Energy storage apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9960460-B2
Application number	US-201514845109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2015
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device; a spacer disposed on one side of the energy storage device in a first direction, the spacer including a pair of wall portions; and a measuring part for measuring a state of the energy storage device, the measuring part disposed on one side of the energy storage device in a second direction which intersects with the first direction. The wall portions include a first wall portion disposed on the one side of the energy storage device in the second direction and a second wall portion disposed on the other side of the energy storage device opposite to the one side of the energy storage device. The energy storage device is arranged at a position where a distance between the energy storage device and the first wall portion is set shorter than a distance between the energy storage device and the second wall portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An energy storage apparatus, comprising:
an energy storage device including an electrode terminal;
a spacer disposed on a side of the energy storage device in a first direction, the spacer including a pair of wall portions; and
a temperature measuring part for measuring a temperature of the energy storage device, the temperature measuring part being disposed on one side of the energy storage device in a second direction which intersects with the first direction, the temperature measuring part being disposed on a surface adjacent to a surface on which the electrode terminal is disposed,
wherein the wall portions include a first wall portion disposed on the one side of the energy storage device in the second direction and a second wall portion disposed on an other side of the energy storage device opposite to the one side of the energy storage device, and
wherein the energy storage device is arranged at a position where a distance between the energy storage device and the first wall portion is set shorter than a distance between the energy storage device and the second wall portion.

2. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an opening portion is formed in the first wall portion at a position where the temperature measuring part is disposed.

3. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer further includes a protrusion arranged at a position where the protrusion is brought into contact with a surface of the energy storage device on the other side of the energy storage device in the second direction.

4. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the protrusion and the temperature measuring part are arranged at positions where the protrusion and the temperature measuring part correspond to each other in the second direction.

5. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a plurality of the energy storage devices,
wherein the spacer includes:
a plate-like member arranged between the energy storage devices; and
the wall portions each of which extends from an outer edge of the plate-like member toward the one side and the other side opposite to the one side in the first direction of the energy storage device, and

wherein the opening portion is formed in the first wall portion, and the protrusion is formed on the second wall portion.

6. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
two binding members for applying a binding force in the first direction between the energy storage device and the spacer, the two binding members being arranged on end portions of an assembled body including the energy storage device and the spacer on one side of the assembled body in the second direction and an other side of the assembled body opposite to the one side of the assembled body in the second direction,
wherein a first binding member arranged on the one side of the assembled body in the second direction, out of the two binding members, is arranged on one side of the assembled body in a third direction which intersects with the first direction and the second direction relative to the temperature measuring part, and
wherein a second binding member arranged on the other side of the assembled body opposite to the one side of the assembled body, out of the two binding members, is arranged on an other side opposite to the one side in the third direction where the first binding member is arranged.

7. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first binding member and the second binding member are arranged approximately in point symmetry with respect to a center of the energy storage device.

8. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature measuring part comprises a temperature sensor which measures a temperature of the energy storage device.

9. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the temperature measuring part is brought into contact with a side surface of the energy storage device at a position where the temperature measuring part faces a current collector of the energy storage device.

10. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the temperature measuring part is brought into contact with the side surface of the energy storage device at a position where the temperature measuring part faces in an opposed manner the current collector having a larger resistance out of a positive current collector and a negative current collector which constitute the current collector.

11. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the energy storage device comprises three or more energy storage devices arranged in the first direction,
wherein a plurality of the spacers are disposed between the three or more energy storage devices,
wherein the temperature measuring part is disposed on one side of an inner energy storage device in the second direction side, the inner energy storage device being arranged on an inner side out of the three or more energy storage devices, and
wherein a protrusion is formed on one of the spacers which is brought into contact with the inner energy storage device out of the plurality of spacers.

12. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a third direction which intersects with the first direction and the second direction, throughout an entirety of the first wall portion, the distance between the energy storage device and the first wall portion is shorter than the distance between the energy storage device and the second wall portion.

13. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, throughout an entirety of the wall portions that extend in the second direction, the distance between the energy storage device and the first wall portion is shorter than the distance between the energy storage device and the second wall portion.

14. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, throughout an entirety of the wall portions that extend in the second direction, the distance between the energy storage device and the first wall portion is constant.

15. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein, throughout the entirety of the wall portions that extend in the second direction, the distance between the energy storage device and the second wall portion is constant.

16. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a current collector,
wherein the temperature measuring part contacts with a side surface of the energy storage device at a position where the temperature measuring part faces the current collector.

17. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a positive current collector and a negative current collector,
wherein the temperature measuring part contacts with a side surface of the energy storage device at a position where the temperature measuring part faces whichever of the positive current collector and the negative current collector has a larger resistance.

18. The energy storage apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of energy storage devices, each including the energy storage device, are arranged in the first direction,
wherein a plurality of the spacers, each including the spacer, are disposed between the plurality of energy storage devices, and
wherein the temperature measuring part is disposed on one side of an inner energy storage device of the plurality of energy storage devices in the second direction side, the inner energy storage device being ar

Assignees

• Gs Yuasa Int Ltd

Inventors

• Tsuruta Shogo
• Yamamoto Yuichiro

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

• H01M10/482 Primary

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H01M50/284

  with incorporated circuit boards, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB] · CPC title

• H01M50/278

  Organic material · CPC title

• H01M50/227

  Organic material · CPC title