Battery pack and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12322774-B2
Application number	US-202117225244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2021
Priority date	Jan 8, 2021
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

The invention provides a battery pack and a vehicle. A cell group is configured in the battery pack, and the cell group comprises a plurality of cells, wherein the cells comprise first cells and second cells, the first cells have a better cold resistance than the second cells, and arrangement positions of the first cells and the second cells depend on the heat dissipation capacity in the battery pack.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack, comprising:
a casing; and
a cell group comprising a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns in the casing when viewed from a plan view, the plurality of cells including first cells and second cells, wherein the first cells have a better cold resistance than the second cells in that discharge performance of the first cells is better than the second cells in a same low temperature condition of an external environment, wherein arrangement positions of the first cells and the second cells in the casing depend on heat dissipation capacity of the battery pack so that the first cells are arranged at locations in the battery pack where a heat dissipation rate is greater than a heat dissipation rate of locations in the battery pack where the second cells are arranged, wherein the heat dissipation capacity of the battery pack is determined through heat flux simulation, wherein the first cells are ternary lithium-ion cells, wherein the second cells are lithium iron phosphate cells, wherein, in the plan view, a first row of the plurality of cells at a first end of the casing includes ternary lithium-ion cells and lithium iron phosphate cells, and wherein, in the plan view, a second row of the plurality of cells includes only lithium iron phosphate cells.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat insulating material is arranged at the casing.

3. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the heat insulating material is outside the casing, and the heat insulating material is arranged at a bottom of the casing.

4. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein the casing comprises a split structure provided with a first sub-casing and a second sub-casing, and wherein the heat insulating material is arranged between the first sub-casing and the second sub-casing.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a thermal compensation device configured to adjust a temperature drop rate of the first cells and the second cells.

6. The battery pack according to claim 5 , wherein the thermal compensation device comprises a graphene heating film or a Peltier effect device.

7. The battery pack according to claim 5 , wherein the thermal compensation device is arranged at a location corresponding to an interface between the battery pack and the external environment.

8. The battery pack according to claim 7 , wherein the location is determined through heat flux analysis.

9. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a heating device configured to increase a temperature of the first cells or the second cells.

10. The battery pack according to claim 9 , wherein the heating device comprises a hydrothermal heating device, a PTC heater, a heating wire, and/or a graphene heating sheet.

11. A vehicle, comprising the battery pack according to claim 1 .

12. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat insulating material arranged at a bottom of the casing.

13. The battery pack according to claim 12 , wherein the heat insulating material comprises a frame having a same shape as the casing.

14. The battery pack according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a thermal compensation device attached to an inner wall of the casing.

15. The battery pack according to claim 14 , wherein the casing comprises multiple sections.

16. The battery pack according to claim 14 , wherein the thermal compensation device comprises a Peltier effect device or a heating film.

17. A battery pack, comprising:
a casing; and
a cell group comprising a plurality of cells arranged in the casing, the plurality of cells including first cells and second cells, wherein the first cells have a better cold resistance than the second cells in that discharge performance of the first cells is better than the second cells in a same low temperature condition of an external environment, wherein the first cells are ternary lithium-ion cells, wherein the second cells are lithium iron phosphate cells, wherein, in a plan view, the cell group is configured as a rectangular structure, wherein, in the plan view, the ternary lithium-ion cells are disposed at four corners of the rectangular structure, and wherein, in the plan view, the lithium iron phosphate cells are disposed in areas of the rectangular structure between the four corners of the rectangular structure.

18. A battery pack, comprising:
a casing; and
a cell group comprising a plurality of cells arranged in the casing, the plurality of cells including first cells and second cells, wherein the first cells have a better cold resistance than the second cells in that discharge performance of the first cells is better than the second cells in a same low temperature condition of an external environment, wherein the first cells include ternary lithium-ion cells, wherein the second cells include lithium iron phosphate cells, wherein, in a plan view, the casing has a rectangular shape, and wherein, in the plan view, the ternary lithium-ion cells are at each corner of the rectangular shape with at least one of than the lithium iron phosphate cells being positioned between one or more ternary lithium-ion cells in a first corner of the rectangular shape and one or more ternary lithium-ion cells in a second corner of the rectangular shape that is adjacent to the first corner.

Assignees

• Nio Technology Anhui Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Xianpeng
• Jiang Yaping
• Wang Linfeng
• Fang Jie
• Tzeng Shizhe

Classifications

• H01M10/615 Primary

  Heating or keeping warm · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/209

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

• H01M10/658

  by thermal insulation or shielding · CPC title