IP Library Granted Patent US 10,608,300
Granted Patent B2
US 10,608,300 · App. 15/760,145 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Housing arrangement for at least one battery cell

Inventor: Stefan Reinhold (Zwickau, DE)
Assignee: HOPPECKE Advanced Battery Technology GmbH
H01M10/647H01M2/1016H01M2/1061H01M2/1094H01M10/0525H01M10/653H01M10/6563H01M10/6566H01M10/052
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Patent No.
US 10,608,300
App. No.
15/760,145
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a housing arrangement ( 10 ) for at least one battery cell ( 1 ), preferably a lithium battery cell ( 1 ) and/or a lithium pouch cell ( 1 ), wherein the housing arrangement ( 10 ) comprises at least one frame element ( 20 ) which comprises a wall ( 30 ) and an intermediate space ( 40 ) configured by the wall ( 30 ) for the acceptance of the battery cell ( 1 ), wherein at the wall ( 30 ) multiple ventilation recesses ( 50 ) are provided, wherein the ventilation recesses ( 50 ) comprise such an alternating orientation that the entry of a fluid ( 5 ) can occur alternatingly through the ventilation recesses ( 50 ).

Claims (67)

1. A housing arrangement for at least one battery cell, wherein the housing arrangement comprises at least one frame element which comprises a wall and an inner space configured by the wall for the acceptance of the battery cell, wherein at the wall multiple ventilation recesses are provided, wherein the ventilation recesses comprise an alternating orientation such that the entry of a fluid can occur alternatingly through the ventilation recesses.

2. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the wall comprises an outer wall and an inner wall, wherein in the area of the ventilation recesses a ventilation geometry is provided between the outer wall and the inner wall which is configured such that an intermediate space is configured by the outer wall and the inner wall.

3. The housing arrangement according to claim 2 ,

wherein

the ventilation geometry at least comprises at least two fluid-tight wall means or at least one intermediate wall.

4. The housing arrangement according to claim 2 ,

wherein

the ventilation recesses are at least arranged or aligned such that through the ventilation recesses, an outer gap can be configured in the area of the outer wall and an inner gap can be configured in the area of the inner wall.

5. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the frame element is configured from a plastic.

6. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the inner space comprises at least a maximum width in the range of 50 mm to 550 mm or a maximum height in the range of 5 mm to 15 mm.

7. The housing arrangement according to claim 6 ,

wherein

the inner space comprises at least a maximum width in the range of 150 mm to 350 mm.

8. The housing arrangement according to claim 6 ,

wherein

the inner space comprises at least a maximum width in the range of 200 mm to 220 mm.

9. The housing arrangement according to claim 6 ,

wherein

the inner space comprises a maximum height in the range of 10 mm to 12 mm.

10. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

at the wall at least one air outlet opening is provided, wherein the air outlet opening comprises an air outlet geometry in order to guide the fluid entering the inner space through the ventilation recesses.

11. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

through the ventilation recesses of the frame element a gap with a gap opening can be configured complementary with the ventilation recesses of an adjacently further frame element, wherein the gap opening comprises a maximum extension of 1 mm to 50 mm.

12. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the battery cell can be mounted in the inner space between two adjacently arranged frame elements.

13. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the wall comprises a maximum wall thickness in the range of 1 cm to 10 cm.

14. The housing arrangement according to claim 13 ,

wherein

the wall comprises a maximum wall thickness in the range of 2 cm to 5 cm.

15. The housing arrangement according to claim 13 ,

wherein

the wall comprises a maximum wall thickness in the range of 3 cm to 4 cm.

16. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the frame element is configured to be electrically insulating.

17. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

at least one connecting element is provided in order to connect the frame element with further frame elements.

18. The housing arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein

at least the frame element or at least a connecting element are configured such that the frame element is modularly connectable with further frame elements.

19. A battery system comprising at least one battery cell, wherein the battery cell is mounted in an inner space and the inner space is configured by a wall of at least one frame element, wherein multiple ventilation recesses are provided at the wall, wherein the ventilation recesses comprise an alternating orientation such that the entry of the fluid through the ventilation recesses occurs alternatingly.

20. A ventilation system, wherein the ventilation system comprises at least one blower and at least one channel, wherein a fluid is conveyed through the channel by the blower to at least two ventilation recesses of a housing arrangement, wherein the housing arrangement comprises at least one frame element which comprises a wall and an inner space configured by the wall for the acceptance of at least one battery cell of a battery system, wherein the ventilation recesses are provided at the wall, wherein the ventilation recesses comprise an alternating orientation such that the entry of the fluid through the ventilation recesses can occur alternatingly.

21. The ventilation system according to claim 20 ,

wherein

at least the ventilation recesses or at least one air outlet opening are configured such that with an active blower an average static pressure occurs which corresponds to at least a 2-fold or 2.5-fold or 5-fold of a maximum or average dynamic pressure.

22. The ventilation system according to claim 20 ,

wherein

the blower is connected with a heat exchanger in order to at least cool or heat the fluid.

23. The ventilation system according to claim 20 ,

wherein

a back flow channel is provided, and for the acceptance of a fluid the back flow channel is connected with the wall in the area of at least one air outlet opening of the housing arrangement.

24. The ventilation system according to claim 23 ,

wherein

at least the channel or the back flow channel comprises a diameter which corresponds to at least a 2-fold or 4-fold or 6-fold of a maximum diameter of the ventilation recesses.

25. A method for at least cooling or heating at least a battery system or at least a battery cell, wherein at least one housing arrangement is provided and the housing arrangement comprises at least one frame element which comprises a wall and an inner space configured by the wall for the acceptance of the battery system or battery cell, wherein at the wall multiple ventilation recesses are provided, wherein the ventilation recesses comprise an alternating orientation such that the entry of a fluid through the ventilation recesses occurs alternatingly.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2024
From: HOPPECKE RAIL SYSTEMS GMBH
To: HOPPECKE SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 068594/0632 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: HOPPECKE ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: HOPPECKE RAIL SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 065987/0945 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2018
From: REINHOLD, STEFAN
To: HOPPECKE ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 045425/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 115 728 · Sep 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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