Energy store including a storage module assembly with fans

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12224418-B2
Application number	US-202017762798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2020
Priority date	Oct 2, 2019
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

An energy store includes a storage module having a fan. The fan is arranged as a radial fan, and channels extend through the storage module, e.g., axially, open into a spatial region which is delimited by a cover part of the energy store connected to the storage module and the storage module. The cover part has a recess extending through the cover part, e.g., axially, which is covered by the fan, e.g., by the suction region of the fan, e.g., on the side of the cover part facing away from the storage module, and the energy store has a deflection hood, e.g., for deflecting the conveyed air flow in the axial direction, on the side of the cover part facing away from the storage module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An energy store, comprising:
a storage module;
a cover part connected to the storage module;
a deflection hood arranged on a side of the cover part facing away from the storage module; and
a radial fan;
wherein channels extending through the storage module open into a spatial region delimited by the cover part and the storage module;
wherein a recess extends through the cover part and is covered by the fan; and
wherein a clear diameter of each of the channels varies periodically in an axial direction within the storage module.

2. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the channels extend axially through the storage module, the recess extends axially through the cover part, the recess is covered by a suction region of the fan on a side of the cover part facing away from the storage module, the deflection hood is adapted to deflect a conveyed air flow in an axial direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the storage module.

3. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the deflection hood is adapted to deflect an air flow, conveyed by the fan, in an axial direction to flow along an outside of the storage module.

4. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein an air baffle plate of the deflection hood is adapted to deflect an air flow, conveyed by the fan, in an axial direction to flow along an outside of the storage module.

5. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the deflection hood is connected to the storage module and/or the cover part.

6. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the deflection hood protrudes laterally over the storage module, so that air flow emerging between the storage module and the deflection hood exits in the axial direction.

7. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the deflection hood protrudes laterally over the storage module, so that air flow emerging between the storage module and an air baffle plate of the deflection hood exits in the axial direction.

8. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the channels are spaced apart from one another and/or extend in parallel to each other.

9. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein an air flow exiting from the fan flows into a second spatial region delimited by the deflection hood and the cover part, and an outlet opening is provided between the deflection hood and the storage module.

10. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein an air flow exiting from the fan flows into a second spatial region delimited by the deflection hood and the cover part, and an outlet opening is provided between the deflection hood and the storage module to exit conveyed air flow from the second spatial region into the surroundings.

11. The energy store according to claim 9 , wherein an air flow conveyed by the fan flows through the channels in an opposite direction to a through-flow direction of the outlet opening.

12. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein an axis of rotation of the fan is aligned in parallel to an axial direction of the energy store.

13. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the deflection hood is arranged as a stamped-bent, sheet metal part and an air baffle of the deflection hood plate is arranged an angled region of the deflection hood.

14. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the fan includes an outlet opening for an emerging air flow, and a circumferential angular range overlapped by the outlet opening overlaps and/or includes a circumferential angular range covered by the outlet opening.

15. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the fan includes an outlet opening for an emerging air flow through which the air flow conveyed by the fan exits radially, and a circumferential angular range overlapped by the outlet opening overlaps and/or includes a circumferential angular range covered by the outlet opening.

16. The energy store according to claim 1 , wherein the storage module includes modules arranged in succession in the axial direction, and the clear diameter of each channel has a maximum value in a connecting region of two respective modules.

Assignees

• Sew Eurodrive Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schmidt Josef
• Altan Firat
• Hauck Matthias
• Zöller Thomas

Classifications

• H01M50/20

  Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) · CPC title

• H01M10/6565

  with recirculation or U-turn in the flow path, i.e. back and forth · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/6566

  Means within the gas flow to guide the flow around one or more cells, e.g. manifolds, baffles or other barriers (H01M10/6565 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/613

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title