Battery module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10403870-B2
Application number	US-201515525191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2015
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A battery module is provided and includes an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body, a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween, a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member, and a metal joining member joining the pair of the end plates each other, in which the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted, and a metal collar is inserted through the through hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery module comprising:
an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, wherein each of the battery cells is held with a respective cell holder;
an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body;
a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween;
a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member; and
a metal joining member joining the pair of end plates, wherein
the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted,
a metal collar is provided in the through hole, and
the elastic member and the middle plate contact each other,
wherein the metal collar includes an insertion hole having chamfered surfaces.

2. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein, in the middle plate, an opposed surface opposed to the array body is provided with a resin cylindrical portion through which the joining member is inserted.

3. The battery module according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the cell holders is provided with an insertion hole through which the cylindrical portion is inserted together with the joining member.

4. The battery module according to claim 2 , wherein the metal collar is arranged within the resin cylindrical portion.

5. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein
the middle plate includes a reinforcing portion formed of a metal material and an insulating portion formed of an insulating material, and
the reinforcing portion and the insulating portion contact each other.

6. The battery module according to claim 5 , wherein
when a first area is an area of a surface orthogonal to an extending direction of the joining member in the reinforcing portion and a second area is an area of a surface orthogonal to an extending direction of the joining member in the insulating portion, the second area is larger than the first area.

7. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the metal collar is exposed only to the elastic member side.

8. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is disposed on only one side in the array direction of the array body.

9. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic member is disposed on both sides in the array direction of the array body.

10. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the metal collar is smaller than a thickness of the middle plate.

11. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the metal collar is the same as a thickness of the middle plate, and wherein the metal collar projects toward the elastic member side beyond a surface of the middle plate facing the elastic member.

12. A battery module comprising:
an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, wherein each of the battery cells is held with a respective cell holder;
an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body;
a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween;
a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member; and
a metal joining member joining the pair of end plates, wherein
the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted,
a metal collar is provided in the through hole, and
the elastic member and the middle plate contact each other,
wherein, in the middle plate, an opposed surface opposed to the array body is provided with a resin shield portion shielding one end surface of the metal collar.

13. A battery module comprising:
an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed;
an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body;
a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween;
a joining member joining the pair of end plates; and
a middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member, wherein
the middle plate includes a reinforcing portion formed of a metal material and an insulating portion formed of an insulating material,
the reinforcing portion and the insulating portion contact each other,
the joining member is inserted through a first insertion hole formed in the reinforcing portion and a second insertion hole formed in the insulating portion, and
an internal diameter of the first insertion hole is smaller than an internal diameter of the second insertion hole.

14. A battery module comprising:
an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed;
an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body;
a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween;
a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member; and
a metal joining member joining the pair of end plates, wherein
the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted,
a metal collar is inserted through the through hole, and
the elastic member and the middle plate contact each other, wherein
the middle plate includes a reinforcing portion formed of a metal material and an insulating portion formed of an insulating material,
the reinforcing portion and the insulating portion contact each other,
the joining member is inserted through a first insertion hole formed in the reinforcing portion and a second insertion hole formed in the insulating portion, and
an internal diameter of the first insertion hole is smaller than an internal diameter of the second insertion hole.

15. The battery module according to claim 14 , wherein
the reinforcing portion is provided with a cylindrical portion projected to the insulating portion side and including an inner space portion communicating with the first insertion hole, and
the cylindrical portion is inserted through the second insertion hole.

16. The battery module according to claim 14 , wherein an insulating member is disposed between an internal circumferential surface of the first insertion hole and an external circumferential surface of the joining member.

17. A battery module comprising:
an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed;
an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body;
a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween;
a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member; and
a metal joining member joining the pair of end plates, wherein
the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted,
a metal collar is inserted through the through hole, and
the elastic member and the middle plate contact each other, wherein
the middle plate includes a reinforcing portion formed of a metal material and an insulating portion formed of an insulating material,
the reinforcing portion and the insulating portion contact each other,
opposed surfaces in the respective insulating portion and reinforcing portion are provided with a projection and a depression that are projected and depressed in mutually opposite directions, and
the insulating portion and the reinforcing portion are mutually fitted with the projection and the depression.

18. The battery module according to claim 17 , wherein the projection in the projection and the depression is formed in the reinforcing portion.

19. A battery module comprising:
an array body in which a plural

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• CHUJO Yuki
• Kato Takayuki
• Ueda Hiromi
• Morisaku Naoto
• Yamada Masahiro

Classifications

• H01M50/209

  adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/293

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• H01M2/1016

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1094 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1077

  Electricity · mapped topic