Cooling device of onboard secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10000138-B2
Application number	US-201615171932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2016
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A cooling device of an onboard secondary battery, includes a housing that is provided in a vehicle, and houses a battery pack including a secondary battery and a case that covers the secondary battery, a blower that blows an air at an outside of the vehicle into the housing, a temperature determiner that determines whether or not an air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than a temperature of the secondary battery, and a blow controller that drives the blower, when the temperature determiner determines that the air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than the temperature of the secondary battery.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooling device, comprising:
a housing in a vehicle, wherein the housing includes a battery pack, and wherein the battery pack includes a secondary battery that has a first voltage and a case that covers the secondary battery;
a blower that blows air from outside of the vehicle into the housing;
a temperature determiner that determines that an air temperature outside the vehicle is lower than a temperature of the secondary battery;
a blow controller that drives the blower based on the determination that the air temperature outside the vehicle is lower than the temperature of the secondary battery; and
an electricity supply source that has a second voltage lower than the first voltage, wherein the electricity supply source receives a supply of electricity from the secondary battery in a state in which the blower is driven by the electricity supply source at a time of parking of the vehicle.

2. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein
the blow controller controls a driving of the blower, in a state in which the secondary battery is chargeable by a power supply outside the vehicle.

3. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein
the secondary battery is a supply source of the first voltage, and
the blower blows the air from the outside of the vehicle into the housing, based on electricity of the electricity supply source of the second voltage lower than the first voltage of the secondary battery.

4. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein
the blow controller drives the blower, when the temperature determiner determines that the air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than the temperature of the secondary battery and that the temperature of the secondary battery is higher than a first temperature.

5. The cooling device according to claim 2 , wherein
the blow controller drives the blower, when the temperature determiner determines that the air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than the temperature of the secondary battery and that the temperature of the secondary battery is higher than a first temperature.

6. The cooling device according to claim 3 , wherein
the blow controller drives the blower, when the temperature determiner determines that the air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than the temperature of the secondary battery and that the temperature of the secondary battery is higher than a first temperature.

7. The cooling device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the blow controller stops the blower after a set time for which the blower continuously blows the air into the housing.

8. The cooling device according to claim 3 , wherein
the blow controller stops the blower after a set time for which the blower continuously blows the air into the housing.

9. The cooling device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a charge controller that controls a charging of the secondary battery,
wherein the charge controller starts the charging of the secondary battery, after a second time elapses from a time point at which the secondary battery becomes chargeable by the power supply outside the vehicle.

10. The cooling device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a charge controller that controls a charging of the secondary battery,
wherein the charge controller starts the charging of the secondary battery, after a second time elapses from a time point at which the secondary battery becomes chargeable by the power supply outside the vehicle.

11. The cooling device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a charge controller that controls a charging of the secondary battery,
wherein the charge controller starts the charging of the secondary battery, when the temperature of the secondary battery is lower than a second temperature.

12. The cooling device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a charge controller that controls a charging of the secondary battery,
wherein the charge controller starts the charging of the secondary battery, when the temperature of the secondary battery is lower than a second temperature.

13. The cooling device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a charge controller that controls a charging of the secondary battery,
wherein the charge controller starts the charging of the secondary battery, when the temperature of the secondary battery is lower than a second temperature.

14. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a component that is positioned at a vehicle compartment side of the vehicle, and wherein the component has a heat insulation property.

15. The cooling device according to claim 3 , wherein the housing further comprises a component that is positioned at a vehicle compartment side of the vehicle, and wherein the component has a heat insulation property.

16. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary battery is configured to receives charge from a power supply outside the vehicle in the state in which the blower is driven.

17. The cooling device according to claim 1 , further comprising a converter that reduces the first voltage of the secondary battery before the supply of the electricity from the secondary battery to the electricity supply source.

18. The cooling device according to claim 17 , wherein the secondary battery charges the electricity supply source based on the reduced first voltage.

19. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein the blower is present in an opening of the housing, and wherein the blower further blows the air outside the vehicle into the housing through the opening.

20. The cooling device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a valve, and wherein the valve opens based on a pressure of an inner area of the housing.

Assignees

• Fuji Heavy Ind Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Hisashi

Classifications

• H01M10/6563

  with forced flow, e.g. by blowers · CPC title

• Y10S903/907

  Electricity storage, e.g. battery, capacitor · CPC title

• B60K11/06 Primary

  with air cooling · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/613

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title