Electric vehicle battery tray bracket

Abstract

An electric vehicle includes an electric-vehicle battery tray including a frame member elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The electric vehicle includes a rocker rail elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis. The electric vehicle includes a subframe. The electric vehicle includes a bracket connecting the battery tray, the rocker rail, and the subframe.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle, comprising:
 an electric-vehicle battery tray;   a rocker rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis;   a subframe; and   a first sub-bracket and a second sub-bracket fixed to the first sub-bracket, the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket both being fixed to the battery tray, the rocker rail, and the subframe.   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the second sub-bracket is stacked on the first sub-bracket above the first sub-bracket. 
     
     
         3 . The vehicle of  claim 2 , wherein the second sub-bracket is between the subframe and the first sub-bracket. 
     
     
         4 . The vehicle of  claim 3 , wherein the first sub-bracket is fixed to the second sub-bracket about an outer surface of the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket. 
     
     
         4 . The vehicle of  claim 3 , further comprising a weld between the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket. 
     
     
         5 . The vehicle of  claim 4 , wherein the weld extends along the vehicle-longitudinal axis and a vehicle-lateral axis. 
     
     
         6 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , further comprising a weld between the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket. 
     
     
         7 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the second sub-bracket is between the subframe and the first sub-bracket. 
     
     
         8 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the first sub-bracket is fixed to the second sub-bracket about an outer surface of the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket. 
     
     
         9 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket are both fixed to the subframe with a fastener that extends through both the first sub-bracket and the second sub-bracket. 
     
     
         10 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the first sub-bracket includes a flange extending downward away from the battery tray. 
     
     
         11 . The vehicle of  claim 10 , wherein the flange extends downward away from the battery tray to a distal edge, the distal edge being lower than the battery tray. 
     
     
         12 . The vehicle of  claim 11 , wherein the flange is elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis. 
     
     
         13 . The vehicle of  claim 10 , further comprising a control arm and a control arm bracket supported by the subframe, the control arm bracket having a second flange extending downward away from the battery tray. 
     
     
         14 . The vehicle of  claim 13 , wherein the flange and the second flange are elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis. 
     
     
         15 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , further comprising an electric-vehicle battery supported by the battery tray. 
     
     
         16 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , further comprising a wheel supported by the subframe vehicle-forward of the bracket. 
     
     
         17 . A vehicle, comprising:
 an electric-vehicle battery tray;   a rocker rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis;   a subframe; and   a bracket fixed to the battery tray, the rocker rail, and the subframe;   the bracket including a flange extending downward to a distal end lower than the battery tray.   
     
     
         18 . The vehicle of  claim 17 , wherein the bracket includes a first sub-bracket and a second sub-bracket stacked on and fixed to the first sub-bracket, the first sub-bracket including flange. 
     
     
         19 . The vehicle of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 an electric-vehicle battery supported by the battery tray; and   a wheel supported by the subframe vehicle-forward of the bracket.