Electricity storage device including a plurality of cooling layers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11830994-B2
Application number	US-202117503704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2021
Priority date	Nov 25, 2020
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

An electricity storage device includes an electricity storage module and a cooling device disposed adjacent to the electricity storage module. The cooling device includes a first cooling layer that is adjacent to the electricity storage module and a second cooling layer that is located on the opposite side of the first cooling layer from the electricity storage module. In the first cooling layer, a plurality of first cooling channels that is disposed at intervals in an array direction and first walls that are located between the first cooling channels are formed. In the second cooling layer, a plurality of second cooling channels that is disposed at intervals in the array direction and second walls that are located between the second cooling channels are formed. At least some of the first walls are disposed so as to be offset from the second walls.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electricity storage device comprising:
an electricity storage module; and
a cooling device disposed adjacent to the electricity storage module, wherein:
the cooling device includes a first cooling layer that is adjacent to the electricity storage module and a second cooling layer that is located on the opposite side of the first cooling layer from the electricity storage module;
in the first cooling layer, a plurality of first cooling channels that is disposed at intervals in an array direction and first walls that are located between the first cooling channels are formed;
in the second cooling layer, a plurality of second cooling channels that is disposed at intervals in the array direction and second walls that are located between the second cooling channels are formed;
at least some of the first walls are disposed so as to be offset from the second walls; and
the intervals between the first walls are wider at a front side of the cooling device than at a rear side of the cooling device, and the intervals between the second walls are wider at the front side of the cooling device than at the rear side of the cooling device.

2. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cooling device includes a refrigerant supply part that extends in the array direction and is connected to the first cooling channels and the second cooling channels;
the refrigerant supply part has a center portion located at a center in the array direction, a first portion located from one end to the center in the array direction, and a second portion located from the other end to the center in the array direction;
a supply opening through which a refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant supply part is formed at the first portion; and
a cross-sectional area of a first cooling channel located on a side of the first portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of a first cooling channel located on a side of the second portion.

3. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cooling device includes a refrigerant supply part that extends in the array direction and is connected to the first cooling channels and the second cooling channels;
the refrigerant supply part has a center portion located at a center in the array direction, a first portion located from one end to the center in the array direction, and a second portion located from the other end to the center in the array direction;
a supply opening through which a refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant supply part is formed at the first portion; and
a cross-sectional area of a second cooling channel located on a side of the first portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of a second cooling channel located on a side of the second portion.

4. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cooling device includes a third cooling layer that is formed at a position adjacent to the first cooling layer and the second cooling layer in the array direction, and a refrigerant supply part that extends in the array direction;
a third cooling channel is formed in the third cooling layer;
the refrigerant supply part is formed so as to connect the first cooling channels, the second cooling channels, and the third cooling channel to one another;
the refrigerant supply part has a center portion located at a center in the array direction, a first portion located from one end to the center in the array direction, and a second portion located from the other end to the center in the array direction;
a supply opening through which a refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant supply part is formed at the first portion; and
a cross-sectional area of the third cooling channel is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first cooling channel.

5. A vehicle comprising the electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cooling channels extend in a width direction of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the second cooling channels extend in the width direction of the vehicle.

7. The electricity storage device of claim 1 , wherein
two first cooling channels of the plurality of first cooling channels, which are adjacent each other, and one of the first walls, which is between the two first cooling channels, are arranged on a second cooling channel of the plurality of second cooling channels.

8. The electricity storage device of claim 1 , wherein
in the first cooling layer, the plurality of first cooling channels includes at least four first cooling channels, each of the four first cooling channels having a different width.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukushi Takanori
• Suzuki Yusuke
• Kondo Tadahiro
• Tashiro Hiroki

Classifications

• H01M10/613 Primary

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title

• H01M10/6551

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

• H01M10/6555

  arranged between the cells · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M50/249 Primary

  specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) · CPC title