Power storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11217842-B2
Application number	US-201716496873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2017
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A power storage device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a casing including a bottom wall and a top wall opposite to the bottom wall; a storage battery; an electrical unit; and a cooling unit. The storage battery is disposed in the casing and separated from the bottom wall. The electrical unit is disposed in the casing and located closer to the top wall than the storage battery is. A first fan is disposed between the storage battery and the electrical unit and configured to direct air from the storage battery toward the electrical unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power storage device comprising:
a casing including a bottom wall and a top wall opposite to the bottom wall;
a storage battery disposed in the casing and separated from the bottom wall;
an electrical unit disposed in the casing and located closer to the top wall than the storage battery is;
a first fan disposed between the storage battery and the electrical unit; and
a fixture to fix the storage battery, wherein
the first fan directs air from the storage battery toward the electrical unit by being disposed between the storage battery and the electrical unit so as to face the storage battery or electrical unit,
the fixture is disposed on a side of the first fan located to face the storage battery, is disposed along an outer periphery of the first fan and is in contact with the first fan, and defines a space between the storage battery and the first fan.

2. The power storage device according to claim 1 , further comprising a support plate which is disposed in the casing and on which the storage battery is mounted, wherein
the casing further includes a side wall continuing from the bottom wall and from the top wall,
the support plate has an opening extending through the support plate in a portion where the storage battery is not mounted, and
the side wall has an air inlet extending through the side wall and connecting a space between the bottom wall and the support plate to an outside of the casing.

3. The power storage device according to claim 2 , further comprising a filter disposed to cover the opening.

4. The power storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the support plate includes a protrusion disposed to sandwich the storage battery and protruding toward the top wall.

5. The power storage device according to claim 4 , further comprising a protective member disposed to cover the protrusion.

6. The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixture is protruding from the first fan toward the storage battery and abutting against the storage battery.

7. The power storage device according to claim 6 , wherein the fixture includes a cushioning member disposed in a portion of the fixture, the portion being abutting against the storage battery.

8. The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical unit includes:
a seal member;
a heat-generating component disposed in a space defined by the seal member; and
a heat sink disposed to face the first fan, and exposed at least partially from the seal member.

9. The power storage device according to claim 8 , wherein the electrical unit further includes a second fan disposed in the space defined by the seal member.

10. The power storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing further includes a side wall continuing from the top wall and from the bottom wall, and
the side wall has an air outlet extending through the side wall and located closer to the bottom wall than the first fan is.

11. The power storage device according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least a portion of each of the storage battery, the first fan, and the electrical unit are aligned with each other in a vertical direction.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Akita Tetsuo
• Ueda Mitsuyasu
• Ayai Naoki

Classifications

• H01M50/271

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

• 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

• H01M10/6563

  with forced flow, e.g. by blowers · CPC title

• H01M10/613

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title

• H01M10/6565

  with recirculation or U-turn in the flow path, i.e. back and forth · CPC title