An exemplary reinforcement assembly includes, among other things, a heel kick that extends horizontally between rockers of an electrified vehicle, and a reinforcement bracket that horizontally overlaps with the heel kick and is secured to an outboard portion of the heel kick. An exemplary reinforcement method includes, among other things, resisting a load applied to a side of an electrified vehicle using a reinforcement bracket secured to an outboard portion of a heel kick. The heel kick extends horizontally between rockers of the electrified vehicle. The heel kick and the reinforcement bracket are horizontally overlapped with each other.

A motor vehicle that includes a body having a support structure, a high-voltage battery having a battery housing and at least one battery module arranged in the battery housing. The battery housing is arranged on and attached to the support structure to serve as a main floor panel. A battery cover is detachably arranged on the underside of the battery housing to serve as underride protection and facilitate access to the at least one battery module.

A side vehicle body reinforcing structure may include a center floor panel; a side sill respectively combined to both sides of the center floor panel in a width direction of the vehicle body; a seat cross member configured so that a lower end thereof is combined to the center floor panel and both ends thereof in a width direction of the vehicle body are combined to the side sill to cross the center floor panel in a width direction of the vehicle body; a battery case combined to a lower surface of the center floor panel and disposed at an internal to the side sill; and a partition wall panel respectively both side plates of the battery case in a width direction of the vehicle body, wherein a combining bolt sequentially penetrating the seat cross member and the center floor panel is engaged to the partition wall panel.

The invention relates to a lock assembly for a battery lock-up mechanism, a power battery comprising the lock assembly, a battery lock-up mechanism, a new energy vehicle, and a method for installing/detaching a power battery onto/from a new energy vehicle by using the battery lock-up mechanism of the invention. The lock assembly for battery lock-up mechanism comprises a casing and a stop end plate which define an accommodation space. A returning spring, a push rod, a locking pin or the like are installed in a central pull shaft. The technical solutions of the invention have a low cost, are easy to operate and are stable and reliable.

A system and method for vehicle power exchange includes both a system for exchanging a container having a power cell associated with the vehicle and an appropriate vehicle which has been adapted for vehicle power exchange. Advantageously, the system includes at least one power exchange power strip, at least one container with charged power cell associated with the power strip and wireless communication associated with the power exchange strip for communicating with a vehicle to effect power exchange. An advantageous vehicle for power exchange has a removable container with power cell, a computer processor for controlling requisite functions of the vehicle during power exchange (i.e. container exchange) and a mechanism which allows for the depositing of a container with depleted power cell and insertion of a replacement container with charged power cell into the vehicle.

A heavy-duty vehicle battery suspension system for releasably holding a rechargeable traction battery in an electric heavy-duty vehicle, wherein the heavy-duty vehicle battery suspension system comprises a pyrotechnical fastener, wherein the heavy-duty vehicle battery suspension system is configured to release the traction battery if the pyrotechnical fastener is triggered, and wherein the heavy-duty vehicle battery suspension system is configured such that the pyrotechnical fastener may be manually triggered. A method for releasing a rechargeable traction battery from an electric heavy-duty vehicle is also disclosed.

A system for installation of traction batteries for a vehicle having a chassis comprising at least one load-carrying frame member. A front bracket member and a rear bracket member are adapted to be secured to and project from the frame member of the vehicle for receiving a traction battery between the front bracket member and the rear bracket member. The system also comprises a first and a second slider adapted to be connected to a front and a rear side, respectively, of a traction battery. The sliders are adapted to be mated with the bracket members subsequently to the sliders having been connected to the traction battery, thereby enabling the traction battery by means of the connected sliders to be received by the bracket members and be moved towards the frame member of the vehicle.

A battery replacement station includes a drive device (battery replacement process unit) that performs a process of replacing a battery (first battery) with another battery (second battery), and a control device (controller) that controls the drive device. The drive device includes a raising/lowering unit (lift-up mechanism) that lifts up a vehicle body of an electrically powered vehicle, and a battery mounting table onto which a battery removed from a bottom portion of the electrically powered vehicle is to be withdrawn. The drive device also includes an operating table (angle adjustment mechanism) that adjusts a relative angle between the vehicle body in a state of being lifted up, and the battery mounting table, in a plan view as seen from above the electrically powered vehicle.

A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station which has a first stop area and a second stop area and in which removal of a first battery from a vehicle body and attachment of a second battery to the vehicle body are to be performed; a removal device that is provided below the first stop area and removes the first battery from the vehicle body stopped in the first stop area; and an attachment device that is provided below the second stop area and attaches the second battery to the vehicle body stopped in the second stop area.

Disclosed are a power freely-configurable plug-in battery pack, a vehicle, and a battery replacement method. The battery pack includes an installation box provided with a plurality of cell channels; a cell module pluggably installed in the cell channel, where a cell quick-replacement connector is provided between the cell module and the cell channel; and a controller, where the controller is electrically connected to the cell module through the cell quick-replacement connector and controls an operation of the cell module. The present application provides the cell channel in the battery pack and provides the cell quick-replacement connector, so that the cell module can be quickly plugged and unplugged relative to the cell channel, realizing the quick replacement of the cell module and improving the replacing efficiency of the battery pack.