Patent ID: 9748538
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A motor vehicle battery, comprising: a plurality of battery modules; a battery housing holding the battery modules, the battery housing having at least an upper housing module formed with upper housing module walls and a lower housing module formed with lower housing module walls, the lower housing module being positioned below the upper housing module, a plurality of the upper housing module walls having downwardly facing lower edges formed with downwardly projecting projections and recesses between the downwardly projecting projections, and a plurality of the lower housing module walls having upwardly facing upper edges formed with upwardly projecting projections and recesses between the upwardly projecting projections, the downwardly projecting projections of the upper housing module being engaged in the recesses between the upwardly projecting projections of the lower housing module to define an engaged state of the upper and lower housing modules, cutouts formed through the upwardly projecting projections and the downwardly projecting projections, the cutouts in the projections of the upper housing module walls being aligned with the cutouts in the projections of the lower housing module walls; clamping rails passing through the cutouts for holding the upper and lower housing module walls in the engaged state, slots formed through the clamping rails in proximity to opposite ends thereof and openings extending axially into opposite ends of the clamping rails and communicating with the respective slots; clamping bolts mounted respectively in the slots of the clamping rails, each of the clamping bolts having a threaded aperture therein, the threaded aperture being aligned with the respective end of the clamping rail; and clamping screws passing respectively into the openings of the clamping rails and being threadedly engaged respectively with the threaded apertures in the respective clamping bolts to hold the upper and lower housing modules together in the engaged state.