Vehicle wiith reconfigurable energy storage
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsMitchell Murphy, Ryan Wolf, David Palmer, Aaron Fisher
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis including a first frame rail and a second frame rail, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a drive motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and a first energy storage assembly removably coupled to the chassis. The first energy storage assembly includes a battery tray and a plurality of battery packs arranged a longitudinal row within the battery tray, each battery pack including a housing and a plurality of battery cells, wherein the first energy storage assembly is configured to be decoupled from the chassis in part by sliding the battery tray along the first frame rail and the second frame rail.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis including a first frame rail and a second frame rail extending from a front of the chassis to a rear of the chassis;
- a tractive element coupled to the chassis;
- a drive motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle;
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- a first energy storage assembly removably coupled to the chassis, the first energy storage assembly comprising:
- a battery tray;
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- a plurality of battery packs arranged a longitudinal row within the battery tray, each battery pack including a housing and a plurality of battery cells, wherein the first energy storage assembly is configured to be decoupled from the chassis in part by sliding the battery tray along the first frame rail and the second frame rail.
A method of installing a plurality of battery packs in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of battery packs to a battery tray in a longitudinal row, wherein each battery pack includes a housing and a plurality of battery cells;
- slidably coupling the battery tray to an end of a first longitudinal frame rail of the vehicle and a second longitudinal frame rail of the vehicle;
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- sliding the battery tray longitudinally along the first longitudinal frame rail and the second longitudinal frame rail.
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis including a first frame rail and a second frame rail each extending longitudinally and defining an outer surface;
- a tractive element coupled to the chassis;
- a drive motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle;
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- an energy storage system comprising:
- a first battery module comprising a first battery pack, the first battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries positioned within a first housing, the first battery module positioned entirely between the outer surface of the first frame rail and the outer surface of the second frame rail;
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- a second battery module comprising a second battery pack, the second battery pack comprising a second plurality of batteries positioned within a second housing, the second battery module coupled to the outer surface of the first frame rail, the first battery pack removable from the chassis separate from the second battery pack, wherein at least a portion of the second battery pack is positioned transverse to and at the same longitudinal position as at least a portion of the first battery pack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.