Cooling plate for controlling the temperature of at least one battery cell, and battery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11437668-B2
Application number	US-201916578594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A cooling plate (10) for controlling the temperature of at least one battery cell, in particular for a traction battery, having a frame (12), which forms a flow chamber (16) for a coolant to flow through, and a cover (14) of flexible design which delimits the flow chamber (16) in an at least partially fluid-tight manner and is provided for making thermal contact with the at least one battery cell. It is proposed that the cooling plate (10) has at least one supporting element (30), which is arranged within the flow chamber (16) and around which coolant can flow, for increasing the turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow chamber (16) and for supporting the at least one battery cell, which supporting element makes mechanical contact with the cover (14) of flexible design.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooling plate ( 10 ) for controlling the temperature of at least one battery cell, the cooling plate having a frame ( 12 ), which forms a flow chamber ( 16 ) for a coolant to flow through, and a flexible cover ( 14 ), which delimits the flow chamber ( 16 ) in an at least partially fluid-tight manner and which is provided for making thermal contact with the at least one battery cell, characterized in that the cooling plate ( 10 ) has at least one supporting element ( 30 ), which is fixed to the frame ( 12 ), which is arranged within the flow chamber ( 16 ) and around which coolant can flow, the supporting element ( 30 ) being configured for increasing turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow chamber ( 16 ) and for supporting the at least one battery cell, and the supporting element making mechanical contact with the flexible cover ( 14 ), wherein at least one portion of the flexible cover ( 14 ) is fixed to the at least one supporting element ( 30 ), wherein the flexible cover ( 14 ) is elastically deformable and is configured to expand in a direction moving away from the frame ( 12 ) due to internal pressure of the coolant flowing through the flow chamber ( 16 ), and wherein the flexible cover ( 14 ) is restricted from expanding at the at least one portion of the flexible cover ( 14 ) that is fixed to the at least one supporting element ( 30 ).

2. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) has a round or oval or droplet-shaped or parallelogram-shaped cross-sectional area ( 36 ).

3. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) includes at least ten first supporting elements ( 30 a ) arranged in a first row along a longitudinal direction ( 18 ) of the cooling plate ( 10 ), and at least ten second supporting elements ( 30 b ) arranged in a second row along the longitudinal direction ( 18 ) of the cooling plate ( 10 ).

4. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 3 , characterized in that the second supporting elements ( 30 b ) are arranged in a manner offset in relation to the first supporting elements ( 30 a ).

5. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) includes at least ten supporting elements ( 30 ), of which four supporting elements ( 30 ) form a parallelogram ( 42 ).

6. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) comprises at least one film.

7. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) is connected in a materially bonded manner to the frame ( 12 ).

8. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) is connected in a materially bonded manner to the at least one supporting element ( 30 ).

9. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the frame ( 12 ) has a first connection ( 26 ) which is configured for supplying the coolant, and in that the frame ( 12 ) has a second connection ( 28 ) which is configured for discharging the coolant.

10. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) comprises a plurality of films.

11. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) comprises a composite film.

12. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) is connected in a materially bonded manner to webs ( 46 ) which delimit the flow chamber ( 16 ).

13. A battery system comprising a cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 1 and a battery module, wherein the battery module has at least one battery cell and the at least one battery cell is arranged on the flexible cover ( 14 ), so that a thermal contact-connection is formed between the at least one battery cell and the flexible cover ( 14 ).

14. The battery system according to claim 13 , characterized in that the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) has a round or oval or droplet-shaped or parallelogram-shaped cross-sectional area ( 36 ).

15. The battery system according to claim 13 , characterized in that the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) includes at least ten first supporting elements ( 30 a ) arranged in a first row along a longitudinal direction ( 18 ) of the battery system, and at least ten second supporting elements ( 30 b ) arranged in a second row along the longitudinal direction ( 18 ) of The battery system.

16. The battery system according to claim 15 , characterized in that the second supporting elements ( 30 b ) are arranged in a manner offset in relation to the first supporting elements ( 30 a ).

17. The battery system according to claim 13 , characterized in that the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) includes at least ten supporting elements ( 30 ), of which four supporting elements ( 30 ) form a parallelogram ( 42 ).

18. The battery system according to claim 13 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) comprises at least one film.

19. The battery system according to claim 13 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) is connected in a materially bonded manner to the frame ( 12 ).

20. The battery system according to claim 13 , characterized in that the flexible cover ( 14 ) is connected in a materially bonded manner to the at least one supporting element ( 30 ).

21. The cooling plate ( 10 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the frame ( 12 ) has a planar surface partially defining the flow chamber ( 16 ), and wherein the at least one supporting element ( 30 ) extends from the planar surface of the frame ( 12 ).

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Schmitt Markus
• Ruehle Andreas
• Kopp Benjamin

Classifications

• H01M50/204

  Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells · CPC title

• F28F3/04

  the means being integral with the element · CPC title

• F28F13/12

  by creating turbulence, e.g. by stirring, by increasing the force of circulation (F28F13/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/6567

  Liquids · CPC title

• H01M10/613 Primary

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title