Patent ID: 11938804
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 9:
10. A battery arrangement, comprising:
a system for installation of traction batteries comprising:
a front bracket member adapted to be secured to and project from a frame member of the vehicle,
a rear bracket member adapted to be secured to and project from the frame member of the vehicle so that the rear bracket member is spaced apart from the front bracket member for receiving a traction battery between the front bracket member and the rear bracket member, wherein each one of the front bracket member and the rear bracket member comprises a respective sliding surface,
a first slider adapted to be connected to a front side of the traction battery, and
a second slider adapted to be connected to an opposite rear side of the traction battery, wherein the first slider is adapted to be mated with the sliding surface of the front bracket member and the second slider is adapted to be mated with the sliding surface of the rear bracket member subsequent to the first slider and the second slider having been connected to the traction battery, thereby enabling the traction battery by the connected sliders to be received by the front and rear bracket members and be moved towards the frame member of the vehicle,
wherein each one of the front bracket member and the rear bracket member comprises a securing portion for securing the bracket member to the frame member of the vehicle, and
wherein each one of the front bracket member and the rear bracket member comprises two vertically spaced arm portions comprising a lower arm portion and an upper arm portion, both projecting from the securing portion, wherein each one of the lower arm portion and the upper arm portion is provided with the sliding surface, and

a traction battery,
wherein the first slider (40) is connected, or is adapted to be connected, to a front side of the traction battery, and
wherein the second slider is connected, or is adapted to be connected, to an opposite rear side of the traction battery.