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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Proterra Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dale Hill, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Michael Walker, Daly City, CA (US);
Shaun Onorato, Superior, CO (US);
Donald Morris, Littleton, CO (US);
Stephen Misencik, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Winkel, Thornton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Proterra Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); H01M 4/485 (2010.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); B60L 58/21 (2019.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/62 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/24 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 29/02 (2006.01); B62D 47/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 50/62 (2019.02); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); B60L 58/21 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60R 16/04 (2013.01); B60W 10/24 (2013.01); B62D 29/00 (2013.01); B62D 29/02 (2013.01); B62D 47/02 (2013.01); H01M 4/485 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/42 (2013.01); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60L 2200/18 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60L 2200/28 (2013.01); B60L 2270/40 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/14 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/1432 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/15 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01); Y02T 10/62 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A low-floor electric bus includes a plurality of battery packs mounted under the floor of such that the floor inside the bus between a front axle and a rear axle of the bus is substantially flat. Each battery pack may include an enclosure and multiple battery modules positioned within the enclosure. And, each battery module may include a plurality of battery cells electrically connected together.