Battery pack and electric apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12070994-B2
Application number	US-202117560278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2021
Priority date	Aug 20, 2021
Publication date	Aug 27, 2024
Grant date	Aug 27, 2024

Abstract

A battery pack is provided, including at least one layer of battery cells in a height direction thereof. Each layer of battery cells includes either or both of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of battery cells. The battery cells in each row are arranged end-to-end in a length direction of the battery pack. The rows are arranged in a width direction of the battery pack. At least a part of the battery cells in each row are staggered with corresponding battery cells in an immediately adjacent row of battery cells. The battery cells in each column are arranged end-to-end in the width direction of the battery pack. The columns are arranged in the length direction of the battery pack. At least a part of the battery cells in each column are staggered with corresponding battery cells in an immediately adjacent column of battery cells.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising at least one layer of battery cells in a height direction of the battery pack, wherein each of the at least one layer of battery cells comprises either or both of a plurality of rows of battery cells and a plurality of columns of battery cells,
the battery cells in each of the plurality of rows are arranged end-to-end in a length direction of the battery pack, the plurality of rows are arranged in a width direction of the battery pack, and at least a part of the battery cells in each of the plurality of rows are staggered with respect to corresponding battery cells in an immediately adjacent row of battery cells;
the battery cells in each of the plurality of columns are arranged end-to-end in the width direction of the battery pack, the plurality of columns are arranged in the length direction of the battery pack, and at least a part of the battery cells in each of the plurality of columns are staggered with respect to corresponding battery cells in an immediately adjacent column of battery cells.

2. The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein an overlapping length S between each of the at least a part of the battery cells in each row or column and the corresponding battery cell in the immediately adjacent row or column is larger than or equal to 1% of a length L1 and smaller than or equal to 99% of the length L1, wherein the length L1 is a maximum battery cell length in the each row or column and the immediately adjacent row or column.

3. The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein any two adjacent rows or columns of battery cells are spaced from each other.

4. The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein any two adjacent battery cells in each of the plurality of rows or columns are spaced from each other.

5. The battery pack of claim 4 , wherein an interval between any two adjacent battery cells in each of the plurality of rows or columns is larger than or equal to 0.1% of a length L2 and smaller than or equal to 10% of the length L2, wherein the length L2 is a maximum battery cell length in the two adjacent battery cells in the each of the plurality of rows or columns.

6. The battery pack of claim 1 , comprising at least one module casing enclosing a number of battery cells of the at least one layer of battery cells, wherein each of the at least one module casing and the battery cells enclosed thereby constitute a battery module.

7. The battery pack of claim 6 , comprising either or both of a plurality of the battery modules arranged in rows in the width direction of the battery pack and a plurality of the battery modules arranged in columns in the length direction of the battery pack, wherein the battery modules in each of the rows are arranged end-to-end in the length direction of the battery pack, and the battery modules in each of the columns are arranged end-to-end in the width direction of the battery pack.

8. The battery pack of claim 1 , further comprising a housing, wherein the at least one layer of battery cells are contained in the housing.

9. The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein all of the battery cells in each of the plurality of rows are staggered with respect to the corresponding battery cells in the immediately adjacent row of the plurality of rows.

10. The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein all of the battery cells in each of the plurality of columns are staggered with respect to the corresponding battery cells in the immediately adjacent column of the plurality of columns.

11. The battery pack of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the at least one layer of battery cells in the height direction of the battery pack.

12. The battery pack of claim 11 , wherein any two adjacent layers of the plurality of the at least one layer are spaced from each other in the height direction of the battery pack.

13. An electric apparatus, comprising the battery pack of claim 1 .

14. The electric apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the electric apparatus is an electric vehicle.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Zhou Qing
• Chen Po-Wen
• Xia Yong

Classifications

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• H01M50/242

  adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling · CPC title

• H01M50/209 Primary

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

• B60L50/66

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• B60L50/64 Primary

  Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title