Battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10008708-B2
Application number	US-201514985155-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Feb 3, 2015
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

A battery pack includes a plurality of electrically connected battery modules. The battery module includes a plurality of type-A battery cells and a plurality of type-B battery cells. The type-A battery cells and the type-B battery cells are arranged in alternate manner. Both of the type-A and the type-B battery cells have a positive tab and a negative tab. The positive tabs and negative tabs of all type-A battery cells are electrically connected with a type-A first and a type-A second connecting pieces respectively. The positive tabs and negative tabs of all type-B battery cells are electrically connected with a type-B first and a type-B second connecting pieces respectively. When the battery pack burns, the type-A battery cells have an isolation effect on stopping the diffusion of combustion so as to improve the safety, and also improve the rapid charging and discharging ability and energy density of the battery pack.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising: a plurality of electrically connected battery modules, wherein the battery module comprises a plurality of battery cells A and a plurality of battery cells B, the battery cells A are of flame retardant performance, and a start-up temperature of the battery cells A is higher than that of the battery cells B, the battery cells A and the battery cells B are arranged in an alternate manner, the battery cells A each has a positive tab and a negative tab, the battery cells B each has a positive tab and a negative tab, the positive tabs of the battery cells A of the battery module are stacked in one group and electrically connected with a first connecting piece A, the negative tabs of the battery cells A of the battery module are stacked in one group and electrically connected with a second connecting piece A, the positive tabs of the battery cells B of the battery module are stacked in one group and electrically connected with a first connecting piece B, the negative tabs of the battery cells B of the battery module are stacked in one group and electrically connected with a second connecting piece B, the first connecting piece A and the second connecting piece A are staggered and electrically isolated from the first connecting piece B and the second connecting piece B.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cells A in the battery module are connected in parallel, the battery cells B in the battery module are connected in parallel, the parallel connected battery cells A are connected in series with the parallel connected battery cells B, and the battery modules are connected in parallel.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cells A in the battery module are connected in series, the battery cells B in the battery module are connected in series, the series connected battery cells A are connected in parallel with the series connected battery cells B, and the battery modules are connected in parallel.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cells A in the battery module are connected in series, the battery cells B in the battery module are connected in series, the battery cells A are electrically isolated from the battery cells B, the battery modules are connected in series, the battery cells A in different battery modules are connected in series, and the battery cells B in different battery modules are connected in series.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cells A comprise ionic liquid electrolyte battery cells and/or solid electrolyte battery cells.

6. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein support frames are arranged on a side where the positive tabs and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are disposed, support frames are arranged on a side where the positive tabs and the negative tabs of the battery cells B are disposed, the support frames are disposed between the positive tabs or the negative tabs of the battery cells A or the battery cells B and a corresponding connecting piece.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a heating device is arranged to the battery cells A on a side surface which is not in contact with the battery cells B.

8. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery cells A are arranged at both ends of the battery module.

9. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are arranged on upside or downside of the battery cells A, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B are arranged on left side and/or right side of the battery cells B.

10. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are arranged on upside or downside of the battery cells A, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B are arranged on upside or downside of the battery cells B, the battery cells A and the battery cells B are arranged in an inverted manner along up-down direction.

11. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are arranged on upside or downside of the battery cells A, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B are arranged on upside or downside of the battery cells B, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A stagger from the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B, after being stacked together, a positive tab stack and a negative tab stack of the battery cells A are electrically isolated from a positive tab stack and a negative tab stack of the battery cells B.

12. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are arranged on left or right side of the battery cells A, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B are arranged on left or right side of the battery cells B, the battery cells A and the battery cells B are arranged in an inverted manner along left-right direction.

13. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are arranged on left side and right side of the battery cells A respectively, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B are arranged on left side and right side of the battery cells B respectively, the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells A are staggered from the positive and the negative tabs of the battery cells B, after being stacked together, a positive tab stack of the battery cells A is electrically isolated from a positive tab stack of the battery cells B and a negative tab stack of the battery cells A is electrically isolated from a negative tab stack of the battery cells B.

14. A battery pack, comprising: a plurality of electrically connected battery modules, wherein the battery module comprises a plurality of battery cells A and a plurality of battery cells B, the battery cells A are of flame retardant performance, and a start-up temperature of the battery cells A is higher than that of the battery cells B, the battery cells A and the battery cells B are arranged in an alternate manner, the battery cells A each has a positive tab and a negative tab, the battery cells B each has a positive tab and a negative tab, the positive tabs of the battery cells A of the battery module are disposed at the same side of the battery module and electrically connected with one first connecting piece A, the negative tabs of the battery cells A of the battery module are disposed at the same side of the battery module and electrically connected with one second connecting piece A, the positive tabs of the battery cells B of the battery module are disposed at the same side of the battery module and electrically connected with one first connecting piece B, the negative tabs of the battery cells B of the battery module are disposed at the same side of the battery module and electrically connected with one second connecting piece B, the first connecting piece A and the second connecting piece A are staggered and electrically isolated from the first connecting piece B and the second connecting piece B.

15. The battery pack according to claim 14 , wherein a first support frame A is arranged disposed between the battery cell A and the first connecting piece A, a second support frame A is arranged between battery cell A and the second connecting piece A, a first support frame B is arranged disposed between the battery cell B and the first connecting piece B, a second support frame B is arranged between battery cell B and the second connecting piece

Assignees

• Microvast Power Systems Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Yang
• Li Xiang
• Liu Xuechun

Classifications

• H01M10/052 Primary

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• H01M50/503

  characterised by the shape of the interconnectors · CPC title

• H01M50/105

  Pouches or flexible bags · CPC title

• H01M50/51

  Connection only in series · CPC title

• H01M50/509

  characterised by the type of connection, e.g. mixed connections · CPC title