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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alan Clarke, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Matthew Lee Brown, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Eric Orlando Gaffoglio, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
Samuel Milan Poznanovich, II, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A battery pack lift system includes: a frame having nutrunners mounted thereon according to a battery pack fastener pattern for a vehicle; a lift configured to raise and lower the frame with regard to the vehicle; a first air bearing positioned between the frame and the lift, the first air bearing configured to allow relative movement between the frame and the lift; and a second air bearing positioned on the frame, the second air bearing configured to allow relative movement between a battery pack and the frame.