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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616766-B2
Application number	US-201314408547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2013
Priority date	Aug 30, 2012
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A power supply device comprises plural battery cells having a rectangular box shape and electrode terminals, a binding member binding a battery stacked member stacking the battery cells, bus bars connecting electrode terminals of the battery cells, and an insulating bus bar holder covering the upper surface of the battery stacked member. The binding member binds the battery stacked member at the side surface and upper surface thereof. The binding member comprises a side covering portion covering the side surface of the battery stacked member, and an upper covering portion covering the upper surface of the battery stacked member. The bus bar holder is divided into an intermediate holder located at the intermediate portion, and side surface holders located at the side surfaces of both sides of the intermediate holder. The side surface holder and the intermediate holder are press-fitted by a press-fitting structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply device comprising:
plural battery cells having a rectangular box shape and electrode terminals;
binding members binding a battery stacked member stacking the battery cells;
bus bars connecting electrode terminals of the battery cells; and
a bus bar holder covering the upper surface of the battery stacked member,
wherein the binding members bind the battery stacked member at the right and left side surfaces of the battery cells of the battery stacked member and the upper surface thereof, and each of the binding members comprises side covering portions covering side surfaces of the battery stacked member, and upper covering portions covering the upper surface of the battery stacked member and integrally formed with the side covering portions,
wherein the bus bar holder is divided into an intermediate holder located at an intermediate portion on the upper surface of the battery stacked member, and side surface holders each located at an end of the intermediate holder, and the side surface holders and the intermediate holder are press-fitted by a press-fitting structure, and
wherein the intermediate holder is disposed between the upper covering portions extending in a first direction with respect to the battery stacked member, and
each of the side surface holders are disposed on each of the upper covering portions located at both sides of the intermediate holder and extend in a second direction with respect to the battery stacked member that is perpendicular to the first direction.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the press-fitting structure comprises, at connecting surfaces between the intermediate holder and the side surface holders, a hook portion projecting from one connecting surface, and an engaging portion engaged with the hook portion at another connecting surface.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the binding member comprises a first binding bar and a second binding bar disposed in a vertically spaced relationship with respect to each other at a side surface of the battery stacked member.

4. The power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating sheet interposed between the binding member and the battery stacked member.

5. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the side surface holder has a C-shaped slit, and opens such that an end edge of the upper covering portions is inserted into the opening of the C-shaped slit.

6. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the binding member has an intermediate fixing projection projecting toward an intermediate holder side at the intermediate portion thereof, and the intermediate holder has an intermediate engaging portion engaged to the intermediate fixing projection at a position corresponding to the intermediate fixing projection.

7. The power supply device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the intermediate fixing projection comprises a part of the binding members which each extends beyond the side surface holders, and the intermediate fixing projection is a bending board which is bent so as to project toward the intermediate holder,
wherein the intermediate engaging portion is a slit into which the bending board is inserted.

8. The power supply device according to claim 7 ,
wherein each side surface holder has a recess portion which holds the bending board.

9. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the binding member has one or more binding holes.

10. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bus bar holder has positioning guides in which the bus bars are disposed, and in each of the positioning guides, an insulating portion having a lattice shape is provided.

11. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the battery stacked member has insulating spacers interposed between the battery cells, each of the insulating spacers has a spacer hole portion at the center portion thereof.

12. The power supply device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the spacer hole portion of the spacer is a through hole.

13. The power supply device according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a circuit board including an electric circuit to monitor the battery cells, which is fixed on the upper surface of the bus bar holder,
wherein the bus bar holder has a circuit board positioning boss to fix the circuit board at the center portion thereof, and the circuit board positioning boss has holding projections to hold the circuit board at the periphery thereof.

14. The power supply device according to claim 13 ,
further comprising a holder cover which covers the upper surface of the circuit board,
wherein the circuit board positioning boss has a screw hole to fix the holder cover and the bus bar holder by screw.

15. A electric vehicle equipped with the power supply device according to claim 1 , comprising:
an electric motor being energized by electric power that is supplied from the power supply device;
a vehicle body having the power supply device and the electric motor; and
a wheel being driven by the electric motor, and driving the vehicle body.

Assignees

• Sanyo Electric Co

Inventors

• Fujii Kazuhiro

Classifications

• H02J7/1415

  with a generator driven by a prime mover other than the motor of a vehicle · CPC title

• Y10T29/49108

  Electric battery cell making · CPC title

• H02J7/35

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• B60L3/0046

  relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors · CPC title