Battery pack having bottom with drainage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10790487-B2
Application number	US-201716077166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Priority date	Oct 31, 2016
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes at least one battery module and a pack case for packaging the at least one battery module, and the battery pack includes a case base configured to support the at least one battery module, a case body coupled to the case base to accommodate the at least one battery module, and a case cover coupled to the case body to cover the case body, wherein the case base and the case body are sealed to each other and the case body and the case cover are sealed to each other, respectively, by means of a sealant member along a rim thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack, the battery pack comprising:
at least one battery module;
a case base configured to support the at least one battery module;
a case body coupled to the case base to accommodate the at least one battery module;
a case cover coupled to the case body to cover the case body;
a base mount extending from an upper surface of the case base, the base mount having an inclined upper surface and a step formed between the inclined upper surface and the upper surface of the case base; and
drainage holes provided at both sides of the base mount,
wherein the base mount has a length and width less than a length and width of the case base, and
wherein the case base and the case body are sealed to each other and the case body and the case cover are sealed to each other.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the case body includes:
a first inner case configured to fix the at least one battery module;
an outer case configured to surround the first inner case and form an accommodation space for accommodating the at least one battery module; and
a second inner case mounted to an upper side of the outer case and coupled to the case cover.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one mesh unit mounted to the drainage hole.

4. The battery pack according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one mesh unit includes:
a first mesh frame mounted to an upper side of the drainage hole;
a first mesh net mounted to the first mesh frame;
a second mesh frame mounted to a lower side of the drainage hole; and
a second mesh net mounted to the second mesh frame and disposed opposite to the first mesh net.

5. The battery pack according to claim 4 , wherein the first mesh net and the second mesh net are arranged with mutually alternating net structures.

6. The battery pack according to claim 4 , wherein the first mesh net and the second mesh net are spaced apart from each other by at least 2 mm.

7. The battery pack according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one mesh unit includes a dust-protecting filter provided between the first mesh net and the second mesh net.

8. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the first mesh net and the second mesh net are spaced apart from each other to create a space, and
wherein the dust-protecting filter has a volume corresponding to the space between the first mesh net and the second mesh net.

9. The battery pack according to claim 8 , wherein the dust-protecting filter filters off foreign matter including dust with a size of 10 μm or above.

10. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery pack is a home energy storage device.

11. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the case base has an upstanding rim so that a channel is formed between the rim and base mount.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hyeon-Kyu
• Lee Bum-Hyun
• Lee Jae-Ki
• Choi Yeo-Joo

Classifications

• H01M10/425 Primary

  Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00) · CPC title

• H01M50/211

  adapted for pouch cells · CPC title

• H01M50/271

  Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings · CPC title

• H01M50/691

  Arrangements or processes for draining liquids from casings; Cleaning battery or cell casings · CPC title

• H01M10/6551 Primary

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