Battery pack injected with phase change material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9350057-B2
Application number	US-201414447300-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a battery pack injected with phase change material, comprising a plurality of battery modules consisting of a plurality of stacked battery cells and a pack case housing the battery modules. The battery pack is hermetic, and injected with hydrofluoroether. The pressure in the pack case is between −0.09 MPa and −0.01 MPa.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery pack injected with a phase change material, comprising a plurality of battery modules including a plurality of stacked battery cells and a pack case housing the plurality of battery modules, the battery pack being hermetically sealed and injected with the phase change material; wherein the phase change material is hydrofluoroether, the pack case is vacuumed and the pressure in the pack case is set in a pressure range from about −0.09 MPa to about −0.01 MPa at which the hydrofluoroether in the pack case undergoes a phase change when the battery cells operate, heat generated by the battery cells is absorbed by the hydrofluoroether when the hydrofluoroether undergoes the phase change and the heat is then dissipated away by the pack case.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the pack case comprises a barrel made of four metal plates with two open ends.

3. The battery pack according to claim 2 , wherein mounting grooves are built in four internal surfaces of the pack case, the mounting grooves are located adjacent to the two open ends of the pack case, stoppers are installed in the mounting grooves, endplates are installed on both sides of the battery modules, and the endplates on both sides of the battery modules are fixed by the stoppers.

4. The battery pack according to claim 3 , wherein a sealing component is installed between the two endplates and the pack case to form a sealing connection, the sealing component comprises an internal layer and an outer layer, with the internal layer being a dry rubber layer and the outer layer being a glue layer.

5. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal conductive layer is installed on the internal surface of the pack case.

6. The battery pack according to claim 5 , wherein the thermal conductive layer comprises rough metal coating or metal fins.

7. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein cooling fins are installed on the outer surface of the pack case.

8. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein spring interlayers are added between the battery cells.

9. The battery pack according to claim 8 , wherein the spring interlayer comprises a rubber interlayer.

10. The battery pack according to claim 1 wherein the pressure in the pack case is set from about −0.07 MPa to about −0.03 MPa.

11. The battery pack according to claim 10 , wherein the pressure in the pack case is set at about −0.05 MPa.

Assignees

• Microvast Power Systems Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Congming

Classifications

• H01M50/224

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/204 Primary

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

• H01M50/244

  Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method · CPC title

• H01M2/1077

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M10/6551

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