Encasing film for a galvanic element, electrochemical store, electrochemical storage system, flexible film for an encasing of a galvanic element, and method for determining a state variable of an electrochemical store

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9793581-B2
Application number	US-201314400618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2013
Priority date	May 14, 2012
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

An encasing film for a galvanic element has at least one force sensor for detecting an expansion state of the encasing film. The encasing film is produced from an elastic and electrically insulating material, e.g., plastic. The force sensor, which has a strain gauge, is situated on a surface of the encasing film.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An encasing film system for a galvanic element, comprising:
an encasing film;
at least one force sensor positioned in a middle area of the encasing film, either within the encasing film or on a surface of the encasing film, for detecting an expansion state of the encasing film; and
a further force sensor positioned in an edge area of the encasing film,
wherein the edge area is a feedthrough area for at least one electrical contact of the galvanic element such that the at least one electrical contact extends beyond an edge of the encasing film.

2. The encasing film system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one force sensor has a strain gauge.

3. The encasing film system as recited in claim 2 , wherein the at least one force sensor is situated on the surface of the encasing film.

4. The encasing film system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the at least one force sensor is situated on an inner side of the surface of the encasing film.

5. The encasing film system as recited in claim 2 , wherein the encasing film has an intended breakpoint, and wherein an electrical contact for an electrical connection of the at least one force sensor or the further force sensor is situated in an area of the intended breakpoint.

6. An electrochemical store for converting chemical energy into electrical energy, comprising:
a galvanic element; and
an encasing film which encloses the galvanic element,
wherein the encasing film has at least one force sensor positioned in a middle area of the encasing film, either within the encasing film or on a surface of the encasing film, for detecting an expansion state of the encasing film,
wherein the encasing film has a further force sensor positioned in an edge area of the encasing film, wherein the edge area is a feedthrough area for at least one electrical contract of the galvanic element such that the at least one electrical contract extends beyond an edge of the encasing film, and
wherein the expansion state of the encasing film represents a state variable of the galvanic element.

7. The electrochemical store as recited in claim 6 , wherein an electrical contact of the galvanic element is electrically conductively connected to an electrical terminal of the at least one force sensor.

8. The electrochemical store as recited in claim 7 , further comprising:
at least one further sensor configured as at least one of a temperature sensor, a pH value sensor, and a half-cell voltage measurement sensor, wherein a further electrical contact of the galvanic element is electrically conductively connected to an electrical terminal of the at least one further sensor.

9. An electrochemical storage system for converting chemical energy into electrical energy, comprising:
multiple electrochemical stores which are situated in the form of a stack, each electrochemical store including at least one contact for electrical connection of the electrochemical store, a galvanic element and an encasing film which encloses the galvanic element, wherein the encasing film has at least one force sensor positioned either one of within the encasing film or on a surface of the encasing film for detecting an expansion state of the encasing film, and wherein the expansion state of the encasing film represents a state variable of the galvanic element; and
a frame unit comprised of multiple frame elements for fixing a position of each of the electrochemical stores in the stack,
wherein each electrochemical store is positioned and enclosed between two frame elements so that only the at least one contact for electrical connection for each electrochemical store extends beyond an upper edge of the frame unit.

10. A method for determining a state variable of an electrochemical store for converting chemical energy into electrical energy, wherein the electrochemical store has a galvanic element enclosed by an encasing film, wherein the encasing film includes at least one force sensor positioned in a middle area of the encasing film and a further force sensor positioned in an edge area of the encasing film, the method comprising:
detecting a first expansion state in the middle area of the encasing film;
detecting a second expansion state in the edge area of the encasing film;
ascertaining a first state variable of the electrochemical store based on the first expansion state; and
ascertaining a second state variable of the electrochemical store based on the second expansion state,
wherein the first state variable represents a state of charge of the electrochemical store and the second state variable represents a state of aging of the electrochemical store.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Henrici Fabian
• Has Remigius
• Schneider Jens

Classifications

• H01M10/48 Primary

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• H01M2200/20

  Pressure-sensitive devices · CPC title

• H01M10/445

  in response to gas pressure · CPC title

• H01M10/4257 Primary

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

• G01L9/0001

  Transmitting or indicating the displacement of elastically deformable gauges by electric, electro-mechanical, magnetic or electro-magnetic means (G01L9/0026, G01L9/0033, G01L9/0082, G01L9/0089, G01L9/0091 take precedence) · CPC title