Battery temperature control unit including heat exchanger arranged in air flow passage of unit case

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564667-B2
Application number	US-201214360940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Priority date	Nov 30, 2011
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A battery temperature control unit 1 for controlling a temperature of an internal space 21 of a module case 22 is provided. The battery temperature control unit 1 includes a unit case 3 which is arranged in the internal space 21 of the module case 22 and includes an air flow passage 4 inside the unit case 3 . The battery temperature control unit 1 further includes a heat exchanger 11 arranged in the air flow passage 4 . The unit case 3 includes a module opening sealing portion 31 , which seals a module opening 24 formed in a wall surface of the module case 22 . A module sealing surface 32 is formed in the module opening sealing portion 31 , which closes the module opening 24 from an internal space 21 side. A first communication hole 36 and a second communication hole 37 are also formed in the module opening sealing portion 31 , which allow the outside of the module case 22 and the inside of the unit case 3 to communicate with each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery temperature control unit arranged in an internal space of a module case of a battery module for controlling a temperature of the internal space of the battery module where a battery is arranged outside the battery temperature control unit and inside the internal space of the module case, wherein the battery temperature control unit includes:
a unit case which includes an air flow passage in the inside thereof and is arranged in the internal space; and
a heat exchanger arranged in the air flow passage;

the unit case includes:
a module opening sealing portion which seals a module opening formed in a wall surface of the module case; and

the module opening sealing portion includes:
a module sealing surface which closes the module opening from an internal space side;
a first communication hole which allows the outside and the inside of the unit case to communicate with each other and through which a heating medium which is directed toward the inside of the unit case from the outside of the module case flows; and
a second communication hole which allows the outside and the inside of the unit case to communicate with each other and through which the heating medium which is directed toward the outside of the module case from the inside of the unit case flows;
wherein the unit case is constituted of a unit case body having the air flow passage in the inside thereof and one sealing member, and
the sealing member includes the module opening sealing portion and a unit opening sealing portion which closes a unit opening formed in a wall surface of the unit case body.

2. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is an evaporator.

3. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 1 , wherein the module opening sealing portion includes a projecting portion which is formed in a projecting manner in a direction toward the outside of the unit case from an inner side of the module sealing surface in a surface direction and has a cross-sectional shape smaller than a cross-sectional shape of the module opening, and
the first communication hole and the second communication hole are formed so as to make a top surface of the projecting portion and a surface of the module opening sealing portion which faces the inside of the unit case communicate with each other.

4. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 3 , wherein the heat exchanger is an evaporator.

5. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 1 , wherein the unit opening sealing portion includes a second projecting portion which is formed in a projecting manner in a direction toward the inside of the unit case from an inner side of a unit sealing surface in a surface direction and having a cross-sectional shape than smaller than a cross-sectional shape of the unit opening, and
the first communication hole and the second communication hole are formed so as to make a surface of the module opening sealing portion which faces the outside of the unit case and a top surface of the second projecting portion communicate with each other.

6. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 5 , wherein the heat exchanger is an evaporator.

7. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 1 , wherein the unit opening sealing portion includes a unit sealing surface which closes the unit opening from the outside of the unit case.

8. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 7 , wherein the heat exchanger is an evaporator.

9. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 1 , wherein the unit opening sealing portion includes a unit sealing surface which closes the unit opening from the inside of the unit case.

10. The battery temperature control unit according to claim 9 , wherein the heat exchanger is an evaporator.

Assignees

• Valeo Japan Co Ltd
• Valeo Japan Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwasa Akio

Classifications

• H01M50/224

  Metals · CPC title

• H01M50/204

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

• H01M50/271

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

• H01M10/6569

  Fluids undergoing a liquid-gas phase change or transition, e.g. evaporation or condensation (heat pipes H01M10/6552) · CPC title

• H01M2/1077

  Electricity · mapped topic