FLEXIBLE BATTERY COVER WITH INTEGRAL LID, METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF, AND METHOD OF ENCLOSING A BATTERY THEREWITH

• Main Authors: BURDY, John E, ROWCOTSKY, Daniel A, PINKOW, Christopher J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.04.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

A flexible one-piece, insulative battery cover; a battery cover assembly therewith; a method of construction thereof, and a method of enclosing a battery therewith are provided. The battery cover includes a flexible, tubular textile wall having a cavity extending between a bottom end and an open top end of the wail. The cover further includes a flexible textile lid having a free end and an opposite end attached to the wall via a binge, with the lid being pivotal via the hinge between an open position, exposing the open lop end of the wall, and a closed position, substantially closing off the top end. Further yet, the cover includes a fastener fixed to the lid adjacent the free end, with the fastener being configured to for releasable attachment to an elongate fastener member of the vehicle battery assembly.