Frame structural part and battery housing with a frame structure composed of such frame structural parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12300830-B2
Application number	US-202017636959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2020
Priority date	Sep 9, 2019
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

A frame structure part for forming a frame structure for a battery housing of an electric motor vehicle with at least two hollow chamber profiles, which are connected to one another at an angle and each have at least two chambers and a mounting surface extending in the x-y plane and located on the upper side of the profiles in a common plane. A sealing fillet following the longitudinal extension of the profiles is introduced into the mounting surface for receiving a seal, wherein the ends of both profiles are mitered in a first profile section extending from the mounting surface over the entire extension of the uppermost chamber in the z-direction, and the miter joints are connected to one another, so that the joint-end mouths of the fillets of the two profiles adjoin one another. The first profile, in a second profile section located in the z-direction below the first profile section adjoining the same, bears with its end face against a side face of the second profile and is connected thereto. Also described is a battery housing with a frame structure having a plurality of such frame structure parts.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A frame structure part of a frame structure of a battery housing of an electric motor-driven motor vehicle, comprising:
hollow chamber profiles including a first hollow chamber profile and a second hollow chamber profile which are connected to each other at an angle, each hollow chamber profile having at least two chambers arranged one above the other in a z-direction, and a mounting surface extending in an x-y plane and located on the upper side of the hollow chamber profiles in a common plane,
wherein each hollow chamber profile has a sealing fillet following a longitudinal extension of the hollow chamber profile, the sealing fillet formed as a recess with a concave cross-sectional geometry introduced into the mounting surface of the hollow chamber profile for receiving a seal,
wherein ends of the hollow chamber profiles are mitered to form miter joints in a first profile section which extends from the mounting surface over an entire extension of an uppermost chamber of the at least two chambers in the z-direction, with the miter joints of two adjoining hollow chamber profiles connected to each other, such that joint-end mouths of the sealing fillets of the two adjoining hollow chamber profiles adjoin each other, and
wherein, in a second profile section which is located in the z-direction below the first profile section and adjoins the first profile section, an end face of the first hollow chamber profile extending in a y-z plane bears against a side face of the second hollow chamber profile extending in a x-z plane and is connected to the second hollow chamber profile.

2. The frame structure part of claim 1 , wherein the sealing fillets are curved in a region of adjoining miter joints.

3. The frame structure part of claim 1 , wherein each sealing fillet is laterally open at an outer side wall of the respective hollow chamber profile.

4. The frame structure part of claim 1 , wherein a supporting leg is formed on each hollow chamber profile, and an end face of the supporting leg of the first hollow chamber profile adjoins a side face of the supporting leg of the second hollow chamber profile, whereby a cross section of each hollow chamber profile is L-shaped.

5. The frame structure part of claim 4 , wherein a shoulder is integrally formed on each hollow chamber profile and/or the supporting leg of each hollow chamber profile, and an end face of the shoulder of the first hollow chamber profile adjoins a side face of the shoulder of the second hollow chamber profile and is connected thereto.

6. The frame structure part of claim 5 , wherein the shoulder is a hollow chamber.

7. The frame structure part of claim 1 , wherein each hollow chamber profile has a cover positioning extension projecting orthogonally from the mounting surface and aligned with an inner side wall of the hollow chamber profile, and the cover positioning extension is integrally formed on the mounting surface.

8. The frame structure part of claim 1 , wherein the uppermost chamber is separated from another chamber located below in the z-direction by a web running in an x-y plane.

9. The frame structural part of claim 1 , wherein the hollow chamber profiles of the frame structure part are extruded aluminum profiles.

10. The frame structure part of claim 1 , wherein the frame structure part is part of the frame structure of the battery housing for accommodating one or more battery modules, the frame structure having a plurality of such frame structure parts.

11. A battery housing for an electric motor-driven vehicle, comprising: a cover, a base and a frame structure enclosing a battery module receptacle, the frame structure composed of frame structure parts according to claim 1 , wherein the cover has a circumferential mounting flange which is supported in a contacting manner on the mounting surfaces of the frame structure parts of the frame structure, and wherein a circumferential seal is arranged in a circumferential sealing fillet formed by the sealing fillets of the frame structure parts of the frame structure.

12. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein the circumferential seal is a curable sealing compound which bonds the cover to the frame structure.

13. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein the sealing fillets of the frame structure parts, which form the circumferential sealing fillet, are inwardly curved in regions of adjoining miter joints.

14. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein the circumferential sealing fillet is laterally open at outer side walls of the hollow chamber profiles of the frame structure parts.

15. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein the uppermost chamber of each hollow chamber profile of the frame structure parts is separated from another chamber located below in the z-direction by a web running in an x-y plane.

16. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein the hollow chamber profiles of the frame structure part are extruded aluminum profiles.

17. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein:
the circumferential seal is a first circumferential seal,
each hollow chamber profile of the frame structure parts has a cover positioning extension projecting orthogonally from the mounting surface and aligned with an inner side wall of the hollow chamber profile, and the cover positioning extension is integrally formed on the mounting surface, and
the cover has, in a transition from a side wall of the cover into the mounting flange of the cover, a sealing fillet following the contour of the cover positioning extensions of the hollow chamber profiles, and a second circumferential seal is arranged in the sealing fillet of the cover.

18. The battery housing of claim 17 , wherein the first and second circumferential seals are curable sealing compounds which bond the cover to the frame structure.

19. The battery housing of claim 11 , wherein:
a supporting leg is formed on each hollow chamber profile of the frame structure parts, and an end face of the supporting leg of the first hollow chamber profile adjoins a side face of the supporting leg of the second hollow chamber profile, whereby a cross section of each hollow chamber profile is L-shaped,
a shoulder formed as a hollow chamber is integrally formed on each hollow chamber profile and/or the supporting leg of each hollow chamber profile, and an end face of the shoulder of the first hollow chamber profile adjoins a side face of the shoulder of the second hollow chamber profile and is connected thereto, and
the base is designed as a base plate which rests on the upper side of the supporting legs or the upper side of the shoulders, and the base plate is connected thereto in a media-tight manner.

Assignees

• Kirchhoff Automotive D Gmbh

Inventors

• Gündogan Aydogan
• Schauerte Alexander

Classifications

• H01M50/171

  using adhesives or sealing agents · CPC title

• H01M50/119

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/198

  characterised by physical properties, e.g. adhesiveness or hardness · CPC title

• H01M50/186

  characterised by the disposition of the sealing members · CPC title

• H01M50/249

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