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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 24, 2004
Shijian Zhou, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Clinton Chandler Husted, Noblesville, IN (US);
Frances A. Benjamin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Shijian Zhou, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Clinton Chandler Husted, Noblesville, IN (US);
Frances A. Benjamin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Battery packs are retained by frames which are comprised of plastic beams and aluminum corner connectors that peripherally surround the battery packs. The plastic beams are tensioned by tensioning bolts which pass through the aluminum corner connectors and thread into threaded pin inserts laterally seated in the beams. As the tensioning bolts are advanced into the inserts the beams are axially tensioned. Damping pads are disposed between the separate battery modules of the battery packs, as well as at the corners of the frames, to both absorb vibrational and spike impacts. The damping pads frictionally engage the outer surfaces of the battery cases so that the batteries will not move in the Z-axis direction.
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