Battery pack including tray stopper for preventing spring back of pack cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10847764-B2
Application number	US-201716080479-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2017
Priority date	Nov 4, 2016
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes at least one battery module and electric parts electrically connected to the at least one battery module, a tray configured to support the at least one battery module and the electric parts at an upper surface thereof, and a pack cover having a rim that faces a rim of the tray, the pack cover being coupled to the tray to cover the battery module and the electric parts, wherein the tray includes a tray stopper provided at the rim of the tray and bent upwards to support the rim of the pack cover from an outer side toward an inner side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising:
a battery module and electric parts electrically connected to the battery module;
a tray configured to support the battery module and the electric parts at an upper surface thereof; and
a pack cover having a rim that faces a rim of the tray, the pack cover being coupled to the tray to cover the battery module and the electric parts,
wherein the pack cover includes a cover body with a depth sufficient to cover the battery module and the electric parts,
wherein the rim of the pack cover forms an outer periphery of the cover body,
wherein the tray includes a tray stopper provided at the rim of the tray and bent upwards to support the rim of the pack cover, and
wherein the tray stopper is configured to be at an outermost edge of the rim of the pack cover.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tray includes a base plate having a length extending longer than a width thereof and at least one outer wall plate disposed to stand up with respect to the base plate to form a wall,
wherein the rim of the tray is at opposite sides of the tray in a width direction of the tray, and
wherein the tray stopper is provided to the rim of the tray at both the opposite sides of the tray.

3. The battery pack according to claim 2 ,
wherein the base plate has a width corresponding to a width of the battery module, and a plurality of the battery modules are disposed in a row along a length direction of the base plate.

4. The battery pack according to claim 2 ,
wherein the at least one outer wall plate includes a front outer wall plate and a rear outer wall plate respectively provided to a front end and a rear end of the base plate, and
wherein the pack cover includes the cover body having a length and a width corresponding to the base plate and bent downward at two sides to have a convex center portion.

5. The battery pack according to claim 4 ,
wherein the cover body has a step provided at a top end thereof and extending along the length direction of the tray.

6. The battery pack according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tray stopper is bent to surround a top of the rim of the pack cover and the outermost edge of the rim of the pack cover.

7. The battery pack according to claim 6 ,
wherein the tray stopper further includes a protrusion protruding downwards at a top surface thereof to compress an upper surface of an end line of the pack cover.

8. The battery pack according to claim 1 ,
wherein assembling holes are formed in the rim of the tray and the rim of the pack cover in one-to-one relationship.

9. The battery pack according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a sealing gasket disposed between the rim of the tray and the rim of the pack cover.

10. The battery pack according to claim 9 ,
wherein the sealing gasket has perforating holes corresponding to the assembling holes.

11. A vehicle, comprising the battery pack defined in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Tae-Hyuck
• Kwon Yu-Na
• Kim Sung-Gon
• Roh Tae-Hwan

Classifications

• B60L50/64 Primary

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

• H01M50/271

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

• B60L50/66

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• B60K1/04

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• H01M50/20 Primary

  Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) · CPC title