METHOD AND DEVICES FOR POSITIONING AN INERTRAIN BATTERY ON A HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE

摘要

Vehicles incorporating various methods and apparatus for mounting a traction battery include securing the traction battery to a structural member of the vehicle such that the traction battery is displaced from the structural member of the vehicle in response to a threshold external load applied to the traction battery Vehicle is solved. A mounting member includes a slot for guiding movement of the battery away from the external load to reduce or eliminate the pressure load on the battery. Fasteners include a guide portion which cooperates with the slot and a shear portion which secures the battery in a first position but separates from the guide portion in response to the external load to allow the battery to move to a second position away from the external load ,