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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Rivian Ip Holdings, Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);
Vignesh Sekar, Westland, MI (US);
Jagannathan Shankar Mahadevan, Canton, MI (US);
Anish Shah, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tyler Collins, Irvine, CA (US);
Zubin Hareshkumar Padia, Canton, MI (US);
Nathaniel C. Wynn, Tustin, CA (US);
Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
An electric vehicle battery pack with a strike shield affixed to its bottom. The strike shield provides structural support to withstand ground strikes without damaging the batteries within the battery pack. The strike shield is a mixed material sandwich bottom plate structure having a composite top layer, a middle core with one or more hollow members adhesively connected or welded together, or a single integrated structure with elongated stiffeners and/or a base member with elongated channels for stiffness, and a composite bottom layer.