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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US);
Joseph Robert Matecki, Allendale, MI (US);
Mark Charles Stephens, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jeffrey McHenry, Norton Shores, MI (US);
Matthew Kuipers, Zeeland, MI (US);
Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US);
Abstract
A battery tray for an electric vehicle includes a battery support structure that has a floor and a perimeter wall extending around a peripheral portion of the floor to border a battery containment area. A plurality of cross members are coupled with the perimeter wall at opposing sides of the battery support structure, where the cross members extend laterally across the battery containment area. A cover is engaged with an upper portion of the perimeter wall of the battery support structure. The cover, the floor, and/or the cross members may include a retention element that is integrally formed therewith and that is configured to engage a component that is disposed in the battery containment area.