代理机构 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
代理人 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
主权项 |
1. A battery container which is to house a battery for a vehicle and which is to be attached between at least two frames disposed in the vehicle, the battery container comprising:
a bottom plate; a wall member which is raised from a circumference of the bottom plate and which includes a side wall member disposed along the frames; an outer frame which is attached to an outer side of the side wall member; and an inner frame which is attached to an inner side of the side wall member, wherein the outer frame and the inner frame are extended in a substantially same direction along the side wall member, and the side wall member is clampingly held between the outer frame and the inner frame, wherein the inner frame includes an upper plate member that extends in a horizontal direction from the side wall member, a vertical piece member that extends in a vertical direction from one end of the upper plate member to the bottom plate, such that a first hollow portion is defined by the upper plate member, the vertical piece member, the side wall member, and the bottom plate, wherein wherein the outer frame and the side wall member define a second hollow portion, wherein the outer frame includes a first lower plate member which is joined to the bottom plate, and a first attaching member which is joined to the side wall member, and the inner frame includes a second lower plate member that extends from a lower end of the vertical piece member and joined to the bottom plate, and a second attaching member that extends from an opposite end of the upper plate member and joined to the side wall member, and wherein the first attaching member of the outer frame and the second attaching member of the inner frame are integrally joined together across the side wall member, the first lower plate member of the outer frame and the second lower plate member of the inner frame are integrally joined together across the side wall member, and wherein a first closed cross-section structure defining a second hollow portion is formed by the outer frame and the side wall member, and a second closed cross-section structure defining the first hollow portion is formed by the inner frame and the side wall member. |