Patent ID: 9643660
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B60G,B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A battery pack protection system, comprising: a battery pack enclosure mounted under an electric vehicle, wherein said battery pack enclosure is configured to house a plurality of batteries; a bumper attached to a front portion of said battery pack enclosure, wherein a central portion of said bumper extends furthest forward of said front portion of said battery pack enclosure, and wherein a lower edge of said bumper is at least as close to a road surface as a lowermost surface of said battery pack enclosure, wherein a separation distance between a front surface of said bumper and said front portion of said battery pack enclosure continually decreases from said central portion to a leftmost bumper edge, and wherein said separation distance between said front surface of said bumper and said front portion of said battery pack enclosure continually decreases from said central portion to a rightmost bumper edge.