Electric vehicle chassis with removable battery module and a method for battery module replacement
OwnerGeorge T. Chaneyinventor
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Abstract
An electric powered vehicle includes a chassis defining a battery module compartment and a battery module insertable into the battery module compartment of the chassis. A method of replacing a battery module of an electric powered vehicle provides a service facility including a plurality of battery modules and a system for charging the battery modules. Upon the entry into the service facility of a driver in an electric powered vehicle with a depleted battery module, the depleted battery module is removed from the electric powered vehicle and replaced with a battery module including a fully charged battery. The driver is then charged for the battery module including the fully charged battery.
Claims22
An electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis defining a battery module compartment;
- and
- a battery module insertable into the battery module compartment of the chassis, whereby the battery module completes the chassis upon insertion into the battery module compartment thereby providing the chassis with required structural integrity necessary to support the electric powered vehicle during travel.
An electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis, comprising a chassis front and a chassis rear, whereby the chassis front and the chassis rear define a battery module compartment therebetween;
- and
- a battery module insertable into the battery module compartment, whereby, upon insertion into the battery module compartment, the battery module couples with the chassis front and the chassis rear to complete the chassis and provide the chassis with required structural integrity necessary to support the electric powered vehicle during travel.
An electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis, comprising:
- a unitary chassis front,
- a unitary chassis rear, and
- a battery module insertable between the unitary chassis front and the unitary chassis rear, whereby the battery module connects to the unitary chassis front and to the unitary chassis rear thereby completing the chassis and providing the chassis with required structural integrity necessary to support the electric powered vehicle during travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.