Battery pack and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11133554-B2
Application number	US-201916528764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2019
Priority date	Dec 30, 2018
Publication date	Sep 28, 2021
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a battery pack including a box body and a plurality of battery modules disposed in the box body and arranged in a horizontal direction. The battery module can include a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to each other by a plurality of first bus bars, the battery cell can include a battery case and two electrode terminals. The disclosed arrangement of the battery modules in the battery pack can effectively avoid short-circuiting the electrode terminals of the battery module caused by the collapse of the box body toward the inside, thereby improving the safety of the battery pack.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising:
a box body forming an accommodating chamber; and
a plurality of battery modules disposed in the accommodating chamber and arranged in a horizontal direction, a first battery module of the battery modules located at one end of the battery pack in the horizontal direction and a second battery module of the battery modules located at another end of the battery pack in the horizontal direction;
the battery modules each comprising:
a plurality of first bus bars; and
a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to each other by the plurality of first bus bars,
wherein each battery cell comprises a battery case, a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal, the battery case comprising a first surface and a fourth surface facing the first surface, and the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal are both disposed on the first surface of the battery case,

wherein a number of the plurality of battery modules is an odd number, the first surface of one of the battery modules and the fourth face of another one of the battery modules face each other, the other battery modules except one designated battery module is defined as a battery module assembly, and for any two adjacent battery modules of the battery module assembly, the first surface of one battery module and the first surface of the other battery module face each other, or the fourth surface of one battery module and the fourth surface of the other battery module face each other.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the battery case in a horizontal direction is larger than a dimension of the battery case in a vertical direction.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery case comprises two second surfaces and two third surfaces, an area of the second surface is larger than an area of the first surface and larger than an area of the third surface, the two second surfaces face each other in a vertical direction, the two third surfaces face each other in a horizontal direction, and any two of the first surfaces, the second surfaces, and the third surfaces are connected to each other.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein
the horizontal direction is a width direction of the battery pack, or
the horizontal direction is a length direction of the battery pack.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a partition plate is disposed between the two adjacent battery modules.

6. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of battery modules are electrically connected to each other by a plurality of second bus bars, and wherein the plurality of second bus bars are located at the same end of the plurality of battery modules.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery module comprises a tying band surrounding an outer periphery of the plurality of battery cells, the tying band comprises a long side and a short side, the long side faces a top surface of the battery module or a bottom surface of the battery module and extends in the horizontal direction, and the short side faces a side surface of the battery module and extends in the vertical direction.

8. The battery pack according to claim 6 , wherein the battery module comprises two end plates respectively disposed at two ends of the plurality of battery cells, and the tying band surrounds the outer periphery of the plurality of battery cells and the two end plates.

9. The battery pack according to claim 1 , comprising two or three battery cells stacked in a vertical direction in the battery module.

10. A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body; and
a battery pack according to claim 1 disposed at a bottom of the vehicle body, wherein
the first battery module and the second battery module in the battery pack are respectively arranged on two sides in a width direction of the vehicle body; or,
the first battery module and the second battery module in the battery pack are respectively arranged on two sides in a length direction of the vehicle body.

11. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each battery cell comprises an electrode assembly accommodated in the battery case.

12. The battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the electrode assembly comprises a first electrode sheet, a second electrode sheet, and a separator disposed between the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet.

13. The battery pack according to claim 12 , wherein the first electrode sheet, the second electrode sheet, and the separator are stacked in a vertical direction.

14. The battery pack according to claim 11 , wherein the electrode assembly has a wound structure or a laminated structure.

15. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the battery module comprises two tying bands, and the two typing bands are spaced apart.

16. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the tying band is connected head to tail by itself.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technlogy Co Ltd
• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shi Dongyang
• Chen Xingdi
• Zhou Linggang
• Wang Peng
• Lin Yongshou
• Xiang Yanhuo

Classifications

• B60L50/66 Primary

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/224

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/505

  comprising a single busbar · CPC title

• H01M50/289

  characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs (spacing elements inside cells other than separators, membranes or diaphragms H01M50/471) · CPC title

• H01M50/209

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