Battery pack housing, battery pack and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12427844-B2
Application number	US-202217984044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2022
Priority date	May 28, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A battery pack housing includes a tray, a middle beam, a cover plate and a mounting member. The tray includes a bottom plate and a plurality of side beams and forms a receiving space for accommodating a battery unit. The receiving space is open at one side. The cover plate is configured to close the open side of the receiving space. The plurality of side beams include two first side beams opposite to each other. The middle beam is in the receiving space and two ends of the middle beam along a length direction are respectively spaced by a predetermined distance from or in contact with the two first side beams.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack housing, for accommodating a battery unit and being mounted to a vehicle body having a transverse beam of the vehicle body, wherein the battery pack housing comprising:
a tray, comprising
a bottom plate; and
a plurality of side beams, where the plurality of side beams are sequentially connected end to end and engaged to the bottom plate to form a receiving space which opens on one side for accommodating the battery unit; and the plurality of side beams comprise two first side beams arranged opposite to each other;

a middle beam, located in the accommodating space, wherein two ends of the middle beam along a length direction are respectively spaced by a predetermined distance from or in contact with the two first side beams; and the length of the middle beam is greater than a projection dimension of the battery unit along the length direction of the middle beam;
a cover plate, configured to close an open side of the receiving space; and
a mounting member, configured to sequentially extend through and fix the bottom plate, the middle beam and the cover plate, and further configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body,
wherein the middle beam further comprises a lead portion located at at least one end along the length direction of the middle beam, and the lead portion defines a wire running hole.

2. The battery pack housing according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member is a screw comprising a screw head and a shank, wherein
the shank extends through the bottom plate, the middle beam and the cover plate in sequence and then protrudes out; a protruding portion of the shank is configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body; and the screw head abuts an outer side of the bottom plate to fix the bottom plate, the middle beam and the cover plate.

3. The battery pack housing according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixing beam, provided on a side of the cover plate away from the receiving space, wherein
the mounting member sequentially extends through and fixes the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam and then protrudes out from the fixing beam; and a protruding portion of the mounting member is configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body.

4. The battery pack housing according to claim 3 , wherein the mounting member is a screw comprising a screw head and a shank, wherein
the shank extends through the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam in sequence and then protrudes out; the protruding portion is configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body; and the screw head abuts an outer side of the bottom plate to fix the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam.

5. The battery pack housing according to claim 1 , wherein the middle beam is made of a metal material, and an insulating layer is attached to the surface of the middle beam.

6. The battery pack housing according to claim 1 , wherein an insulating layer is attached to the wall of the wire running hole.

7. The battery pack housing according to claim 1 , wherein the middle beam further comprises a support portion, the lead portion is located at one end of the support portion, and a stop portion is formed at a position where the lead portion and the support portion are joined; and
an inner side of the bottom plate is provided with a step engaging with the stop portion.

8. The battery pack housing according to claim 7 , wherein the width of the lead portion is smaller than the width of the support portion, and a side surface of the lead portion is joined to an end surface of the support portion to form the stop portion; and
the step includes two adjacent stop planes, wherein when the middle beam is fixed to the bottom plate, the side surface of the lead portion and the end surface of the support portion respectively abut the two stop planes.

9. The battery pack housing according to claim 7 , wherein the end surface of the lead portion abuts the corresponding first side beam.

10. The battery pack housing according to claim 7 , further comprising a fixing beam provided on a side of the cover plate away from the receiving space, wherein the mounting member sequentially extends through and fixes the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam and then protrudes out from the fixing beam; and the protruding portion of the mounting member is configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body;
the middle beam further comprising a fixing portion protruding from a side of the support portion away from the bottom plate; and
the cover plate and the fixing beam are provided with a groove engaging with the fixing portion.

11. The battery pack housing according to claim 10 , wherein the fixing beam and the cover plate are integrally formed, and the groove is integrally formed at a position where the cover plate and the fixing beam are engaged with the fixing portion.

12. The battery pack housing according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of side beams further comprise two second side beams arranged opposite to each other, and the first side beams and the second side beams are arranged alternately.

13. The battery pack housing according to claim 12 , wherein the length of the first side beam is greater than the length of the second side beam; and the first side beam is provided with a mounting portion for being mounted and fixed to the vehicle body.

14. A battery pack, comprising a battery unit, and further comprising a battery pack housing according to claim 1 , wherein the battery unit is received in the receiving space.

15. A vehicle, comprising a vehicle body, and further comprising a battery pack according to claim 14 .

16. The battery pack housing according to claim 2 , further comprising a fixing beam, provided on a side of the cover plate away from the receiving space, wherein
the mounting member sequentially extends through and fixes the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam and then protrudes out from the fixing beam; and a protruding portion of the mounting member is configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body.

17. The battery pack housing according to claim 16 , wherein the mounting member is a screw comprising a screw head and a shank, wherein
the shank extends through the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam in sequence and then protrudes out; the protruding portion is configured to be connected and fixed to the transverse beam of the vehicle body; and the screw head abuts an outer side of the bottom plate to fix the bottom plate, the middle beam, the cover plate and the fixing beam.

18. The battery pack housing according to claim 17 , wherein the middle beam is made of a metal material, and an insulating layer is attached to the surface of the middle beam.

19. The battery pack housing according to claim 18 , wherein the middle beam further comprises a lead portion located at at least one end along the length direction of the middle beam, and the lead portion defines a wire running hole.

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Na
• Tan Liangwen
• Tan Jing
• Chen Wenhui

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• H01M50/271

  Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings · CPC title

• H01M50/298

  characterised by the wiring of battery packs · CPC title