Vehicle-mounted electrical equipment auxiliary electricity storage device and car equipped with electrical equipment auxiliary electricity storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9911964-B2
Application number	US-201414888706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

An auxiliary power storage device for an electric device installed in a vehicle, is connectable to a battery for the electric device in parallel to supply power to a vehicle load installed in the vehicle, and the auxiliary power storage device comprises a power storage portion and a housing case storing the power storage portion, and further the hosing case comprises a hole portion fitted to a terminal portion of the power storage portion, a mountain-shaped projecting portion integrally formed on a wall surface standing from a peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop flowing down along the wall surface from intruding into the hole portion, and a projecting portion integrally formed along the peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop from intruding into the hole portion from the peripheral portion of the hole portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An auxiliary power storage device for an electric device installed in a vehicle, connectable in parallel to a battery for the electric device to supply power to a vehicle load installed in the vehicle, the auxiliary power storage device comprising:
a power storage portion having a terminal portion including an output terminal; and
a housing case storing the power storage portion,

wherein the housing case comprises:
a hole portion fitted to the terminal portion of the power storage portion;
a first guide portion provided on a wall surface standing from a peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop flowing down along the wall surface from intruding into the hole portion, the first guide portion including a projection portion that is triangle shaped and integrally formed with the wall surface; and
a second guide portion provided at the peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop from intruding into the hole portion from the peripheral portion of the hole portion, the second guide portion including an inclined surface, which is inclined downward from a low end of the projecting portion, and a linking surface, which links with a low end of the inclined surface, the linking surface disposed below the terminal portion of the power storage portion.

2. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second guide portion is a projecting portion which is integrally formed along the peripheral portion of the hole portion.

3. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the power storage portion has another terminal portion including another output terminal, and
the housing case further comprises:
another hole portion fitted to the other terminal portion of the power storage portion;
a third guide portion provided on a wall surface standing from a peripheral portion of the other hole portion for preventing a liquid drop flowing down along the wall surface from intruding into the other hole portion; and
a fourth guide portion including a groove portion which is integrally formed along the peripheral portion of the other hole portion.

4. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
further comprising
a third guide portion provided under the hole portion for guiding a liquid drop intruded inside the power storage device from the hole portion to a discharging hole formed at a low portion of the housing case.

5. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the third guide portion has a groove portion of downward inclination at the hole portion.

6. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein an inflow side open portion of the discharging hole is not flush in itself.

7. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the housing case further comprises an upper case and a lower case, and the upper case is connected to the lower case such that the upper case covers a periphery of the lower case.

8. The auxiliary power storage device for the electric device installed in the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power storage portion is a lithium ion secondary battery or a nickel hydride battery.

9. A vehicle incorporating an auxiliary power storage device for an electric device installed in the vehicle, connectable in parallel to a battery for the electric device to supply power to a vehicle load installed in the vehicle,
the auxiliary power storage device comprising a power storage portion and a housing case storing the power storage portion,

wherein the housing case comprises:
a hole portion fitted to a terminal portion of the power storage portion;
a first guide portion provided on a wall surface standing from a peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop flowing down along the wall surface from intruding into the hole portion, the first guide portion including a projection portion that is triangle shaped and integrally formed with the wall surface; and
a second guide portion provided at the peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop from intruding into the hole portion from the peripheral portion of the hole portion, the second guide portion including an inclined surface, which is inclined downward from a low end of the projecting portion, and a linking surface, which links with a low end of the inclined surface, the linking surface disposed below the terminal portion of the power storage portion.

Assignees

• Sanyo Electric Co

Inventors

• Ohsumi Nobuyuki
• Ueta Yoshiaki
• Iwabuchi Toru

Classifications

• H01M10/0445 Primary

  Multimode batteries, e.g. containing auxiliary cells or electrodes switchable in parallel or series connections · CPC title

• H01M50/249

  specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) · CPC title

• H01M50/227

  Organic material · CPC title

• H01M50/204

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

• H01M50/296

  characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) · CPC title