Battery module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10553845-B2
Application number	US-201715457497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a battery module includes a plurality of batteries and a module housing. The module housing accommodates the plurality of batteries. The module housing is configured by connecting a plurality of cases in a first direction. At least one of the plurality of cases includes a vacuum pad adsorption region which is on an end surface in a second direction intersecting the first direction and on which a vacuum pad is adsorbable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery module comprising:
a plurality of batteries; each of which include a terminal surface on which an electrode terminal is formed and a bottom surface which is an opposite surface to the terminal surface; and
a module housing which accommodates the plurality of batteries, wherein
the module housing is configured by connecting a plurality of cases in a first direction the module housing includes, as the plurality of cases, a first case that covers at least the bottom surface of the plurality of batteries, a second case that covers a portion other than the electrode terminal in the terminal surface of the plurality of batteries, and a cover that covers a control board connected to the electrode terminal of the plurality of batteries,
at least one of the plurality of cases includes a vacuum pad adsorption region which is on an end surface in a second direction intersecting the first direction and on which a vacuum pad is adsorbable,
the vacuum pad adsorption region is on a module upper surface of the module housing which is a surface perpendicular to the terminal surface and is formed in at least one of the first case and the second case, and
an insulating wall is provided between each of the plurality of batteries in a case having the vacuum pad adsorption region among the first case and the second case.

2. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface of the plurality of batteries is bonded to the first case, and the terminal surface of the plurality of batteries is bonded to the second case.

3. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the first case and the second case are connected at the midpoint position between the terminal surface and the bottom surface in the first direction.

4. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the module upper surface has a label attachment region formed thereon.

5. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the first case, the second case, and the cover are connected to each other by snap fitting.

6. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is fixed to the second case using a screw.

7. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein flatness of the vacuum pad adsorption region is less than or equal to 0.5 mm.

8. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein surface roughness Ra of the vacuum pad adsorption region is less than or equal to 6.3 μm.

9. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the vacuum pad adsorption region is formed to have a size such that a plurality of vacuum pads are adsorbable thereon.

10. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the vacuum pad adsorption region is formed around a position vertically above the center of gravity of the battery module.

11. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the module housing has a harness drawing hole that is formed vertically above the middle of the module housing in the second direction.

12. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of batteries includes: a plurality of batteries stacked in the second direction; and a plurality of batteries stacked in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Nagasato Makoto
• Matsuo Tatsumi
• Shimizu Norio
• Ebisawa Masafumi
• Kosugi Shinichiro
• Sekino Masahiro

Classifications

• H01M50/545 Primary

  formed by the casing of the cells (cup shaped terminals adapted for cells having curved cross-section H01M50/56) · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M2/0277

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1077 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/305

  Electricity · mapped topic