Battery unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10062929-B2
Application number	US-201515112857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2015
Priority date	Feb 3, 2014
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle body includes an accommodating portion that accommodates a battery pack. A communication hole, which connects the outside and the inside the accommodating portion, is formed in one of the side walls of the vehicle body. The battery pack includes battery cells and a sealed case that accommodates the battery cells. The sealed case includes a case main body having an opening and a lid member fixed to the case main body. The lid member has a first releasing portion and a second releasing portion. A connecting portion for connecting a charging plug to the battery pack is inserted in the communication hole. The connecting portion is connected to the battery cells via wires. The first releasing portion and the second releasing portion are arranged to face a wall of an accommodating body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery unit comprising a battery pack and an accommodating body, wherein the accommodating body includes a plurality of walls and an accommodating portion, which accommodates the battery pack, wherein
the battery pack includes:
a battery module, which is configured by a plurality of battery cells;
a sealed case, which accommodates the battery module; and
a connector, which is provided in the sealed case and to which a cable for supplying power to the battery module is connected, wherein
the accommodating body includes a communication hole, which connects an inside and an outside of the accommodating body to each other,
the cable extends from the connector to the communication hole,
the sealed case includes a releasing portion, which releases a pressure in the sealed case, and
the releasing portion is arranged to face a first wall of the plurality of walls of the accommodating body; wherein
the plurality of walls includes the first wall, which does not include the communication hole, and a second wall that includes the communication hole, and the releasing portion faces the first wall that does not have the communication hole.

2. The battery unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the releasing portion is arranged such that an imaginary line connecting the releasing portion and the first wall of the accommodating body does not overlap with the communication hole.

3. The battery unit according to claim 1 , wherein the releasing portion is arranged to face the first wall of the plurality of walls of the accommodating body that is on an opposite side from the second wall that has the communication hole.

4. The battery unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the releasing portion releases the pressure in the sealed case to an inside of the accommodating portion.

5. The battery unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first wall of the accommodating body, which does not have the communication hole is located in a discharging direction of the pressure when the releasing portion is opened.

6. The battery unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the releasing portion is arranged not to face the communication hole,
the releasing portion is one of a first releasing portion and a second releasing portion, and
a distance between the first releasing portion and the cable is different from a distance between the second releasing portion and the cable.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• CHUJO Yuki
• Kato Takayuki
• Ueda Hiromi
• Ishiguro Fumihiko
• Morisaku Naoto

Classifications

• B60L58/21

  having the same nominal voltage · CPC title

• B60L53/16

  Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60L3/0069

  relating to the isolation, e.g. ground fault or leak current · CPC title

• B60L2240/549

  Current · CPC title

• B60L2200/42

  Fork lift trucks · CPC title