IP Library Granted Patent US 10,680,298
Granted Patent B2
US 10,680,298 · App. 15/744,684 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Battery system for vehicle

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Patent No.
US 10,680,298
App. No.
15/744,684
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a battery system for a vehicle, which comprises: a battery pack installed in a trunk room of the vehicle and provided with a plurality of battery cells and an electrolyte; a cooling device circulating cooling water to cool an engine installed in the vehicle; and a safety device that injects the cooling water of the cooling device into the battery pack to cool the battery pack through impregnation of the cooling water to the plurality of battery cells when a temperature of the battery pack increases to a preset temperature or more.

Claims (18)

1. A battery system for a vehicle, comprising:

a battery pack installed in a trunk room of the vehicle and provided with a plurality of battery cells and an electrolyte;

a cooling device configured to circulate cooling water to cool an engine installed in the vehicle;

a safety device having an injection tube configured to inject the cooling water of the cooling device into the battery pack to cool the battery pack through impregnation of the cooling water to the plurality of battery cells when a temperature of the battery pack increases to a preset temperature or more;

a felt having fine holes located in the battery pack near the injection tube; and

a material comprising salt being provided in the felt, the material being dissolvable into the cooling water injected into the battery pack to increase electrical conductivity.

2. A battery system for a vehicle, comprising:

a battery pack installed in a trunk room of the vehicle and provided with a plurality of battery cells and an electrolyte;

a cooling device circulating cooling water to cool an engine installed in the vehicle;

a safety device that injects the cooling water of the cooling device into the battery pack to cool the battery pack through impregnation of the cooling water to the plurality of battery cells when a temperature of the battery pack increases to a preset temperature or more, the safety device including:

an injection tube through which the cooling water of the cooling device is injected into the battery pack;

a switching valve that switches an opening and closing of the injection tube;

a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the battery pack; and

a controller that opens the switching valve to inject the cooling water of the cooling device into the battery pack when the temperature of the battery pack, which is detected by the temperature sensor, is above the preset temperature,

a felt having fine holes located in the battery pack near the injection tube; and

a material comprising salt being provided in the felt, the material being dissolvable into the cooling water injected into the battery pack to increase electrical conductivity.

3. The battery system of claim 1 , wherein the battery pack comprises a check valve that discharges air within the battery pack to the outside.

4. The battery system of claim 2 , wherein the battery pack comprises a check valve that discharges air within the battery pack to the outside.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2018
From: HONG, SUNG GI; KIM, KWANG MIN; LIM, JAE KWON; JEONG, HO YUL; PARK, NAM HYUN; KIM, GEUN JEONG
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044631/0682 →