Battery device with heat exchange housing configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11283100-B2
Application number	US-201916512390-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2019
Priority date	Jul 17, 2018
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

A battery device includes: an exterior body having two outer side walls; a battery cell group configured by stacking battery cells each having an electrode terminal; temperature control medium flow paths provided inside the outer side walls; and a holding mechanism applying a pressure on the battery cell group in a direction of pressing the battery cell group toward the outer side wall, and holding the battery cell group. The battery cell has the electrode terminal on the upper portion. The battery cell group has a convex part protruding toward the outer side wall on a lower portion. An inner surface of the outer side wall has a concave part along the length direction of the exterior body at a lower position than the temperature control medium flow path. The battery cell group is held by the holding mechanism through engagement of the convex part and the concave part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery device, comprising:
an exterior body comprising two outer side walls;
at least one battery cell group housed between the two outer side walls of the exterior body and configured by stacking a plurality of battery cells each having an electrode terminal on an upper portion;
a temperature control medium flow path embedded inside at least one of the two outer side walls, wherein a temperature control medium for exchanging heat with the battery cells flows in the temperature control medium flow path; and
a holding mechanism applying a pressure on the battery cell group in a direction of pressing the battery cell group toward the outer side wall provided with the temperature control medium flow path, and holding the battery cell group in the exterior body, wherein the holding mechanism comprises a resin, a leaf spring, an elastic coil, a cam member, a pressing member, a link mechanism, a wedge mechanism or a filling member,
wherein the battery cell group comprises a convex part, which protrudes toward the outer side wall provided with the temperature control medium flow path, on a lower portion,
an inner surface of the outer side wall provided with the temperature control medium flow path comprises a concave part, which is engageable with the convex part, at a lower position than the temperature control medium flow path, and
the battery cell group is held by the holding mechanism in a state of being positioned in the exterior body through engagement of the convex part and the concave part.

2. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature control medium flow path is provided in each of the two outer side walls,
a plurality of the battery cell groups are housed in parallel between the two outer side walls of the exterior body, and
the holding mechanism is disposed between the battery cell groups, and applies a pressure on the battery cell groups in a direction of pulling the battery cell groups away from each other and pressing the battery cell groups toward the two opposite outer side walls, and holds the battery cell groups in the exterior body.

3. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior body is an extrusion-molded product with a direction along a lamination direction of the battery cells as an extrusion direction.

4. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein a crushable heat transfer sheet is disposed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group and at a higher position than the convex part,
the battery cell group comprises a stopper protrusion, which is at a higher position than the heat transfer sheet and sets a gap between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group, and
the heat transfer sheet is crushed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group, and is clamped in the gap set by the stopper protrusion.

5. The battery device according to claim 4 , wherein the battery cell group comprises a separator that insulates between the battery cells adjacent to each other in the lamination direction, and
the convex part and the stopper protrusion are provided on the separator.

6. The battery device according to claim 5 , wherein the separator comprises an upper side plate part disposed on an upper portion of a side surface of the battery cell and a lower side plate part disposed on a lower portion,
the stopper protrusion is provided on the upper side plate part of the separator, and
the convex part is provided on the lower side plate part of the separator.

7. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the convex part has a trapezoid shape that has two inclined outer surfaces arranged one above the other and one tip end surface between the two inclined outer surfaces, and
the concave part has two inclined inner surfaces to be respectively in contact with the two inclined outer surfaces of the convex part.

8. The battery device according to claim 2 , wherein the exterior body is an extrusion-molded product with a direction along a lamination direction of the battery cells as an extrusion direction.

9. The battery device according to claim 2 , wherein a crushable heat transfer sheet is disposed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group and at a higher position than the convex part,
the battery cell group comprises a stopper protrusion, which is at a higher position than the heat transfer sheet and sets a gap between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group, and
the heat transfer sheet is crushed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group, and is clamped in the gap set by the stopper protrusion.

10. The battery device according to claim 3 , wherein a crushable heat transfer sheet is disposed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group and at a higher position than the convex part,
the battery cell group comprises a stopper protrusion, which is at a higher position than the heat transfer sheet and sets a gap between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group, and
the heat transfer sheet is crushed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group, and is clamped in the gap set by the stopper protrusion.

11. The battery device according to claim 2 , wherein the convex part has a trapezoid shape that has two inclined outer surfaces arranged one above the other and one tip end surface between the two inclined outer surfaces, and
the concave part has two inclined inner surfaces to be respectively in contact with the two inclined outer surfaces of the convex part.

12. The battery device according to claim 3 , wherein the convex part has a trapezoid shape that has two inclined outer surfaces arranged one above the other and one tip end surface between the two inclined outer surfaces, and
the concave part has two inclined inner surfaces to be respectively in contact with the two inclined outer surfaces of the convex part.

13. The battery device according to claim 4 , wherein the convex part has a trapezoid shape that has two inclined outer surfaces arranged one above the other and one tip end surface between the two inclined outer surfaces, and
the concave part has two inclined inner surfaces to be respectively in contact with the two inclined outer surfaces of the convex part.

14. The battery device according to claim 5 , wherein the convex part has a trapezoid shape that has two inclined outer surfaces arranged one above the other and one tip end surface between the two inclined outer surfaces, and
the concave part has two inclined inner surfaces to be respectively in contact with the two inclined outer surfaces of the convex part.

15. The battery device according to claim 6 , wherein the convex part has a trapezoid shape that has two inclined outer surfaces arranged one above the other and one tip end surface between the two inclined outer surfaces, and
the concave part has two inclined inner surfaces to be respectively in contact with the two inclined outer surfaces of the convex part.

16. The battery device according to claim 8 , wherein a crushable heat transfer sheet is disposed between the outer side wall, to which the battery cell group is pressed, and the battery cell group and at a higher position than the convex pa

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miyoshi Kyosuke
• Asai Yoshiatsu

Classifications

• H01M50/271

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

• H01M50/209

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

• H01M10/48

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• H01M10/6568

  characterised by flow circuits, e.g. loops, located externally to the cells or cell casings · CPC title

• H01M10/655

  Solid structures for heat exchange or heat conduction · CPC title