Battery module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9837691-B2
Application number	US-201314908309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2013
Priority date	Aug 7, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a battery module of which temperature can be homogenized regardless of the material. This battery module includes: a first heat dissipation plate and a second heat dissipation plate; a laminated type battery group disposed between the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate and formed by stacking two or more laminated type batteries; and a case housing the laminated type battery group, and the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate, wherein: a third heat dissipation plate is disposed between the two laminated type batteries among the laminated type battery group; each of the first heat dissipation plate, the second heat dissipation plate, and the third heat dissipation plate includes a contact portion in contact with the case, and a flat portion in contact with and opposite to the laminated type battery; and the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate and the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate are provided with a plurality of holes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery module comprising:
a first heat dissipation plate and a second heat dissipation plate;
a laminated type battery group disposed between the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate and formed by stacking two or more laminated type batteries; and
a case housing the laminated type battery group, and the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate, wherein:
a third heat dissipation plate is disposed between the two or more laminated type batteries among the laminated type battery group;
each of the first heat dissipation plate, the second heat dissipation plate, and the third heat dissipation plate includes a contact portion in contact with the case, and a flat portion in contact with and opposite to the laminated type battery; and
the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate and the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate are provided with a plurality of holes;
the number of laminated type batteries included in the laminated type battery group is four or more;
the two or more laminated type batteries are disposed between the third heat dissipation plate and the first heat dissipation plate and between the third heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate;
a fourth heat dissipation plate is disposed each between the two or more laminated type batteries disposed between the third heat dissipation plate and the first heat dissipation plate and between the two or more laminated type batteries disposed between the third heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate;
the fourth heat dissipation plate includes a contact portion in contact with the case, and a flat portion in contact with and opposite to the laminated type battery;
the flat portion of the fourth heat dissipation plate is provided with a plurality of holes,
a total area of the holes provided for the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate is larger than a total area of the holes provided for the flat portion of the fourth heat dissipation plate;
a total area of the holes provided for the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate is larger than a total area of the holes provided for the flat portion of the fourth heat dissipation plate,
the flat portion of the third heat dissipation plate is provided with a plurality of holes; and
the total area of the holes provided for the flat portion of the fourth heat dissipation plate is larger than a total area of the holes provided for the flat portion of the third heat dissipation plate.

2. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the first heat dissipation plate and the second heat dissipation plate is formed of a flat plate material and a heat conduction plate;
the heat conduction plate is formed of a material different from the flat plate material; and
the heat conduction plate is provided with a plurality of holes.

3. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of holes provided for the fourth heat dissipation plate is bottomed holes.

4. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate and the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate has a rectangular shape with a short side and a long side; and
the plurality of holes provided for the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate and the plurality of holes provided for the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate have larger area in a direction from a center of the short side to an end of the short side.

5. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein:
the flat portion of the first heat dissipation plate is in contact with the case through a first heat insulating material; and
the flat portion of the second heat dissipation plate is in contact with the case through a second heat insulating material.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumoto Shigenori
• OOKURA Yasutaka

Classifications

• H01M10/652

  characterised by gradients (for achieving a desired temperature gradient H01M10/617) · CPC title

• H01M10/6551

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

• H01G11/18

  against thermal overloads, e.g. heating, cooling or ventilating · CPC title

• H01M10/0585

  of accumulators having only flat construction elements, i.e. flat positive electrodes, flat negative electrodes and flat separators · CPC title

• H01G2/08

  Cooling arrangements; Heating arrangements; Ventilating arrangements · CPC title