Battery, electric apparatus, method for preparing battery, and apparatus for preparing battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12500288-B2
Application number	US-202217935937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2022
Priority date	Jul 30, 2021
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A battery, an electric apparatus, and a method for preparing battery are provided. In some embodiments, the battery includes at least two layers of battery units arranged in a first direction and a box having an upper cover and a box housing, where the at least two layers of battery units are accommodated in a space formed by the upper cover and the box housing; in the first direction, the at least two layers of battery units include a first battery unit at a top layer and a second battery unit at a bottom layer; and flow channels are formed on the upper cover and the box housing, the flow channel is configured to accommodate fluid, the upper cover is configured to adjust temperature of the first battery unit via the fluid, and the box housing is configured to adjust temperature of the second battery unit via the fluid.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A battery, comprising:
at least two layers of battery units arranged in a first direction, and a box having an upper cover and a box housing; and, wherein the at least two layers of battery units are accommodated in a space formed by the upper cover and the box housing; in the first direction, the at least two layers of battery units comprise a first battery unit located at a top layer and a second battery unit located at a bottom layer; and flow channels are formed on the upper cover and the box housing, wherein the flow channel is configured to accommodate fluid, the upper cover is configured to adjust temperature of the first battery unit via the fluid, and the box housing is configured to adjust temperature of the second battery unit via the fluid, the battery unit comprises a battery cell, the battery cell has a plurality of side surfaces, in the first direction, a side surface adjacent to the upper cover or the box housing is a temperature adjustment surface whose temperature is adjusted via the fluid, the upper cover has a buffer structure configured to provide deformation allowance, a mounting hole is formed in the upper cover, the mounting hole is configured to insert a bolt to secure the upper cover and the box housing together, in a projection in the first direction, the buffer structure is located outside the temperature adjustment surface and inside the mounting hole.

2 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery comprises a connecting pipe, wherein the connecting pipe is configured to connect the flow channel of the upper cover and the flow channel of the box housing, and the connecting pipe communicates with an external flow channel of the box.

3 . The battery according to claim 2 , wherein
the connecting pipe is provided outside the box.

4 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery cell has an electrode terminal, the electrode terminal is provided on an end surface of the battery cell in a second direction, and the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction.

5 . The battery according to claim 4 , wherein
at least one of the upper cover and the box housing comprises multiple flow sub-channels extending in a third direction; a junction channel extending in the second direction, wherein the junction channel is located on an end of the flow sub-channel in the third direction to connect the multiple flow sub-channels; and a partition, wherein the flow sub-channel and the partition are arranged alternately in the second direction, the partition is configured to separate two of the flow sub-channels adjacent to the partition, and the third direction is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.

6 . The battery according to claim 5 , wherein
in the upper cover and/or the box housing, a thickness of the partition is less than thickness of the flow sub-channel in the first direction.

7 . The battery according to claim 5 , wherein
the upper cover and/or the box housing has a concave-convex plate and a flat plate that are opposite each other, wherein a concave portion of the concave-convex plate fits with the flat plate to form the partition, and the flow channel is formed between a convex portion of the concave-convex plate and the flat plate.

8 . The battery according to claim 7 , wherein
the flat plate is closer to the battery unit than the concave-convex plate.

9 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein
in the plurality of side surfaces of the battery cell, the temperature adjustment surface has a largest area.

10 . The battery according to claim 5 , wherein
in the second direction, the temperature adjustment surface has a central region and lateral regions located on two sides of the central region.

11 . The battery according to claim 10 , wherein
in the second direction, a length of the central region is ⅛-½ of a length of the temperature adjustment surface, and the central region contains the center of the temperature adjustment surface.

12 . The battery according to claim 10 , wherein
in the upper cover and/or the box housing, the partition is provided opposite the central region in the first direction.

13 . The battery according to claim 10 , wherein
in the upper cover and/or the box housing, at least one of the flow channels is provided at a position opposite the lateral region in the first direction.

14 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein
a thermal management component is formed between any two adjacent layers of battery units, a middle-layer flow channel is formed in the thermal management component, and the middle-layer flow channel is configured to accommodate the fluid to adjust temperature of the two adjacent layers of battery units.

15 . The battery according to claim 14 , wherein
the middle-layer flow channel communicates with the flow channel of the upper cover and the flow channel of the box housing.

16 . The battery according to claim 14 , wherein
the thermal management component is bonded to the two adjacent layers of battery units.

17 . An electric apparatus, comprising the battery according to claim 1 , wherein the battery is configured to provide electric energy.

18 . A method for preparing battery, comprising:
providing battery units, wherein the battery units are arranged in at least two layers in a first direction, providing a box, wherein the box has an upper cover and a box housing, flow channels are formed on the upper cover and the box housing, and the flow channel is configured to accommodate fluid; and accommodating the battery units in a space formed by the upper cover and the box housing, wherein in the first direction, the battery units comprise a first battery unit located at a top layer and a second battery unit located at a bottom layer, the upper cover is configured to adjust temperature of the first battery unit via the fluid, and the box housing is configured to adjust temperature of the second battery unit via the fluid; wherein:
the battery unit comprises a battery cell, the battery cell has a plurality of side surfaces, in the first direction, a side surface adjacent to the upper cover or the box housing is a temperature adjustment surface whose temperature is adjusted via the fluid,
the upper cover has a buffer structure configured to provide deformation allowance, a mounting hole is formed in the upper cover, the mounting hole is configured to insert a bolt to secure the upper cover and the box housing together,
in a projection in the first direction, the buffer structure is located outside the temperature adjustment surface and inside the mounting hole.

19 . The battery according to claim 5 , wherein
the buffer structure comprises a plurality of holes formed in the third direction, the holes are formed in the upper cover by removing a part of formation material of the upper cover, the holes do not run through the whole upper cover in the first direction to prevent gas generated inside the box from leaking via the holes.

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Tang Yu
• Yang Haiqi
• Wang Peng
• Huang Xiaoteng

Classifications

• H01M50/204

  Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells · CPC title

• H01M10/6557

  arranged between the cells · CPC title

• H01M10/6555

  arranged between the cells · CPC title

• H01M10/6554

  Rods or plates · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title