IP Library Granted Patent US 10,446,890
Granted Patent B2
US 10,446,890 · App. 15/540,388 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Power storage module, power storage system, electronic apparatus, electric vehicle, and power system

Inventors: Naotake Yoshida (Fukushima, JP); Tsutomu Aoyama (Fukushima, JP); Tatsuya Adachi (Fukushima, JP); Hiroaki Ono (Miyagi, JP); Noritsugu Yoshizawa (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01M10/637H01M2/10H01M10/627H01M10/643H01M10/652H01M10/653H01M10/6553H01M10/6554H01M10/6556H01M10/6562H01M10/613H01M10/617H01M10/625
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Patent No.
US 10,446,890
App. No.
15/540,388
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power storage module includes: a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells; a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat conductive material arranged in a manner contacting the connecting terminal portion. The heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance. The heat conductive materials are distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive materials.

Claims (37)

1. A power storage module, comprising:

a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells;

a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells; and

a heat conductive material arranged on the connecting terminal portion in a contacting manner, wherein

the heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance, and

the heat conductive material is distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive material.

2. The power storage module according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conductive material is distributed more densely in a part of peripheral portions near a heat generating member than in peripheral portions excluding the part of the peripheral portions in the plan view from the normal line direction of the arrangement surface of the heat conductive material.

3. The power storage module according to claim 1 , wherein an area of a flat surface shape of a member of a plurality of interspersed members is smaller than an area of an end surface of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells.

4. The power storage module according to claim 3 , wherein one piece of the member is arranged in a position corresponding to one end surface of the battery cell.

5. The power storage module according to claim 4 , wherein the member is arranged in a position corresponding to substantially a center of the one end surface of the battery cell.

6. The power storage module according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conductive material is more densely arranged on a center portion side than on an outer peripheral side at least on any one of a front end side of the peripheral portions, a rear end side of the peripheral portions, and a center side of the peripheral portions located between the front end side and the rear end side of the peripheral portions in the plan view from the normal line direction of the arrangement surface of the heat conductive materials.

7. The power storage module according to claim 1 , wherein the heat conductive material has a sheet-like shape.

8. The power storage module according to claim 1 , wherein a member of the plurality of interspersed members has a shape same as or a shape similar to a flat surface shape of a terminal surface of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells.

9. The power storage module according to claim 1 , including a stacked body in which battery units each including a battery case housing the battery block group, the connecting terminal portion, and the heat conductive material are stacked in two or more stages,

wherein the heat conductive material is arranged on one surface side and another surface side facing the one surface side of the stacked body.

10. The power storage module according to claim 9 , wherein distribution of the heat conductive material arranged on the one surface side differs from distribution of the heat conductive material on the other surface side.

11. The power storage module according to claim 9 , wherein

the battery case has a structural body fitted into a space equivalent to substantially a size of one battery cell, and

at least part of the structural body is located in the center portion in the plan view from the normal line direction of the arrangement surface of the heat conductive material.

12. The power storage module according to claim 1 , wherein the battery block group has a structure in which a plurality of battery rows including the plurality of battery cells arranged in rows is arranged side by side in a direction substantially orthogonal to a row direction.

13. The power storage module according to claim 12 , wherein the connecting terminal portion is joined to the terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells constituting at least one of the plurality of battery rows, and has a longitudinal direction arranged in parallel to the row direction of the battery row.

14. A power system, comprising:

a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells;

a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells;

a heat conductive material arranged on the connecting terminal portion in a contacting manner, wherein

the heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance, and

the heat conductive material is distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive material; and

a power information transmitting/receiving unit configured to:

perform transmission and receipt of signals with other apparatuses via a network, and

charging/discharging control for the power storage module, on the basis of information received by the transmitting/receiving unit.

15. A power system, comprising:

circuitry configured to receive power supply from a power storage module or supply power to the power storage module from a power generator or a power network, wherein the power storage module comprises:

a battery block group including a plurality of battery cells;

a connecting terminal portion joined to terminal surfaces of the plurality of battery cells;

a heat conductive material arranged on the connecting terminal portion in a contacting manner, wherein

the heat conductive material includes at least any member of a plurality of interspersed members or a member having a clearance, and

the heat conductive material is distributed more densely in a center portion of a region surrounded by an outermost peripheral edge of the battery block group than in peripheral portions surrounding the center portion in a plan view from a normal line direction of an arrangement surface of the heat conductive material.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044880/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044881/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2017
From: YOSHIDA, NAOTAKE; AOYAMA, TSUTOMU; ADACHI, TATSUYA; ONO, HIROAKI; YOSHIZAWA, NORITSUGU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042846/0112 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-007277 · Jan 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170352931A1 · Dec 7, 2017