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

Claim 14:
15. A traction battery assembly, comprising:
a lower tier of battery arrays of a battery pack;
an upper tier of battery arrays of the battery pack; and
a support structure disposed between the lower tier and the upper tier, the lower tier of battery arrays suspended from a downwardly facing side of the support structure, the upper tier of battery arrays disposed atop an upwardly facing side of the support structure,
the support structure including a thermal exchange plate, a pair of side support beams extending along outboard sides of the battery pack, a plurality of upper tier support beams extending longitudinally in a cross-vehicle direction between the side support beams, and a plurality of lower tier support beams extending longitudinally in the cross-vehicle direction between the side support beams.