公开(公告)号：US10195688B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US14631664

申请日：2015-02-25

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： John P. Dinkelman

IPC: B23K26/062 ,  B23K26/082 ,  B23K26/06 ,  H01M2/30 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2/20 ,  B23K26/21 ,  B23K26/08 ,  B23K26/32 ,  H01M2/10 ,  B23K26/244 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/42 ,  H01M10/48

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a welding process for a battery module. In an embodiment, a system for welding two components in a battery module includes a laser source configured to emit a laser beam onto a workpiece having a first battery module component and a second battery module component. The system also has an actuator coupled to the laser source and configured to move the laser beam along a first axis and a second axis and a controller electrically coupled to the laser source and the actuator. The controller is configured to send a signal to the laser source and the actuator to form a sinusoidal lap weld on a surface of the workpiece, such that the first battery module component is electrically coupled to the second battery module component.

公开(公告)号：US09985265B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US14795518

申请日：2015-07-09

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Matthew R. Tyler ,  Christopher M. Bonin ,  John P. Dinkelman ,  Richard M. DeKeuster ,  Dale B. Trester

IPC: H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/48 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  B60L11/18 ,  H01M2/02 ,  H01M10/052

CPC classification number: H01M2/206 ,  B60L11/187 ,  B60L11/1877 ,  B60L11/1879 ,  H01M2/0217 ,  H01M2/0277 ,  H01M2/1072 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/48 ,  H01M10/482 ,  H01M10/486 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02E60/122 ,  Y02P70/54 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a battery module having a housing with a cell receptacle region defined by walls of the housing and configured to enable passage of electrochemical cells therethrough. The battery module also includes a bus bar carrier sealed in the cell receptacle region. The bus bar carrier includes a perimeter having flexible ribs extending along at least a majority of the perimeter and configured to enable intimate contact between the walls of the housing and the perimeter of the bus bar carrier.

公开(公告)号：US20180076438A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-15

申请号：US15263065

申请日：2016-09-12

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Richard M. DeKeuster ,  Robert J. Mack ,  John P. Dinkelman

IPC: H01M2/32 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/30 ,  H01M10/06 ,  B29C70/88 ,  B29C65/16

CPC classification number: H01M2/32 ,  B29C65/16 ,  B29C70/88 ,  B29K2023/12 ,  B29K2105/06 ,  B29L2031/3468 ,  H01M2/0257 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M2/206 ,  H01M2/30 ,  H01M2/305 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/058 ,  H01M10/06 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M2010/4271 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02T10/7011

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of batteries and battery modules, and more specifically, relates to a system and method for manufacturing terminal assemblies for lithium-ion battery modules. A disclosed battery module includes a terminal block assembly that is secured to a polymer housing of the battery module. The terminal block assembly includes a terminal post having a post portion and a base portion that extends outward from a central axis of the post portion. The terminal block assembly also includes a bus bar coupled to the base portion of the terminal post without welding, wherein the bus bar includes a trough disposed near the terminal post. The terminal block assembly further includes a polymer portion overmolding at least the trough of the bus bar to form a drainage channel near the terminal post.

公开(公告)号：US20150072195A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

申请号：US14230678

申请日：2014-03-31

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Edward J. Soleski ,  Mikhail S. Balk ,  Lisa L. Winders ,  Richard M. DeKeuster ,  John P. Dinkelman

IPC: H01M10/48 ,  H01M10/04

CPC classification number: H01M2/22 ,  B60L1/003 ,  B60L1/02 ,  B60L1/14 ,  B60L3/0046 ,  B60L3/12 ,  B60L11/123 ,  B60L11/14 ,  B60L11/1803 ,  B60L11/1851 ,  B60L11/1861 ,  B60L11/1864 ,  B60L11/1874 ,  B60L11/1877 ,  B60L11/1879 ,  B60L15/20 ,  B60L2210/10 ,  B60L2210/40 ,  B60L2240/34 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  B60L2240/547 ,  B60L2240/549 ,  B60L2250/10 ,  B60L2260/26 ,  B60L2270/20 ,  B60R16/03 ,  B60R16/033 ,  G01R31/025 ,  G01R31/362 ,  G01R31/3627 ,  H01H47/325 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M2/1205 ,  H01M2/1211 ,  H01M2/1252 ,  H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/206 ,  H01M2/24 ,  H01M2/305 ,  H01M2/32 ,  H01M2/34 ,  H01M2/342 ,  H01M4/661 ,  H01M4/665 ,  H01M10/04 ,  H01M10/0413 ,  H01M10/058 ,  H01M10/425 ,  H01M10/4257 ,  H01M10/482 ,  H01M10/486 ,  H01M10/6551 ,  H01M2010/4271 ,  H01M2010/4278 ,  H01M2200/103 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  H01M2250/20 ,  H01R12/716 ,  H02H7/18 ,  H02J7/0021 ,  H02J7/0063 ,  H05K1/0262 ,  H05K1/0263 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/32 ,  H05K2201/10492 ,  H05K2201/1053 ,  H05K2201/10545 ,  Y02T10/6217 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7016 ,  Y02T10/7044 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7061 ,  Y02T10/7077 ,  Y02T10/7216 ,  Y02T10/7241 ,  Y02T10/7275 ,  Y10T29/49108 ,  Y10T29/4911 ,  Y10T29/49114

