Extruded part, battery housing having an extruded part, method for producing an extruded part, extrusion tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11981051-B2
Application number	US-202118019644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2021
Priority date	Aug 11, 2020
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

An extruded part is formed by extrusion of at least one polymer melt, wherein the polymer melt or polymer melts has/have two melt fronts, which form two material inner edges of the extruded part when the polymer melt or polymer melts is/are in the solidified state; —the two material inner edges are integrally bonded to each other and define a linear binding seam of the extruded part. The binding seam is situated in a connection region of the extruded part; and—the extruded part has at least one fiber grid, which is situated in the connection region of the extruded part and is connected to the extruded part such that the fiber grid bridges the two material inner edges. The extruded part may be a part of a battery housing for a traction battery.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An extruded part formed by extrusion of at least one polymer melt that has two melt fronts, wherein said extruded part is a shell for a battery housing of a motor vehicle's traction battery, wherein said extruded part comprises two material inner edges that are formed upon solidification of the polymer melt, wherein the two material inner edges are integrally bonded to each other and define a linear binding seam of the extruded part, wherein the binding seam is situated in a connection region of the extruded part; and wherein the extruded part has at least one fiber grid, which is situated at least in the connection region of the extruded part and is connected to the extruded part such that the fiber grid bridges the two material inner edges.

2. The extruded part according to claim 1 , wherein at least 50% of the fibers of the fiber grid have a longitudinal extension which runs transversely to the binding seam and encloses an angle of between 45° and 90° with the binding seam.

3. The extruded part according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fiber grid adjoins an inner surface of the extruded part.

4. The extruded part according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fiber grid adjoins an outer surface of the extruded part.

5. The extruded part according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber grid is embedded in a matrix material, the matrix material being integrally bonded to the polymer melt or polymer melts.

6. Battery housing for a traction battery, wherein the battery housing has at least one extruded part according to claim 1 .

7. Traction battery for a motor vehicle, wherein the traction battery has a battery housing according to claim 6 , wherein at least one battery module is contained in the interior of the battery housing.

8. A method for producing the extruded part of claim 1 by means of an extrusion tool, the method having the following method steps:
placing at least one polymer melt in a die of the extrusion tool that is in the open position;
placing a fiber grid in the extrusion tool;
closing the extrusion tool so that a punch of the extrusion tool comes into contact with the at least one polymer melt and the polymer melt is deformed by applying pressure by means of the punch and the fiber grid is surrounded on two sides by two melt fronts of the at least one polymer melt and is bonded to the polymer melt.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the fiber grid is placed in the extrusion tool such that the fiber grid is situated in the immediate vicinity of a core of the die, so that the core is situated between the polymer melt and the fiber grid.

10. The method according to claim 8 , characterized by the following features:
placing two polymer melts in the die of the extrusion tool that is in the open position;
placing the fiber grid between the two polymer melts;
closing the extrusion tool so that the punch of the extrusion tool comes into contact with the two polymer melts and the polymer melts are deformed by applying pressure by means of the punch and the fiber grid is surrounded by a first melt front of the first polymer melt and by a second melt front of the second polymer melt and is bonded to the polymer melts.

11. An extrusion tool for producing the extruded part of claim 1 for a traction battery, wherein the extrusion tool has a die and a punch, wherein the die has a receiving device for receiving a fiber grid, the extrusion die being characterized by the following features:
the extrusion tool has a tool part which can be adjusted along a pressing direction (P) of the punch between a first position and a second position;
the extrusion tool has at least one core which can be adjusted between a first position and a second position along an extension direction (R) running transversely to the pressing direction (P);
the tool part has at least one receiving opening for receiving the core, the core being insertable into the receiving opening of the tool part in its second position only when the tool part is in its second position.

12. The extrusion tool according to claim 11 , wherein the receiving device is designed as a recess in the die.

Assignees

• Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co Kg
• Weber Fibertech Gmbh

Inventors

• Wolf Hartmut
• Stötzner Norbert

Classifications

• B29C33/0033 Primary

  constructed for making articles provided with holes · CPC title

• B29C43/18 Primary

  incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles {(B29C43/206 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B29C43/361

  with pressing members independently movable of the parts for opening or closing the mould, e.g. movable pistons (transfer moulding B29C45/02; injection-compression moulding B29C45/561) · CPC title

• B29C43/40

  with means for cutting the article · CPC title

• B29C48/154

  Coating solid articles, i.e. non-hollow articles · CPC title