Battery thermal event detection system using an optical fiber
    62.
    发明授权
    Battery thermal event detection system using an optical fiber 有权
    电池热事件检测系统采用光纤

    公开(公告)号:US08092081B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-10

    申请号:US12455173

    申请日:2009-05-28

    IPC分类号: H01M10/48 H02J7/04 G01K11/32

    CPC分类号: G01K11/32 G01K3/005 G08B17/06

    摘要: A method and apparatus is provided for determining when a battery, or one or more batteries within a battery pack, undergoes an undesired thermal event such as thermal runaway. The system uses an optical fiber mounted in close proximity to, or in contact with, an external surface of the battery or batteries to be monitored. A source of light is optically coupled to the input facet of the optical fiber and a detector optically coupled to the output facet of the optical fiber. Battery health is determined by monitoring the light transmitted through the optical fiber.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种方法和装置,用于确定电池或电池组中的一个或多个电池何时经历不期望的热事件,例如热失控。 该系统使用安装在电池或电池的外表面附近或与其接触的光纤进行监视。 光源光耦合到光纤的输入端面和光耦合到光纤的输出端面的检测器。 通过监测通过光纤传输的光来确定电池的健康状况。

    Cell cap assembly with recessed terminal and enlarged insulating gasket
    63.
    发明授权
    Cell cap assembly with recessed terminal and enlarged insulating gasket 有权
    电池盖组件,带凹槽端子和扩大的绝缘垫片

    公开(公告)号:US08057928B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-15

    申请号:US12456150

    申请日:2009-06-12

    IPC分类号: H01M2/12

    摘要: A simplified cell design is provided for a battery utilizing the 18650 form-factor, the simplified cell design reducing manufacturing cost, battery weight and the risk of shorting between the battery case and the battery terminal. In the cap assembly of the disclosed battery, the safety vent element, which is recessed relative to the top of the cell case, also serves as the battery terminal. Additionally, the insulating gasket positioned between the cell case and the cap assembly is designed to cover a large portion of the outer surface of the safety vent/battery terminal.

    摘要翻译: 为电池提供简化的电池设计,使用18650外形,简化电池设计,降低制造成本,电池重量以及电池盒与电池端子之间短路的风险。 在所公开的电池的盖组件中,相对于电池壳体的顶部凹陷的安全排气元件也用作电池端子。 此外,定位在电池壳体和盖组件之间的绝缘垫片被设计成覆盖安全排气孔/电池端子的外表面的大部分。

    Selective cure of adhesive in modular assemblies
    64.
    发明授权
    Selective cure of adhesive in modular assemblies 有权
    模块化组件中粘合剂的选择性固化

    公开(公告)号:US08057630B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-15

    申请号:US12716249

    申请日:2010-03-02

    IPC分类号: B32B37/00

    摘要: Methods and systems for decreasing costs (expense, mass, and/or cure time) associated with use of adhesives when assembling modularized components, particularly for assemblies having many elements such as for example battery modules used in electric vehicles. The methods and systems enable use of high-wettability adhesives (defined generally in this application as low viscosity and/or low surface tension adhesives) for assembling such modularized components. A first method including (a) dispensing a high-wettability adhesive into a first module fixture populated with a plurality of elements wherein the first module fixture provides a plurality of bonding wells with each bonding well accepting a first portion of one or more of the elements with the module fixture including one more apertures communicated with one or more of the bonding wells, the adhesive being selectively curable upon application of a curing modality; (b) applying the curing modality selectively to a first portion of the dispensed adhesive in a seal zone, the seal zone including one or more regions surrounding the apertures wherein the dispensed adhesive in the seal zone is sufficiently cured to inhibit significant quantities of the adhesive from emerging from the apertures while the adhesive continues to be dispensed into the module fixture wherein the curing modality is not applied to a second portion of the adhesive outside of the seal zone; and (c) applying the curing modality to the second portion of the dispensed adhesive.

