Patent ID: 9461284
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for battery packaging for an electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of battery modules, each of the plurality of battery modules comprising a first electrical receptacle at bottom thereof; a housing commensurating with geometry of the plurality of battery modules, wherein the housing is adapted to compactly accommodate the plurality of battery modules; an internal base surface of the housing covered with an electro-mechanical insulator and comprising a pair of bus bars mounted thereon, wherein the electro-mechanical insulator is adapted to extend electrical contacts to the first electrical receptacle of each of the battery modules; a plurality of interlocking blocks affixed at an outer surface of at least one face of the housing, each interlocking block having a hole on the surface thereof; a plurality of locator pins disposed on an adjoining vertical surface of the vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of locator pins is adapted to mechanically secure a corresponding interlocking block; a slidable ratchet comprising a plurality of flat surfaces and a plurality of slidable depressions, wherein the slidable ratchet is disposed beneath the plurality of interlocking blocks upon engagement of each of the plurality of locator pins with a corresponding interlocking block to lock the corresponding interlocking block, wherein each of the plurality of interlocking blocks is locked between a flat surface of the plurality of flat surfaces and a corresponding locator pin; and a second electrical receptacle extending from at least one surface of the housing for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical contact of the vehicle.