Supporting element for a housing of a vehicle traction battery

A process of producing a supporting element for a housing for a vehicle traction battery, the vehicle traction battery being constructed of a number of power storage modules, the process comprising the acts of:

• providing a module supporting element produced by a die casting process, which has a number of module fastening elements and at least one recess;
• providing at least one plate-shaped closing element that comprises a metal plate;
• and
• closing the recess by means of the plate-shaped closing element such that, when the power storage modules are supported over the closing element by the module supporting element, the power storage modules are not supported by the closing element.

A process of producing a vehicle traction battery, comprising the acts of:

• providing a supporting element that is constructed of a module supporting element and at least one plate-shaped closing element, wherein the module supporting element is produced by a die casting process and the plate-shaped closing element is a metal plate, the module supporting element having a number of module fastening elements and at least one recess which is closed by the plate-shaped closing element;
• providing a number of power storage modules;
• fastening the power storage modules to the module fastening elements;
• and
• connecting the supporting element with a covering element such that, when the power storage modules are supported over the closing element by the module supporting element, the power storage modules are not supported by the closing element.