Battery module with flexible interconnector

    公开(公告)号:US12126048B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17033734

    申请日:2020-09-26

    摘要: A battery module includes: a plurality of aligned battery cells having differently-oriented surfaces; a cell supervision circuit (CSC) configured to receive signals corresponding to the voltage and/or temperature of at least one of the battery cells; and a flexible interconnector comprising a strip-shaped flexible printed circuit (FPC). The FPC includes a first insulating main surface, a second insulating main surface opposite the first insulating main surface, and a plurality of thermally and/or electrically conducting lines between the first insulating main surface and the second insulating main surface. Each of the conducting lines has a contact portion exposed by a contact aperture in the first insulating main surface and/or in the second insulating main surface and a connecting portion for connection to the CSC, and the flexible interconnector wraps around the battery cells such that the contact portions contact the differently-oriented surfaces of the battery cells.

    BATTERY MODULE
    4.
    发明公开
    BATTERY MODULE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240291065A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18570141

    申请日:2022-06-14

    发明人: HIKARU KOHARA

    摘要: A battery module includes a battery assembly including battery blocks including cylindrical batteries having bottom surfaces flush with respective planes, the battery blocks being connected to one another in an axial direction of the cylindrical batteries; and a cooling plate configured to cool the cylindrical batteries. The battery blocks have: respective cooling surfaces constituted by respective one end surfaces of the battery blocks; and respective discharge surfaces constituted by respective opposite end surfaces of the battery blocks. The cylindrical batteries include respective discharge valves having respective openings at respective discharge surfaces of the battery blocks. The battery assembly includes a duct gap for discharge between adjoining battery blocks such that a cooling surface of one adjoining battery block faces, across the duct gap, a discharge surface of another adjoining battery block. The cooling plate has an L-shape including a heat-absorption plate portion and a heat-dissipation plate portion connected perpendicularly and unitarily to one another. The heat-absorption plate portion is disposed on and thermally coupled to the cooling surface of one adjoining battery block. The heat-dissipation plate portion is disposed on an outer surface of the battery assembly. The duct gap is provided between the heat-absorption plate portion and the discharge surface of another adjoining battery block.

    Battery module support beam
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11967724B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17064163

    申请日:2020-10-06

    发明人: Travis Cournoyer

    摘要: A battery support beam and battery module including the battery support beam are provided. The battery support beam includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a battery support section between the first end and the second end. The battery support section includes a plurality of cylindrical sleeves arranged in a predetermined pattern, each having a cylindrical sidewall having an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom. Each of the cylindrical sidewalls is configured to be arranged around a cylindrical middle section of one of a plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells including a plurality of groups of battery cells arranged in the predetermined pattern. The battery module further includes a battery support section for each of the plurality of groups of battery cells.