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Granted Patent B2
US 10,622,689 · App. 15/725,131 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Heat releasing composite and water cooling battery system including the same

Inventor: In-Chang Chu (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
H01M10/6557C08K3/04C08K5/01C09K5/14H01M10/613H01M10/625H01M10/653H01M10/6555H01M10/6556H01M10/6567
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Patent No.
US 10,622,689
App. No.
15/725,131
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat releasing composite which is a heat releasing interface material inserted between battery cells and a cooling channel, comprising at least one of an elastomer layer including elastomer and white oil; a filler layer including a thermally conductive filler; and an insulating layer.

Claims (23)

1. A heat releasing composite which is a heat releasing interface material inserted between battery cells and a cooling channel, the heat releasing composite comprising at least one of:

an elastomer layer including elastomer and white oil;

a filler layer including a thermally conductive filler; and

an insulating layer having an electric insulation property,

wherein contents of the elastomer and the white oil are adjusted to lower a thickness of the elastomer layer so that a step between a battery cell bundle and the elastomer layer is prevented, wherein the elastomer layer, the filler layer, and the insulating layer include a same matrix, and wherein the elastomer layer, the filler layer, and the insulating layer are interface-adhered without an adhesive component.

2. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the elastomer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene-based resin, an olefin-based resin, a polyester-based resin, a polyamide-based resin, a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), and a styrene-butadiene-ethylene-styrene block copolymer (SBES), and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS).

3. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the elastomer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), a styrene-butadiene-ethylene-styrene block copolymer (SBES), and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS) and a content of styrene ranges from 10 to 15 wt % in the copolymer.

4. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the white oil is included in the range of 20 to 30 wt % with respect to a total weight of the elastomer layer.

5. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the elastomer layer further includes an amorphous inorganic filler.

6. The heat releasing composite of claim 5 , wherein the amorphous inorganic filler is at least one amorphous inorganic filler selected from the group consisting of boron nitride (BN), alumina, silica, Al metal filler, Cu metal filler, Fe metal filler, Ni metal filler and MgO.

7. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the elastomer layer further includes a random PP or PE.

8. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the elastomer layer has a hardness of Shore A 75 to Shore A 15.

9. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the elastomer layer ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 mm.

10. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the thermally conductive filler is a carbon-based plate-like filler or a metal-based plate-like filler.

11. The heat releasing composite of claim 10 , wherein the thermally conductive filler is a carbon-based plate-like filler.

12. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the filler layer has a thermal conductivity of 1.5 W/mK or more in a vertical direction thereof.

13. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the filler layer has a heat conductivity of 6.0 W/mK or more in a horizontal direction thereof.

14. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the filler layer is 10 times or greater than that of the insulating layer.

15. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene-based resin, an olefin-based resin, a polyester-based resin, a polyamide-based resin, a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), and a styrene-butadiene-ethylene-styrene block copolymer (SBES), and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS).

16. The heat releasing composite of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the insulating layer ranges from 10 to 200 μm.

17. A water cooling battery system in which the heat releasing composite of claim 1 is inserted between a plurality of battery cells and the cooling channel.

18. The water cooling battery system of claim 17 , wherein the elastomer layer of the heat releasing composite is in contact with the plurality of battery cells.

19. The water cooling battery system of claim 17 , wherein the water cooling battery system is used in a battery system of an electric vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2017
From: CHU, IN-CHANG
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043784/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0000782 · Jan 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180191042A1 · Jul 5, 2018