Relay, battery distribution box and battery pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12080498-B2
Application number	US-202217827775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2022
Priority date	Mar 17, 2022
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a relay, a battery distribution box and a battery pack. The relay includes a relay body and a buffer assembly. The relay body includes a housing and a stationary contact, a movable contact and a coil assembly located inside the housing. The coil assembly is abler to drive the movable contact to move toward or away from the stationary contact to make the movable contact to contact or disconnect from the stationary contact. The housing is fixed through the base, the buffer assembly is mounted on the base, and/or is mounted on the outside of the housing, and configured to buffer the force generated by the action of the movable contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A relay, comprising: a relay body and a buffer assembly;
wherein the relay body comprises a housing and a stationary contact, a movable contact and a coil assembly inside the housing, the coil assembly is able to drive the movable contact to move toward or away from the stationary contact, such that the movable contact is brought into contact with or disconnected from the stationary contact;
the housing is fixed through a base, and the buffer assembly is arranged on the base, and/or mounted on an outside of the housing, and configured to buffer a force generated by an action of the movable contact,
wherein the relay further comprises a first connector, and the first connector is configured to connect the relay body onto the base, and the first connector is arranged to be spaced apart from the buffer assembly.

2. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer assembly comprises a buffer member;
the base is provided with a fixing hole penetrating the base, the buffer member is a cylindrical structure, and the buffer member is arranged in the fixing hole.

3. The relay according to claim 2 , wherein the buffer member at least partially protrudes from a first surface, and the first surface is a surface on one side of the base facing away from the relay body.

4. The relay according to claim 3 , wherein the base has a configuration area for configuring the relay body, and the fixing hole is located outside the configuration area.

5. The relay according to claim 2 , wherein along an axial direction of the buffer member, the buffer member comprises a first end portion, a connecting segment and a second end portion;
a plurality of protrusions are provided on one side of the first end portion facing away from the connecting segment, and the plurality of protrusions are distributed at intervals around an axis of the buffer member; and/or,
the plurality of protrusions are provided on one side of the second end portion facing away from the connecting segment, and the plurality of protrusions are distributed at intervals around the axis of the buffer member.

6. The relay according to claim 5 , wherein the buffer assembly further comprises a support member, the buffer member is internally provided with a sleeve hole for coupling with the support member, and an axis of the sleeve hole is parallel to the axis of the buffer member.

7. The relay according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of protruding strips are arranged along an axial direction of the sleeve hole on a side wall of the sleeve hole, and an extending direction of the protruding strips is parallel to the axial direction of the buffer member.

8. The relay according to claim 7 , wherein the base has a configuration area for configuring the relay body, and the fixing hole is located outside the configuration area.

9. The relay according to claim 6 , wherein the support member comprises a cover plate portion and a guide portion, the guide portion is sleeved with the buffer member, and the cover plate portion is in contact with the first end portion;
the support member has a connection hole penetrating through the cover plate portion and the guide portion, and an axial direction of the connection hole is parallel to an axial direction of the sleeve hole.

10. The relay according to claim 6 , wherein the base has a configuration area for configuring the relay body, and the fixing hole is located outside the configuration area.

11. The relay according to claim 5 , wherein the base has a configuration area for configuring the relay body, and the fixing hole is located outside the configuration area.

12. The relay according to claim 2 , wherein the base has a configuration area for configuring the relay body, and the fixing hole is located outside the configuration area.

13. The relay according to claim 12 , wherein the fixing hole is in plurality, and the plurality of the fixing holes are distributed at intervals around the configuration area; and
at least one of the fixing holes is provided with the buffer assembly.

14. The relay according to claim 13 , wherein the buffer assembly corresponds to the fixing holes one by one.

15. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein a sound absorbing element is arranged between the relay body and the base.

16. The relay according to claim 15 , wherein the sound absorbing element comprises at least one of a sound dampening cotton or a sound absorbing cotton or a sound insulating cotton.

17. The relay according to claim 16 , wherein the first connector penetrates through the base, the sound absorbing element and the relay body in sequence.

18. A battery power distribution box, comprising a frame and the relay as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relay is arranged on the frame;
wherein the buffer assembly in the relay is in contact with the frame.

19. A battery pack, comprising a box body and the battery power distribution box as claimed in claim 18 ;
wherein the battery distribution box is arranged in the box body.

20. A battery pack, comprising a box body and the relay as claimed in claim 1 ;
wherein the relay is arranged in the box body, and the buffer assembly is in contact with the box body.

Assignees

• Calb Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Linghang

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M2200/00

  Safety devices for primary or secondary batteries · CPC title

• H01H71/02

  Housings; Casings; Bases; Mountings · CPC title

• H01H50/443

  Connections to coils · CPC title

• H01H50/36

  Stationary parts of magnetic circuit, e.g. yoke · CPC title