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US 2025/0042609 A1Published application
Molded Plastic Stackable Shiping Structure For EV Battery Packs
AssigneeShuert Technology, LLC
InventorsJeffrey A. Kujawa, Jeffrey C. Jurcak, Vincent K. Koczara, Kevin T. Smith
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Abstract
A molded plastic shipping structure which can be used for EV battery packs wherein the structure is provided with corner posts that allow for stacking loaded structures in aligned configurations and unloaded/empty structures to be stacked in a staggered, lower volume configuration.
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A returnable cargo-bearing structure comprising:
- a body made of durable plastic having a cargo bed surface;
- a plurality of posts having top ends;
- said posts being attached peripherally to the body and extending upwardly from the cargo bed surface;
- the posts having exposed bottom features underlying the cargo bed surface with sockets located to receive therein the top ends of posts from an underlying and aligned second said cargo-bearing structure whereby multiples of said cargo-bearing structures can be stacked in an aligned and vertically spaced configuration.
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A returnable pallet type cargo-bearing shipping structure comprising:
- a generally rectangular molded plastic body having a cargo bed surface with a plurality of retainer bosses formed along at least two peripheral sides thereof;
- said body further having integral raised corner structures formed peripherally at the corners thereof;
- a plurality of metal posts mounted to said corner structures and extending through and above said structures, each post having flanges underlying respective surfaces of said body;
- one of said flanges being located at the bottom of a post and providing a socket that can receive the top of a post of a second, underlying cargo bearing structure onto which the structure is stacked in an aligned and vertically spaced apart configuration.
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A returnable pallet type shipping structure comprising:
- a molded plastic body defining a cargo bed surface with a plurality of spaced and upwardly extending peripheral structures integral with said body;
- a plurality of metal posts mounted in said raised structures and extending above said cargo bed;
- means for interconnecting two or more of said bodies in aligned and vertically spaced relationship, and, alternatively, in a non-aligned and mutually contacting relationship.
A returnable shipping structure comprising:
- a molded plastic body defining a cargo loading deck;
- a plurality of posts mounted to and extending upwardly from the body at peripherally spaced locations;
- the body having first means for stacking two or more loaded bodies in an aligned and first vertically spaced relationship via said posts;
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- the body having second means for stacking two or more unloaded bodies in a staggered and a second vertically spaced relationship via said posts wherein said second vertically spaced relationship is less vertically spaced than said first relationship.
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