Boat with electric drive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10556659-B2
Application number	US-201314442058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Priority date	Nov 12, 2012
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A boat has a battery located within an interior of a battery-housing, which includes a waste gas outlet that has a gas-permeable seal and a pressure relief valve. The battery housing is gastight and watertight with the exception of the waste gas outlet. The gas-permeable seal is water-impermeable and comprises a semi-permeable diaphragm that allows the passage of water vapor out from the interior of the battery housing, but prevents the passage of water vapor into the interior of the battery housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A boat comprising:
a battery located within an interior of a battery housing, the battery housing including a waste gas outlet comprising a gas-permeable seal and a pressure relief valve,
wherein the battery housing is gastight and watertight with the exception of the waste gas outlet,
wherein the gas-permeable seal is water-impermeable and comprises a semi-permeable diaphragm that allows the passage of water vapor out from the interior of the battery housing, but prevents the passage of water vapor into the interior of the battery housing, so as to affect pressure compensation of pressure differences between the interior of the battery housing and an environment exterior to the battery housing during normal battery operation, and
wherein the gas permeable seal and the pressure release valve together form a combined seal unit.

2. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the battery comprises a lithium-ion accumulator.

3. The boat of claim 1 , wherein a waste gas line is connected to the waste gas outlet, and an outlet opening of the waste gas line is located outside the boat.

4. The boat of claim 3 , wherein the waste gas line comprises a flexible tube.

5. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the gas-permeable seal and the pressure relief valve are arranged side by side.

6. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the pressure relief valve comprises a stopper located in an opening of the battery housing and configured to be pushed out from the opening so as to thereby unblock said opening when a predefined pressure is exceeded.

7. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the pressure relief valve comprises a rupture disc.

8. The boat of claim 1 , wherein the battery is one of a plurality of batteries located in battery housing including respective waste gas outlets and waste gas lines, the respective waste gas lines combined in a waste manifold.

9. The boat of claim 8 , wherein the cross section of the waste gas manifold and the cross sections of the waste gas lines are identical.

10. The boat of claim 3 , wherein the outlet opening of the waste gas line comprises a gas-permeable and water-impermeable seal.

11. The boat of claim 3 , wherein the outlet opening of the waste gas line comprises a check valve.

12. The boat of claim 3 , wherein the waste gas line comprises at least one portion that is higher than the outlet opening of the waste gas line.

13. The boat of claim 3 , wherein the waste gas line has at least one portion that is deeper than the waste gas outlet.

14. The boat of claim 13 , wherein the portion of the waste gas line that is deeper than the waste gas outlet has a water outlet opening.

15. The boat of claim 14 , wherein the water outlet opening is provided with a maintenance closure.

Assignees

• Torqeedo Gmbh

Inventors

• Biebach Jens
• Krieger Philipp
• Hartmeyer Marc

Classifications

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• B63J3/04 Primary

  from power plant other than propulsion power plant · CPC title

• B63H20/007

  Trolling propulsion units (trolling plates for slowing down B63H25/50; dynamo-electric machines of trolling units H02K) · CPC title

• B63H23/24 Primary

  electric {(dynamo-electric machines H02K)} · CPC title

• B63H21/36

  Covers or casing arranged to protect plant or unit from marine environment · CPC title