A battery tray for a battery powered vehicle includes a battery tray having a side wall. An impact absorbing structure is connected to the side wall. The impact absorbing structure includes at least one roll-formed member fixed to the side wall. The at least one roll-formed member is created from a single metal plate and includes a first plate portion roll-formed to create a first cavity and having a first flange created in a member central wall of the first plate portion. The first flange is fixed to the first plate portion. A second plate portion is roll-formed to create a second cavity and has a second flange at an end of the second plate portion fixed to the member central wall. A roll-formed U-shaped attachment member is fixed to the at least one roll-formed member.
AUTOMOBILE VEHICLE BATTERY TRAY WITH ROLL-FORMED MEMBERS
BATTERIETRÄGER FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE MIT ROLLGEBOGENEN ELEMENTEN
BAC DE BATTERIE DE VÉHICULE AUTOMOBILE AVEC ÉLÉMENTS ROULER-FORMÉ
2019-08-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H01M Verfahren oder Mittel, z.B. Batterien, für die direkte Umwandlung von chemischer in elektrische Energie , PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen |
AUTOMOBILE VEHICLE BATTERY TRAY WITH ROLL-FORMED MEMBERS
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