Battery pack including drainage system having floating body to close drainage hole

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9979006-B2
Application number	US-201214360041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2012
Priority date	Nov 23, 2011
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a battery pack including a drainage system capable of efficiently discharging water collected inside the battery pack using buoyancy, preventing moisture permeation from the outside, and being implemented in a simple structure to maximize economical feasibility. The battery pack includes a battery pack case having a battery pack embedded therein and having a drainage hole formed in one side thereof; and a drainage system including a body provided to be concatenated with one side of the battery pack case of a position corresponding to the drainage hole and a floating body accommodated in the body and elevated by an introduced fluid to close the drainage hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery pack including a drainage system, comprising:
a battery pack case;
a drainage hole formed in a bottom side of the battery pack case, water inside the battery pack case being drained through the drainage hole; and
the drainage system attached to the bottom side of the battery pack case,
wherein the drainage system comprises: a body having an opened side, the opened side being attached to the bottom side of the battery pack case; a floating body accommodated inside of the body; and one or more holes formed in surfaces other than the opened side of the body, and
wherein the floating body is configured to float and close the drainage hole when water is introduced inside the drainage system through the one or more holes of the body, and the floating body has an area larger than an area of the drainage hole and is made of a material having a density lower than a density of water,
wherein the body further includes a guide part including a single rod penetrating the floating body in a vertical direction for guiding a movement of the floating body relatively to the single rod inside the drainage system.

Assignees

• Sk Innovation Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Ye Jin

Classifications

• H01M50/60 Primary

  Arrangements or processes for filling or topping-up with liquids; Arrangements or processes for draining liquids from casings · CPC title

• H01M50/24 Primary

  adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion (thermal insulation H01M10/658) · CPC title

• B60K1/04

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• H01M2/36 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1083

  Electricity · mapped topic