Patent ID: 9640787
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. An electrified battery tray assembly comprising: a battery tray assembly; and a battery hold down assembly, wherein the battery tray assembly comprises: a base, a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of side walls extending from the base defining an interior surface, the battery tray assembly further comprising a pair of battery positive and negative terminal engaging elements wiredly connected to at least one plug receiving connector on the battery tray assembly for accessing battery power via the at least one connector; and wherein the battery hold assembly comprises: an escalatable hold down clamp having inner threads running from the top to the bottom of said clamp and configured to claim a battery; an escalator comprising a hollow shaft running from the top to the bottom of the escalator and an outer threaded region, wherein the outer threaded region is mated with the inner threads of the escalatable hold down clamp; a hold down rod which passes through the hollow shaft of the escalator and is fixedly engaged to the battery tray assembly allowing the escalator to turn or spin unopposed by the hold down rod; wherein the escalator is configured to raise and lower the clamp while the battery hold down assembly remains stationary or permanently fixed to the battery tray assembly; and wherein the turning of the escalator is configured to be achieved by simple hand-cranking, electronics, stepper motor drive circuits, pneumatics, hydraulics, pneudraulics, or a combination thereof.