Patent ID: 11912121
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A traction battery assembly, comprising:
a lower tier of battery arrays, the battery arrays in the lower tier having terminals and a side that is opposite the terminals of the battery arrays in the lower tier;
an upper tier of battery arrays, the battery arrays in the upper tier having terminals and a side that is opposite the terminals of the battery arrays in the upper tier; and
a support structure disposed between the lower tier and the upper tier, the lower tier suspended from a downwardly facing side of the support structure and secured such that the side of the battery arrays in the lower tier that is opposite the terminals interfaces with the support structure, the upper tier disposed atop an upwardly facing side of the support structure and secured such that the side of the battery arrays in the upper tier that is opposite the terminals interfaces with the support structure,
wherein the side of the battery arrays in the lower tier that is opposite the terminals is opposite all the terminals in the lower tier, and the side of the battery arrays in the upper tier that is opposite the terminals is opposite all the terminals in the upper tier.