Battery Frame for a Battery Rack and Battery Rack Structure for an Electric Vehicle

A battery frame has a generally planar rear member and a pair of opposing parallel generally planar side members extending generally orthogonally from the rear member. A pair of opposing coplanar top flanges extend generally orthogonally to the rear member and the side members and each outwardly from a respective side member and has a plurality of apertures spaced there along. A pair of opposing coplanar bottom flanges extend generally orthogonally to the rear member and the side members and each outwardly from a respective side member and have a plurality of apertures spaced there along and aligned with the apertures of the top flanges respective to each side. A pair of opposing coplanar inner flanges extending generally orthogonally to the rear member and the side members and each inwardly from a respective side member for support of a battery package disposed therein the battery frame.