Case for battery pack
A case for a battery pack includes a case member configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells therein and a heat exchange member on any one surface of the case member, the heat exchange member being integrally formed with the case member.
1. A case for a battery pack, the case comprising:
a case member defining a space configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells therein, the case member including a lower case and an upper case, the upper case fitting on the lower case to enclose the space to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, wherein:
an inner bottom surface of the case member includes a seating groove and recesses, the recesses defining a flow path in the inner bottom surface of the case member, the flow path accommodating a cooling medium, the seating groove and the flow path being formed continuously with different depths from each other in a thickness direction from the inner bottom surface of the case member, and
a heat exchange member is received in the seating groove and attached to the inner bottom surface of the case member, the inner bottom surface of the case member and the heat exchange member each being disposed to contact the cooling medium, the heat exchange member being in a form of a plate partially overlapping the inner bottom surface of the case member and attached to the inner bottom surface of the case member by a brazing seal located so as to seal the flow path such that leakage of the cooling medium from the flow path is prevented.
2. The case as claimed in claim 1 , further including a heat shield material at an outer bottom surface of the case member.
3. The case as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the case member and the heat exchange member are die-cast.