Chassis components, vehicle battery system integrally formed with chassis components, and integrated battery system vehicle comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12351013-B2
Application number	US-202217703699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2022
Priority date	Jan 5, 2017
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle body part including a battery system carrier integrally formed in a vehicle body to include a plurality of battery cells, a vehicle battery system integrally with the vehicle body part, and an integrated battery system vehicle including the same.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle body part with a battery system, the vehicle body part comprising:
a battery system carrier integrally formed in a vehicle body and configured to accommodate a plurality of battery component carriers and a wiring carrier of the battery system, each of the battery component carriers comprising a battery submodule, the battery submodule comprising a plurality of battery cells, the battery system carrier comprising:
a carrier frame integrated in the vehicle body; and
a battery system cover coupled to the carrier frame and being formed as a portion of a vehicle underbody,
wherein the vehicle underbody separates an interior and an exterior of the vehicle, and

wherein the wiring carrier and the plurality of battery component carriers are individually removably coupled to the carrier frame while the carrier frame is integrated in the vehicle body.

2. The vehicle body part of claim 1 , wherein the battery system carrier is configured to accommodate the plurality of battery component carriers, an electronic control assembly, and a connection member of the battery system.

3. The vehicle body part of claim 1 , wherein the carrier frame comprises two longitudinal frames and two transverse frames perpendicularly connected to the longitudinal frames.

4. The vehicle body part of claim 3 , wherein the carrier frame is configured to accommodate the plurality of battery component carriers outside of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle body part of claim 1 , wherein each of the battery component carriers is mechanically and electrically connected to at least one of the other battery component carriers and the battery system carrier to form the battery system.

6. A vehicle battery system comprising:
a battery system carrier formed integrally with a vehicle body part formed integrally in a vehicle body, the battery system carrier comprising:
a carrier frame integrated in the vehicle body; and
a battery system cover coupled to the carrier frame and being formed as a portion of a vehicle underbody, the vehicle underbody separating an interior and an exterior of the vehicle;

a plurality of battery component carriers, each of the plurality of battery component carriers comprising a battery submodule, the battery submodule comprising a plurality of battery cells in the battery system carrier; and
a wiring carrier electrically connecting the battery submodules,
wherein the wiring carrier and the plurality of battery component carriers are individually removably coupled to the carrier frame while the carrier frame is integrated in the vehicle body.

7. The vehicle battery system of claim 6 , wherein the carrier frame comprises two longitudinal frames and two transverse frames perpendicularly connected to the longitudinal frames, and
wherein at least the battery system cover is formed integrally with a vehicle underbody.

8. The vehicle battery system of claim 7 , wherein each of the battery component carriers comprises:
a base plate;
a pair of side plates perpendicular to the base plate and extending along two edges facing each other in a longitudinal direction of the base plate;
a pair of end plates perpendicular to the base plate and the side plates and extending along two edges facing each other in a width direction of the base plate, each of the end plates is mechanically coupled to the base plate or the pair of side plates to fix the plurality of battery cells; and
a cell cover parallel to the base plate to form an accommodating space of the battery submodule together with the base plate, the side plates, and the end plates.

9. The vehicle battery system of claim 8 , wherein each of the battery component carriers further comprises a cell connection and sensing unit between the cell cover and the battery submodule.

10. The vehicle battery system of claim 7 , further comprising an electronic component carrier that is detachable from the carrier frame and is configured to accommodate an electronic control assembly.

11. The vehicle battery system of claim 8 , wherein the carrier frame comprises a coolant port connected to a cooling channel in the base plate of the battery component carrier.

12. An integrated battery system vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body;
a vehicle body part and a battery system carrier integrally formed in the vehicle body and configured to accommodate a plurality of battery component carriers and a wiring carrier, each of the plurality of battery component carriers comprising a battery submodule, the battery submodule comprising a plurality of battery cells; and
a battery system cover coupled to the battery system carrier and configured as a portion of a vehicle underbody, wherein the vehicle underbody separates an interior and an exterior of the vehicle, and
wherein the wiring carrier and the plurality of battery component carriers are individually removably coupled to the battery system carrier while the battery system carrier is integrated in the vehicle body.

13. The integrated battery system vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the battery system carrier comprises a carrier frame comprising two longitudinal frames and two transverse frames perpendicularly connected to the longitudinal frames; and
wherein the carrier frame accommodates the plurality of battery component carriers outside of the vehicle.

14. The integrated battery system vehicle of claim 13 , further comprising:
an underbody protecting member connected to the carrier frame; and
the battery cells accommodated in the carrier frame and wrapped by the underbody protecting member between the battery system cover and the underbody protecting member.

Assignees

• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Klomberg Stephan
• Hochgatterer Nikolaus
• Retter Rainer
• Wuensche Ralph

Classifications

• B60K2001/0472

  from below · CPC title

• B62D25/20

  Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B60K2001/005

  the electric storage means · CPC title

• B60L50/60

  using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) · CPC title