Onboard battery for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10358048-B2
Application number	US-201715486454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2017
Priority date	Jun 23, 2016
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

An onboard battery includes predetermined members such as battery modules, and a housing case. An internal space of the housing case is partitioned by a partition plate into an upper space and a lower space in which the predetermined members are disposed, and the battery modules are disposed below the partition plate. The housing case has a bottom surface on which the battery modules are disposed, a front surface that has a front-side tightening part, and a rear surface that has a rear-side tightening part. The partition plate has a partition base that partitions the internal space of the housing case into the upper space and the lower space, a front-side fixation target part that is continuous with a front end of the partition base, and a rear-side fixation target part that is continuous with a rear end of the partition base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An onboard battery, comprising:
predetermined members comprising at least one battery module;
a housing case comprising an internal space which is partitioned by a partition plate into an upper space and a lower space, wherein the predetermined members are disposed in each of the upper space and the lower space, and the at least one battery module is disposed below the partition plate, wherein
the housing case has a bottom surface on which the at least one battery module is disposed, a front surface that has a front-side tightening part, and a rear surface that has a rear-side tightening part,
the partition plate has a partition base that partitions the internal space of the housing case into the upper space and the lower space, a front-side fixation target part that is continuous with a front end of the partition base, and a rear-side fixation target part that is continuous with a rear end of the partition base,
the front-side fixation target part of the partition plate is fixed to the front-side tightening part, and the rear-side fixation target part of the partition plate is fixed to the rear-side tightening part,
a bent part is provided between a flat front-side surface fixed to the front-side fixation target part and a flat rear-side surface fixed to the rear-side fixation target part,
the bottom surface is made stronger than the rear surface, and
the rear-side fixation target part is made stronger than the partition base,
wherein, when impact is applied from outside to the rear surface of the housing case, the rear surface is deformed and the partition base is able to bend upward towards a housing cover of the housing case forming said bent part.

2. The onboard battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the bent part being bent to protrude upward.

3. The onboard battery according to claim 2 , wherein
a part of the partition base in front of the bent part serves as the flat front-side surface, and a part of the partition base behind the bent part serves as the flat rear-side surface, and
the flat front-side surface is located at a higher position than a position of the flat rear-side surface.

4. The onboard battery according to claim 2 , wherein
a first high-voltage device and a second high-voltage device are attached to the partition plate, the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device being located apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, and
the bent part is located between the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device.

5. The onboard battery according to claim 2 , wherein
the bent part is located from a left end to a right end of the partition plate.

6. An onboard battery, comprising:
predetermined members comprising at least one battery module;
a housing case comprising an internal space which is partitioned by a partition plate into an upper space and a lower space, wherein the predetermined members are disposed in each of the upper space and the lower space, and the at least one battery module is disposed below the partition plate, wherein
the housing case has a bottom surface on which the at least one battery module is disposed, a front surface that has a front-side tightening part, and a rear surface that has a rear-side tightening part,
the partition plate has a partition base that partitions the internal space of the housing case into the upper space and the lower space, a front-side fixation target part that is continuous with a front end of the partition base, and a rear-side fixation target part that is continuous with a rear end of the partition base,
the front-side fixation target part of the partition plate is fixed to the front-side tightening part, and the rear-side fixation target part of the partition plate is fixed to the rear-side tightening part, and
the partition plate has a bent part between a flat front-side surface fixed to the front-side fixation target part and a rear-side surface fixed to the rear-side fixation target part, the bent part being bent to protrude upward,
wherein, when impact is applied from outside to the rear surface of the housing case, the rear surface is deformed and the partition base is able to bend upward towards a housing cover of the housing case forming said bent part.

7. The onboard battery according to claim 6 , wherein
a part of the partition plate in front of the bent part serves as the flat front-side surface, and a part of the partition base behind the bent part serves as the rear-side surface, and
the flat front-side surface and the rear-side surface are located in a horizontal state.

8. The onboard battery according to claim 7 , wherein
the flat front-side surface is located at a higher position than a position of the rear-side surface.

9. The onboard battery according to claim 6 , wherein
a first high-voltage device and a second high-voltage device are attached to the partition plate, the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device being located apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, and
the bent part is located between the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device.

10. The onboard battery according to claim 7 , wherein
a first high-voltage device and a second high-voltage device are attached to the partition plate, the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device being located apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, and
the bent part is located between the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device.

11. The onboard battery according to claim 6 , wherein
the bent part is located from a left end to a right end of the partition plate.

12. The onboard battery according to claim 7 , wherein
the bent part is located from a left end to a right end of the partition plate.

13. The onboard battery according to claim 3 , wherein
a first high-voltage device and a second high-voltage device are attached to the partition plate, the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device being located apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, and
the bent part is located between the first high-voltage device and the second high-voltage device.

14. The onboard battery according to claim 3 , wherein
the bent part is located from a left end to a right end of the partition plate.

15. The onboard battery according to claim 3 , wherein
the bent part is located from a left end to a right end of the partition plate.

16. The onboard battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the partition plate further has lateral fixation target parts that are continuous with both left and right ends of the partition base.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Hara Toshiyuki
• Tokunaga Takayuki

Classifications

• B60L50/64 Primary

  Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60K2001/0466

  from above · CPC title

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60Y2410/10

  Housings · CPC title

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title