IP Library Granted Patent US 11,114,726
Granted Patent B2
US 11,114,726 · App. 16/973,609 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Battery box

Inventors: Yanlong Gu (Ningde, CN); Liwen Jiang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
H01M50/244H01M10/613H01M10/625H01M10/6556H01M50/209H01M50/249H01M50/264H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,114,726
App. No.
16/973,609
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery box including a lower box body, where the lower box body includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate includes: a bottom wall; a peripheral wall connected to a periphery of the bottom wall and extending upward; and the bottom wall and the peripheral wall form an accommodating space opening upwards; the second plate is fixed to the bottom wall from a bottom and engages with the bottom wall to form a flow passage. The second plate is provided with: a second protrusion protruding to the first plate from a side facing away from the first plate and extending along a transverse direction; and an opening running through the second protrusion in a height direction and extending along the transverse direction, the second protrusion of the second plate being connected to the bottom wall of the first plate in a sealed manner.

Claims (24)

1. A battery box, comprising:

a lower box body, wherein the lower box body comprises:

a first plate, comprising: a bottom wall; a peripheral wall, which is connected to a periphery of the bottom wall and extends upward; and the bottom wall and the peripheral wall form an accommodating space opening upwards;

a second plate, which is fixed to the bottom wall from a bottom and engages with the bottom wall to form a flow passage, wherein the second plate is provided with: at least one protrusion, which protrudes from a side facing at least one reinforcing beam to the first plate and extends along a transverse direction; and at least one opening, which runs through the at least one protrusion of the second plate along a height direction and extends along the transverse direction, the at least one protrusion of the second plate being connected to the bottom wall of the first plate in a sealed manner; and

the battery box also comprises: the at least one reinforcing beam, which is arranged under the second plate and extends along the transverse direction, the at least one reinforcing beam being installed at a position corresponding to the at least one opening and being fixedly connected to the first plate and/or the second plate.

2. The battery box according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall of the first plate is provided with at least one protrusion which is concave downward from a side of the bottom wall facing away from the second plate and protrudes to the second plate, and the at least one protrusion of the first plate passing through the at least one opening to fix the at least one reinforcing beam on the at least one protrusion of the first plate passing through the at least one opening.

3. The battery box according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one reinforcing beam comprises a first plate body, and the first plate body comprises:

a bottom, which extends along the transverse direction; and

two connecting portions, which are integrally connected to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the bottom, wherein each connecting portion extends upward along the height direction and extends outward along the longitudinal direction from a corresponding side of the bottom, and the two connecting portions are close to and fixed on the at least one protrusion of the first plate.

4. The battery box according to claim 3 , wherein

the second plate is provided with a first concave portion for forming a flow passage, and the first concave portion is concave downward from a side of the second plate facing the first plate and protrudes to the other side, the first concave portion protruding beyond the at least one protrusion of the first plate; and

each connecting portion of the first plate body is provided with a sinking table at a position corresponding to the first concave portion of the second plate, and the sinking table is concave downward from a side of the connecting portion facing the second plate.

5. The battery box according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one reinforcing beam also comprises: two second plate bodies, which are fixed at both ends in the transverse direction of the first plate and are located outside of the first plate and the second plate along the transverse direction; and

each second plate body comprises: a top wall, which is provided with a through hole passing through along the height direction; two side walls, which are connected to both sides in the longitudinal direction of the top wall and extend to the first plate body; two connecting walls, which are connected to a corresponding side wall and bend outward along the longitudinal direction, respectively, each connecting wall being attached and fixed to a corresponding connecting portion of the first plate body.

6. The battery box according to claim 5 , wherein

the bottom of the first plate body and the two connecting portions form a first concave groove concaved downward; and

the top wall and the two side walls of each second plate body form a second concave groove concaved upward, and the second concave groove and the first concave groove form a storage cavity together along the height direction.

7. The battery box according to claim 5 , wherein each second plate body also includes two lugs, each lug is connected to an inner side of a corresponding side wall in the transverse direction and bends outward along a plane intersecting with the transverse direction, and each lug is close to the peripheral wall of the first plate.

8. The battery box according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one reinforcing beam is provided to be multiple reinforcing beams, and each reinforcing beam is fixed on a corresponding protrusion of the first plate passing through the at least one opening of the first plate.

9. The battery box according to claim 3 , wherein the battery box also comprises:

a carling which extends along the longitudinal direction; and

at least one fastener which passes through a corresponding connecting portion of the at least one reinforcing beam and the at least one protrusion of the first plate and is fixed on the carling.

10. The battery box according to claim 1 , wherein, the accommodating space is configured to accommodate a plurality of battery packs.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2020
From: GU, YANLONG; JIANG, LIWEN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054599/0759 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201822224422.3 · Dec 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210167458A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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