Patent ID: 9331321
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. An assembled support enclosure for a high voltage battery pack for an electric or hybrid vehicle, the enclosure comprising: a one-piece, molded, lower battery support and a one-piece, molded cover, each of the cover and the support having a thickness and stiffening ribs and each of the cover and support being formed of a molded polymer impregnating one or more layers of coextensive woven fiber reinforcements extending throughout the support and cover and, optionally, additional, like-impregnated, reinforcing fibers in preselected locations, the assembled support enclosure defining a shaped volume bounded by a support base with a continuous, upwardly-extending support wall and by a cover face with a continuous, downwardly-extending cover wall, the shaped volume being suitable for receiving and accommodating the battery pack; each of the stiffening ribs comprising like-impregnated, added reinforcing fibers; the support and cover walls having flanges, each of the support and cover flanges having a length and at least one of such flanges comprising an elastomeric seal, the flanges being positioned at the upper extremity of the upwardly extending support wall and at the lower extremity of the downwardly-extending cover wall; the cover and support flanges being complementary along their lengths and having aligned openings suitable for receiving mechanical fasteners for securing the cover to the support to thereby form the enclosure, the support flange further comprising additional reinforced features adapted and configured to support the weight of the enclosure and an associated battery pack during transport and handling of the enclosure and its associated battery pack.