Battery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9972872-B2
Application number	US-201314077089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Priority date	Nov 12, 2012
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A battery system having at least one battery cell, an absorption element, and a temperature-control system having a liquid temperature-control medium configured to cool and/or heat the battery cells in a battery housing, and a motor vehicle having such a battery system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery system comprising:
a battery housing;
a battery module in the battery housing, the battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction;
a temperature-control system comprising a temperature-control block, the temperature-control block being in direct contact with the battery cells, and through which a liquid temperature-control medium configured to cool and/or heat the battery cells passes; and
an absorption element arranged between the temperature-control block and the battery housing and being configured to absorb a liquid temperature-control medium discharged from the temperature-control system, wherein the battery module, the temperature-control block, and the absorption element are arranged in a second direction and the temperature-control block is arranged between the battery module and the absorption element,
wherein the absorption element extends beyond an edge of the temperature-control block in the first direction and is in fluid communication with the battery cells,
wherein the absorption element is composed of a non-woven material including at least two different fiber types, at least one of the fiber types being an elastic supporting fiber and at least another of the fiber types being an absorption fiber,
wherein the non-woven material has an average mass per unit area between 250 and 700 grams per square meter (g/m 2 ), and
wherein a weight proportion of the elastic supporting fiber is between 1% and 40%, and a weight proportion of the absorption fiber is between 60% and 99%.

2. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the non-woven material has an average mass per unit area between 300 and 450 grams per square meter.

3. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein:
a weight proportion of the elastic supporting fiber is between 2% and 30%; and
a weight proportion of the absorption fiber is between 70% and 98%.

4. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein, in an unloaded state, the absorption element has an overall height between 3 millimeters and 40 millimeters.

5. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein, in an unloaded state, the absorption element has an overall height between 3 millimeters and 10 millimeters.

6. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the absorption element has a reduced overall height in sections thereof.

7. The battery system of claim 6 , wherein the sections of the absorption element with the reduced overall height in an unloaded state have a same density as other sections of the absorption element with a non-reduced overall height.

8. The battery system of claim 6 , wherein the sections of the absorption element with the reduced overall height in an unloaded state have a same mass per unit area as other sections of the absorption element with a non-reduced overall height.

9. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the absorption element is arranged in an elastically pressed manner between the battery housing and the battery cells, the amount of elastic pressing being between 1% and 80%.

10. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the absorption element is arranged in an elastically pressed manner between the battery housing and the battery cells, the amount of elastic pressing being between 10% and 50%.

11. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the absorption fiber is configured to bind the liquid temperature-control medium in a pressure-resistant manner.

12. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the absorption element directly abuts against the battery housing at least in sections thereof.

13. A motor vehicle comprising a battery system, the battery system comprising:
a battery housing;
a battery module in the battery housing, the battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction;
a temperature-control system comprising a temperature-control block, the temperature-control block being in direct contact with the battery cells, and through which a liquid temperature-control medium configured to cool and/or heat the battery cells passes; and
an absorption element arranged between the temperature-control block and the battery housing and configured to absorb a liquid temperature-control medium discharged from the temperature-control system, wherein the battery module, the temperature-control block, and the absorption element are arranged in a second direction and the temperature-control block is arranged between the battery module and the absorption element,
wherein the absorption element extends beyond an edge of the temperature-control block in the first direction and is in fluid communication with the battery cells,
wherein the absorption element is composed of a non-woven material including fibers of at least two different fiber types, at least one of the fiber types being an elastic supporting fiber and at least another of the fiber types being an absorption fiber,
wherein the non-woven material has an average mass per unit area between 250 and 700 grams per square meter (g/m 2 ), and
wherein a weight proportion of the elastic supporting fiber is between 1% and 40%, and a weight proportion of the absorption fiber is between 60% and 99%.

14. The motor vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the absorption element has a reduced overall height in sections thereof.

15. The motor vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the sections of the absorption element with the reduced overall height in an unloaded state have a same density as sections of the absorption element with a non-reduced overall height.

16. The motor vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the sections of the absorption element with the reduced overall height in an unloaded state have a same mass per unit area as sections of the absorption element with a non-reduced overall height.

17. The motor vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the absorption element is arranged in an elastically pressed manner between the battery housing and the battery cells, the amount of elastic pressing being between 1% and 80%.

18. The motor vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the absorption element directly abuts against the battery housing at least in sections thereof.

19. A battery system comprising:
a battery housing comprising a plurality of inwardly extending reinforcing elements;
a battery module in the battery housing, the battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction;
a temperature-control system comprising a temperature-control block being configured to permit flow of a liquid temperature-control medium therethrough to cool and/or heat the battery cells; and
an absorption element being arranged adjacent to the temperature-control block and being configured to absorb and bind a liquid temperature-control medium discharged from the temperature-control system, wherein the battery module, the temperature-control block, and the absorption element are arranged in a second direction and the temperature-control block is arranged between the battery module and the absorption element,
wherein the absorption element has a reduced overall height in sections that are between the reinforcing elements and the temperature-control block, the sections of the absorption element with the reduced overall height having a same density as other sections of the absorption element that are between adjacent ones of the reinforcing elements,
wherein the absorption element extends beyond an edge of the temperature-control block in the first direction and is in fluid communication with the battery cells,
wherein the absorption element is composed of a non-woven material in

Assignees

• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dämon Peter
• Eichberger Georg

Classifications

• 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

• H01M50/209 Primary

  adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/625 Primary

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/6567 Primary

  Liquids · CPC title

• H01M10/63

  Control systems (charging or discharging in response to temperature H01M10/44 {, H01M10/443}; measurement of temperature H01M10/48 {, H01M10/486}) · CPC title