Abstract: A battery module and a method of manufacture are provided. The battery module may include a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The PCB assembly may include a PCB designed to be disposed in a battery module for controlling operations of the battery module. The PCB may also include voltage sensing circuitry. In addition, the PCB assembly may include a bus bar cell interconnect. The bus bar cell interconnect may electrically couple batteries of the battery module. The PCB assembly may also include a voltage sense connection tab. The voltage sense connection tab may carry a voltage between a bus bar cell interconnect of the battery module and the voltage sensing circuitry on the PCB.

Abstract translation: 提供电池模块和制造方法。 电池模块可以包括印刷电路板（PCB）组件。 PCB组件可以包括设计成设置在电池模块中以控制电池模块的操作的PCB。 PCB还可以包括电压感测电路。 此外，PCB组件可以包括汇流条单元互连。 母线电池互连可以电连接电池模块的电池。 PCB组件还可以包括电压感测连接片。 电压感测连接片可以在电池模块的汇流条单元互连和PCB上的电压感测电路之间承载电压。

公开(公告)号：US20190240772A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US16268292

申请日：2019-02-05

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： John P. Dinkelman

IPC: B23K26/06 ,  H01M2/20 ,  B23K26/082 ,  B23K26/08 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M2/30 ,  B23K26/32 ,  H01M2/10 ,  B23K26/244 ,  B23K26/21 ,  H01M10/052

CPC classification number: B23K26/0626 ,  B23K26/082 ,  B23K26/0876 ,  B23K26/21 ,  B23K26/244 ,  B23K26/32 ,  H01M2/1072 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/206 ,  H01M2/305 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/425 ,  H01M10/482 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02E60/122

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a welding process for a battery module. In an embodiment, a system for welding two components in a battery module includes a laser source configured to emit a laser beam onto a workpiece having a first battery module component and a second battery module component. The system also has an actuator coupled to the laser source and configured to move the laser beam along a first axis and a second axis and a controller electrically coupled to the laser source and the actuator. The controller is configured to send a signal to the laser source and the actuator to form a sinusoidal lap weld on a surface of the workpiece, such that the first battery module component is electrically coupled to the second battery module component.

公开(公告)号：US10340483B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US14835626

申请日：2015-08-25

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Matthew R. Tyler ,  Christopher M. Bonin ,  John P. Dinkelman ,  Richard M. DeKeuster ,  Dale B. Trester

IPC: H01M2/02 ,  H01M2/08 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/42 ,  B29C65/16 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B60L1/00 ,  B60L1/06 ,  B60L7/12 ,  B60L50/16 ,  B60L50/60 ,  B60L50/64 ,  B29K23/00 ,  B29L31/34 ,  B29K507/04 ,  B29K509/08 ,  B29K105/16

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that includes a housing having a first protruding shelf along a first perimeter of the housing, a second protruding shelf along a second perimeter of the housing, where the first and second protruding shelves each include an absorptive material configured to absorb a first laser emission. The battery module also includes an electronics compartment cover configured to be coupled to the housing via a first laser weld, and a cell receptacle region cover configured to be coupled to the housing via a second laser weld. The electronics compartment cover has a first transparent material configured to transmit the first laser emission toward the first protruding shelf and the cell receptacle region cover has a second transparent material configured to transmit the first laser emission or a second laser emission toward the second protruding shelf.

公开(公告)号：US20180277820A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15991984

申请日：2018-05-29

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Matthew R. Tyler ,  Christopher M. Bonin ,  John P. Dinkelman ,  Richard M. DeKeuster ,  Dale B. Trester

IPC: H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/02 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/48

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a battery module having a housing with a cell receptacle region defined by walls of the housing and configured to enable passage of electrochemical cells therethrough. The battery module also includes a bus bar carrier sealed in the cell receptacle region. The bus bar carrier includes a perimeter having flexible ribs extending along at least a majority of the perimeter and configured to enable intimate contact between the walls of the housing and the perimeter of the bus bar carrier.

