian HANDING, Christoph NITSCHKE, Stefan SCHMITZ, Kai MICHEL
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AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsChristian HANDING, Christoph NITSCHKE, Stefan SCHMITZ, Kai MICHEL
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The invention relates to a battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically driven vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan having a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcing structure comprises an outer profile which is configured as U-shaped in cross-section with a web and two legs as well as an opening. The outer profile is directed with the opening towards the battery pan and is connected to the battery pan using the legs. In the longitudinal direction (LR) of the outer profile, multiple sleeves are provided at a distance from one another, wherein a sleeve extends between the legs and connects openings in the legs.
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A battery tray having a battery pan and a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan, wherein the reinforcing structure has an outer profile which is configured as U-shaped in cross section with a web and two legs and an opening, wherein the opening of the outer profile is directed towards the battery pan and the legs are connected to the battery pan, wherein multiple sleeves are provided, wherein a sleeve extends between the legs and connects openings in the legs, wherein the reinforcing structure extends in the longitudinal direction (LR) of the side wall and the outer profile forms a hollow profile with the side wall at least over the predominant part of the length (L) of the reinforcing structure and/or in that the reinforcing structure extends in the longitudinal direction (LR) of the side wall and the outer profile forms a hollow profile with the side wall at least over the predominant part of the length (L) of the one side wall.
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