Power supply device, vehicle provided with power supply device, and power storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020358127-A1
Application number	US-201816960381-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 26, 2018
Priority date	Jan 25, 2018
Publication date	Nov 12, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a power supply device, both ends of a bind bar are coupled to a pair of end plates disposed at both ends of the battery stack in a stacking direction formed by stacking battery cells, a cooling plate made of metal different from metal of the bind bar is disposed on a surface of the battery stack in a themally coupled state, and a cooling plate is fixed to the battery stack via bolts disposed in a longitudinal direction of the battery stack. In the power supply device, length (L) of a fixed region formed by fixing the bind bar to the cooling plate with the bolts is set to less than or equal to 70% of total length of the bind bar, and a non-fixed region that is not fixed to cooling plate via the bolts is provided at an end of the bind bar.

First claim

1 . A power supply device comprising:
a battery stack configured to be formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a pair of end plates configured to be disposed at both ends of the battery stack in a stacking direction; a bind bar configured to have both ends coupled to the pair of end plates and fix the plurality of battery cells in the stacking direction; and a cooling plate configured to be made of metal different from metal of the bind bar and disposed on a surface of the battery stack in a thermally coupled state, the cooling plate being fixed to the battery stack via a plurality of bolts disposed in a longitudinal direction of the battery stack, wherein a length (L) of a fixed region formed by fixing the bind bar to the cooling plate with the plurality of bolts is less than or equal to 70% of a total length of the bind bar, and a non-fixed region not fixed to the cooling plate via the plurality of bolts is provided at an end of the bind bar.

2 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the bind bar is iron or an iron alloy, and the cooling plate is aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

3 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling plate has a total length of 30 cm or more.

4 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the bind bar has a bent portion fixed to a surface of the cooling plate, and the bind bar is fixed to the cooling plate via the plurality of bolts penetrating the bent portion.

5 . The power supply device according to claim 4 , wherein
the bent portion is disposed on an outer surface of the cooling plate, and the bent portion is fixed to the outer surface of the cooling plate.

6 . The power supply device according to claim 4 , wherein
the bent portion is disposed between the cooling plate and the battery stack, and the bent portion is fixed to a surface of the cooling plate facing the battery stack.

7 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein three or more pieces of the plurality of bolts are disposed in the fixed region.

8 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bolts are screwed and fixed into female screw holes provided in the cooling plate.

9 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
nuts are screwed onto the plurality of bolts, the cooling plate is sandwiched between the plurality of bolts and the nuts, and the bind bar is fixed to the cooling plate.

10 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooling plate has flange portions on both sides extending along the longitudinal direction, and the battery stack is fitted on an inner side of the flange portions.

11 . The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein a heat conduction sheet is disposed between the battery stack and the cooling plate.

12 . An electric vehicle comprising the power supply device according to claim 1 , the electric vehicle comprising:
the power supply device, a motor for traveling supplied with electric power from the power supply device, a vehicle body equipped with the power supply device and the motor, and a wheel driven by the motor to cause the vehicle body to travel.

13 . A power storage device comprising the power supply device according to claim 1 , the power storage apparatus comprising:
the power supply device; and a power supply controller that controls charging and discharging of the power supply device, wherein the power supply controller enables charging of the plurality of battery cells with electric power from outside, and controls charging to be performed on the plurality of battery cells.

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp
• Sanyo Electric Co

Inventors

• Terauchi Shinobu
• Omura Tetsuji

Classifications

• H01M50/209

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

• H01M50/264

  for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames · CPC title

• H01M50/224

  Metals · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title