Electrical energy storage module and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018287112-A1
Application number	US-201615765996-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 5, 2016
Priority date	Oct 5, 2015
Publication date	Oct 4, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention concerns an electrical energy storage module ( 1 ) containing electrical energy storage elements ( 3 ), and a method for producing the same. This module is remarkable in that it comprises: —a parallelepiped easing ( 2 ) made of sheet metal, inside which said electrical energy storage elements ( 3 ) are housed, —at least one electronic board ( 4 ), arranged in a facade element ( 50 ), which is itself attached to one of the faces of said parallelepiped casing ( 2 ), and in that said electrical energy storage elements ( 3 ) are held in place and immobilised in the casing ( 2 ) by two layers of resin extending only over a portion of the height of same and arranged at the two ends of the electrical energy storage elements ( 3 ).

First claim

1 . An electrical energy storage module containing electrical energy storage elements, wherein it comprises:
a parallelepiped casing made of sheet metal, inside of which are housed said electrical energy storage elements, said casing comprising a bottom assembled to a hood with five faces, at least one electronic card disposed in a facade element, itself attached to one of the faces of said parallelepiped casing,
and in that said electrical energy storage elements are held in place and immobilized in the casing by a first resin layer which extends from said bottom over only a portion of the height of said electrical energy storage elements, and by a second resin layer which extends from one of the faces of the hood over only a portion of the height of said electrical energy storage elements.

2 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein it comprises two openings provided in the casing for the injection of resin into the casing, and preferably closing plugs for the two openings.

3 . The module according to claim 2 , wherein the two openings are formed on the front face of the hood, one situated in proximity to the bottom and the other situated in proximity to the upper face of the hood.

4 . The module according to claim 2 , wherein the two openings are formed, one in the bottom, the other in the upper face of the hood.

5 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein said casing is liquid-tight and dust-tight.

6 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the casing is made of sheet metal of which the thickness is at most 5 mm.

7 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein it comprises a core, preferably central, forming a spacer, disposed between the bottom and the hood, perpendicular to them.

8 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the resin extends over 5% to 20%, preferably 5% to 12%, of the height of the electrical energy storage elements.

9 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the wall of its casing includes a crenelated surface.

10 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the casing includes, over at least one of its faces, several heat dissipating elements, such as cooling fins, preferably welded to this face.

11 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the facade element comprises a rear portion and a front portion equipped with assembly means allowing to assemble them to form an enclosure for receiving said electronic card, said rear portion being made of an electrically insulating material and being provided with attachment means on one of the faces of the casing and the front portion being made of an electrically conductive material, particularly a metal.

12 . The module according to claim 1 , wherein the facade element is pierced with ports allowing the passage of the output terminals, with positive and negative polarity, of said module.

13 . A method for producing the electrical energy storage module according to claim 1 , wherein it comprises the steps of:
assembling the electrical energy storage element in pairs using connecting bars, implementing the electrical cabling and installing the insulators so as to form an isolated power block, placing said power block inside the casing, assembling the bottom and the hood of said casing, injecting resin through a first opening of the casing to form said first resin layer, waiting for the polymerization of the resin, turning the module over, injecting resin through a second opening of the casing to form a second resin layer, attaching the facade element containing the electronic card to the casing.

Assignees

• Blue Solutions

Inventors

• Juventin Anne-Claire
• Caumont Olivier

Classifications

• H01M10/6551 Primary

  Surfaces specially adapted for heat dissipation or radiation, e.g. fins or coatings · CPC title

• H01M2220/10

  Batteries in stationary systems, e.g. emergency power source in plant · CPC title

• H01G11/82

  Fixing or assembling a capacitive element in a housing, e.g. mounting electrodes, current collectors or terminals in containers or encapsulations · CPC title

• H01M10/4257

  Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries · CPC title

• H01G11/18

  against thermal overloads, e.g. heating, cooling or ventilating · CPC title