Patent ID: 11904710
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a rear end,
a front end located forwardly of the rear end, wherein a direction extending from the rear end towards the front end is defined as a longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
a chassis extending between the rear end and the front end, the chassis comprising:
an upper frame plate having a length, width, and thickness, wherein the length of the upper frame plate extends in the longitudinal direction, and the thickness of the upper frame plate extends in a vertical direction, and
a lower frame plate having a length, width, and thickness, wherein the length of the lower frame plate extends in the longitudinal direction, and the thickness of the lower frame plate extends in the vertical direction,
wherein the lower frame plate is located vertically below the upper frame plate, and

a battery stack comprising a plurality of traction battery packs stacked on top of each other between the upper and lower frame plates,
wherein each traction battery pack is vertically fastened to a neighboring traction battery pack and wherein at least one traction battery pack is fastened to one of the upper and lower frame plates.