CLAMP-BASED FIXATION OF BATTERY MODULE COMPARTMENT COVER
In an embodiment, a battery module arrangement is configured for deployment with respect to a battery module compartment within a battery module mounting area of an energy storage system. The battery module arrangement includes a battery module configured to be inserted into and/or removed from an interior space of the battery module compartment via an insertion-side of the battery module compartment, and a clamp-based insertion-side cover configured to be closed over the insertion-side of the battery module compartment. The clamp-based insertion-side cover includes an endplate of the battery module, a compartment section of the battery module compartment, and a plurality of endplate-to-compartment clamping arrangements that are integrated as part of the clamp-based insertion-side cover and are configured to secure the battery module inside of the battery module compartment by clamping the endplate to the compartment section.
1 . A battery module arrangement configured for deployment with respect to a battery module compartment within a battery module mounting area of an energy storage system, comprising:
a battery module configured to be inserted into and/or removed from an interior space of the battery module compartment via an insertion-side of the battery module compartment; and
a clamp-based insertion-side cover configured to be closed over the insertion-side of the battery module compartment,
wherein the clamp-based insertion-side cover includes:
an endplate of the battery module,
a compartment section of the battery module compartment, and
a plurality of endplate-to-compartment clamping arrangements that are integrated as part of the clamp-based insertion-side cover and are configured to secure the battery module inside of the battery module compartment by clamping the endplate to the compartment section.
2 . The battery module arrangement of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of endplate-to-compartment clamping arrangements includes:
a screw, a clamping bar including a set of grooves, an endplate section, and a folded section of a compartment section,
wherein the screw is inserted through a hole in the clamping bar and into a fixation point on the endplate.
3 . The battery module arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the clamping bar includes a bulged section that, in response to the screw being tightened, is configured to apply contact pressure to the endplate section that clamps the endplate section to a flange section of the compartment section.
4 . The battery module arrangement of claim 3 , wherein a shape of a portion of the endplate section that contacts the bulged section of the clamping bar is configured to regulate the applied contact pressure.
5 . The battery module arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the shape is convex, concave or flat.
6 . The battery module arrangement of claim 3 , further comprising:
a sealing component arranged between the endplate section and the flange section,
wherein the applied contact pressure presses upon the sealing component to seal the battery module compartment.
7 . The battery module arrangement of claim 2 , wherein, in response to the screw being tightened, the set of grooves contact and lock onto an edge of a hole that is defined in the folded section to brace the clamping bar against backward movement.
8 . The battery module arrangement of claim 2 , wherein, in response to the screw being tightened, the set of grooves contact and lock onto an edge of a groove-locking component that is attached to the folded section to brace the clamping bar against backward movement.
9 . The battery module arrangement of claim 2 ,
wherein the clamping bar is configured as a U-shaped clamping bar, and
wherein the set of grooves include two grooves that are arranged at opposite ends of a U-shape of the U-shaped clamping bar.
10 . The battery module arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the clamping bar is constructed from a metallic material that undergoes deformation or plasticization to increase elasticity in order to ensure a homogeneous clamping force.
11 . The battery module arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of endplate-to-compartment clamping arrangements includes a first set of endplate-to-compartment clamping arrangements arranged at a top of the clamp-based insertion-side cover and a second set of endplate-to-compartment clamping arrangements arranged at a bottom of the clamp-based insertion-side cover.