    摘要翻译: 特别是对于具有许多元件的组件(例如电动车辆中使用的电池模块)的组件,降低与使用粘合剂相关联的成本(费用,质量和/或固化时间)的方法和系统。 该方法和系统能够使用高润湿性粘合剂(在本申请中通常定义为低粘度和/或低表面张力粘合剂)来组装这种模块化部件。 一种第一方法,包括(a)将高可润湿性粘合剂分配到填充有多个元件的第一模块固定件中,其中第一模块夹具提供多个粘结井,每个粘合井接受一个或多个元件的第一部分 其中所述模块固定装置包括与一个或多个粘结井连通的一个孔,所述粘合剂在施加固化模态时可选择性地固化; (b)在密封区域中将固化模态选择性地施加到所分配的粘合剂的第一部分,密封区域包括围绕孔的一个或多个区域,其中密封区域中分配的粘合剂被充分固化以抑制大量的粘合剂 当粘合剂继续分配到模块固定装置中时,孔的出现,其中固化模式不施加到密封区外部的粘合剂的第二部分; 和(c)将固化模式施加到所分配的粘合剂的第二部分。

    Method and apparatus for the external application of battery pack encapsulant
    65.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for the external application of battery pack encapsulant 有权
    用于电池组封装的外部应用的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100136413A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-03

    申请号:US12315303

    申请日:2008-12-02

    IPC分类号: H01M6/42

    CPC分类号: H01M2/1077 H01M2/1083

    摘要: A method and apparatus for simplifying battery pack encapsulation is provided. The battery pack includes a pair of complementary housing members with each housing member including a plurality of cell contraints into which the ends of corresponding battery cells are inserted during assembly. One or both housing members also include at least one, and preferably a plurality, of raised encapsulant injection ports. The raised encapsulant injection ports are designed to extend above the surface of the respective housing members and beyond the injected encapsulation material, thus ensuring that the ports remain open after encapsulation material injection.

    摘要翻译: 提供了简化电池组封装的方法和装置。 电池组包括一对互补的壳体构件,每个壳体构件包括多个单元限制器,在组装过程中相应的电池单元的端部插入其中。 一个或两个壳体构件还包括至少一个,优选多个凸起的密封剂注入口。 凸起的密封剂注入口被设计成在相应的壳体构件的表面上方延伸并且超过注入的封装材料,从而确保在封装材料注入之后端口保持打开。

    Battery pack overcharge protection system
    70.
    发明授权
    Battery pack overcharge protection system 有权
    电池组过充保护系统

    公开(公告)号:US08659270B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-25

    申请号:US12916050

    申请日:2010-10-29

    CPC分类号: H02J7/0031 H02J2007/0037

    摘要: An overcharge protection device (OPD) is provided that may be used alone, or in combination with conventional charging protection systems, to protect a battery pack from the occurrence of a potentially damaging overcharging event. The OPD is designed to be coupled to, and interposed between, the terminals of the battery pack. During normal system operation, the OPD has no effect on the operation of the charging system or the battery pack. During an overcharging event, if overcharging is not prevented by another conventional system, the OPD of the invention creates a short across the terminals of the battery pack causing a battery pack fuse designed to provide battery pack short circuit protection to blow, thereby interrupting the current path from the charger to the battery pack and preventing the battery pack from being overcharged.

    摘要翻译: 提供了可以单独使用或与常规充电保护系统组合使用的过充电保护装置(OPD)来保护电池组免受潜在的破坏性过充电事件的发生。 OPD被设计成耦合到电池组的端子并插入在电池组的端子之间。 在正常的系统操作过程中,OPD对充电系统或电池组的操作没有影响。 在过充电事件中,如果不是由另一传统系统防止过充电,则本发明的OPD在电池组的端子之间产生短路,导致设计成提供电池组短路保护的电池组熔断器,从而中断电流 从充电器到电池组的路径,并防止电池组过充电。