公开(公告)号：US20180190961A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15908598

申请日：2018-02-28

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Matthew R. Tyler ,  John P. Dinkelman

IPC: H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/30 ,  H01M2/22 ,  B23K26/323 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M2/10 ,  B23K101/36 ,  H01M10/48

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that includes a stack of battery cells, where each battery cell has a terminal, and the terminal has a first alloy of a metal. The battery module has a bus bar that includes a body having a second alloy of the metal, nickel plating on at least a portion of the body, and an indentation disposed on the body, where a thickness of the nickel plating is between 0.2% and 20% of an overall thickness of the body, and a weld physically and electrically coupling the respective terminal to the bus bar. The indentation has a depth between 10% and 90% of the overall thickness, an area of the indentation is between 5% and 20% of an overall area of the body, and the nickel plating enables the weld to be stronger than a weld between the first and second alloys.

公开(公告)号：US09917291B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US14843570

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Matthew R. Tyler ,  John P. Dinkelman

IPC: H01M6/42 ,  H01M2/20 ,  H01M2/30 ,  B23K26/323 ,  H01M2/22 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/48 ,  B23K101/36

CPC classification number: H01M2/206 ,  B23K26/323 ,  B23K2101/36 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M2/22 ,  H01M2/305 ,  H01M10/052 ,  H01M10/48 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02E60/122

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that includes a stack of battery cells, where each battery cell has a terminal, and the terminal has a first alloy of a metal. The battery module has a bus bar that includes a body having a second alloy of the metal, nickel plating on at least a portion of the body, and an indentation disposed on the body, where a thickness of the nickel plating is between 0.2% and 20% of an overall thickness of the body, and a weld physically and electrically coupling the respective terminal to the bus bar. The indentation has a depth between 10% and 90% of the overall thickness, an area of the indentation is between 5% and 20% of an overall area of the body, and the nickel plating enables the weld to be stronger than a weld between the first and second alloys.

公开(公告)号：US20160064702A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-03

申请号：US14835626

申请日：2015-08-25

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Matthew R. Tyler ,  Christopher M. Bonin ,  John P. Dinkelman ,  Richard M. DeKeuster ,  Dale B. Trester

IPC: H01M2/02 ,  B29C65/16

CPC classification number: H01M2/024 ,  B29C65/1635 ,  B29C65/1677 ,  B29C65/168 ,  B29C65/1683 ,  B29C66/112 ,  B29C66/114 ,  B29C66/322 ,  B29C66/53461 ,  B29C66/71 ,  B29C66/73921 ,  B29K2023/12 ,  B29K2105/16 ,  B29K2507/04 ,  B29K2509/08 ,  B29K2995/002 ,  B29K2995/0026 ,  B29K2995/0027 ,  B29L2031/3468 ,  B60L1/003 ,  B60L1/06 ,  B60L7/12 ,  B60L50/16 ,  B60L50/64 ,  B60L50/66 ,  B60L2240/545 ,  B60L2240/547 ,  B60L2240/549 ,  B60L2250/10 ,  H01M2/08 ,  H01M2/1077 ,  H01M10/425 ,  H01M2220/20 ,  Y02T10/70 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/705 ,  Y02T10/7077 ,  B29K2081/04 ,  B29K2077/00

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that includes a housing having a first protruding shelf along a first perimeter of the housing, a second protruding shelf along a second perimeter of the housing, where the first and second protruding shelves each include an absorptive material configured to absorb a first laser emission. The battery module also includes an electronics compartment cover configured to be coupled to the housing via a first laser weld, and a cell receptacle region cover configured to be coupled to the housing via a second laser weld. The electronics compartment cover has a first transparent material configured to transmit the first laser emission toward the first protruding shelf and the cell receptacle region cover has a second transparent material configured to transmit the first laser emission or a second laser emission toward the second protruding shelf.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种电池模块，其包括壳体，该壳体具有沿壳体的第一周边的第一突出搁架，沿着壳体的第二周边的第二突出搁架，其中第一和第二突出搁架各自包括配置的吸收材料 以吸收第一激光发射。 电池模块还包括经由第一激光焊接被耦合到外壳的电子部件盖，以及经由第二激光焊接而被联接到壳体的电池插座区域盖。 电子舱盖具有第一透明材料，其被配置为朝向第一突出搁架传送第一激光发射，并且电池接收区域盖具有被配置为向第二突出搁架传送第一激光发射或第二激光发射的第二透明材料。