Battery pack having heat dissipation assembly to assist heat dissipation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11830993-B2
Application number	US-202017029494-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2020
Priority date	Sep 23, 2019
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

The invention provides a battery pack comprising a battery cell assembly and a heat dissipation assembly. The battery cell assembly comprises a battery cell array and a channel arranged in the battery cell array. The battery cell array is formed by arranging a plurality of cells in a certain form. The channel is enclosed by N cells, wherein N>2. The heat dissipation assembly comprises a heat-absorbing member arranged in the channel. The heat-absorbing member comprises N side walls, wherein the N side walls respectively abut against the side walls of the N battery cells. Compared with the prior art, the battery pack has the advantages that the battery pack assists the battery cell assembly in heat dissipation through the heat dissipation assembly, which can make the temperature of each area of the battery cell assembly more balanced.

First claim

I claim:

1. A battery pack, which comprises:
a battery cell assembly including a battery cell array composed of a plurality of battery cells and a channel provided in the battery cell array, the channel being formed by the surrounding of N battery cells, wherein N>2, the channel being large enough to receive one cell from the battery cell array; and
a heat dissipation assembly including a heat-absorbing member disposed in the channel, the heat-absorbing member and the one cell being interchangeable in the channel, and the heat-absorbing member including N side walls,
wherein the N side walls respectively abut against the side walls of the N battery cells; and wherein the heat dissipation assembly comprises a heat-conducting member in contact with the heat-absorbing member to dissipate the heat absorbed by the heat-absorbing member; and
wherein the heat-conducting member includes a shaft body disposed along an axial direction of the battery cell assembly and a plurality of heat dissipation fins provided on an arc-shaped sidewall of the shaft body.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-conducting member is partially located inside the heat-absorbing member and partially located outside the heat-absorbing member.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-conducting member penetrates the heat-absorbing member along the axial direction of the battery cell assembly.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the battery pack further comprises a housing for accommodating the battery cell assembly and the heat dissipation assembly, and the heat-conducting member is in contact with the housing.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-absorbing member is made of shape-stabilized phase change material.

6. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-absorbing member comprises phase change material and a heat-conducting shell accommodating the phase change material.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of heat dissipation fins has a plurality of rows, and each row of the plurality of heat dissipation fins forms a straight line parallel to an axis of the shaft body along the axial direction of the battery cell assembly.

8. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein at least two rows of the plurality of heat dissipation fins are symmetric about the axis of the shaft body.

9. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each fin is configured to perpendicularly outwardly extend from the shaft body along a radial direction of the shaft body.

Assignees

• Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wei Lv

Classifications

• H01M10/613 Primary

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title

• H01M10/653

  characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials · CPC title

• H01M10/659

  by heat storage or buffering, e.g. heat capacity or liquid-solid phase changes or transition · CPC title

• H01M10/6551

  Surfaces specially adapted for heat dissipation or radiation, e.g. fins or coatings · CPC title

• H01M50/213

  adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) · CPC title