Battery heat radiation system, battery heat radiation unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10224585-B2
Application number	US-201615066537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2016
Priority date	Sep 20, 2013
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

Each of the plurality of battery heat radiation units includes, a battery module, at least one heat pipe thermally connected at a first end of the heat pipe to one surface of the battery module and protruding from the battery module at a second end of the heat pipe, at least one metal heat exchanger plate thermally connected to one surface of the battery module, and at least one heat radiation portion provided at the second end of the heat pipe, the air blowing portion blows air to the heat radiation portion, and one heat radiation portion in the plurality of battery heat radiation units is misaligned with other heat radiation portions in the plurality of battery heat radiation units as viewed from the air blowing portion side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery heat radiation unit comprising:
a battery module;
a heat exchanger plate comprising a first portion thermally connected to one surface of the battery module and a second portion extending in a direction crossing the first portion from a position of the first portion which protrudes from the battery module;
a heat pipe comprising a first connection portion fixed to the first portion and thermally connected to one surface of the battery module and extending along the first portion, a second connection portion thermally connected to the second portion, and a coupling portion configured to couple the first connection portion and the second connection portion together; and
a heat radiation portion provided on a first surface of the second portion,
wherein the second portion includes a first member having a first recessed portion that comes into abutting contact with the second connection portion, with the heat radiation portion fixed to the first member, and a second member having a second recessed portion that comes into abutting contact with the second connection portion, and
the second connection portion is sandwiched between the first member and the second member.

2. The battery heat radiation unit according to claim 1 , comprising:
a bracket configured to fix the battery module to the heat exchanger plate; and
a fixing member configured to fix the second portion to the bracket.

3. The battery heat radiation unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion is enabled to be installed on and removed from the first portion.

4. The battery heat radiation unit according to claim 3 , wherein the second portion is fixed to the first portion in two different directions.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Takamatsu Tomonao
• Yoshida Mitsunobu
• Sugiyama Nobukatsu
• Yagi Ryosuke
• Tomimatsu Norihiro
• Hisano Katsumi
• Shimizu Hideo
• Sekino Masahiro
• Uchida Toshinori
• Muro Nagaaki

Classifications

• H01M10/6552

  Closed pipes transferring heat by thermal conductivity or phase transition, e.g. heat pipes · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/6554

  Rods or plates · CPC title

• H01M10/6551 Primary

  Surfaces specially adapted for heat dissipation or radiation, e.g. fins or coatings · CPC title

• H01M10/6563

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