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Granted Patent B2
US 11,955,651 · App. 17/421,875 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Power battery pack and electric vehicle

Inventors: Long He (Shenzhen, CN); Huajun Sun (Shenzhen, CN); Wenfeng Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhipei Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Weixin Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Jianglong Tang (Shenzhen, CN); Yan Zhu (Shenzhen, CN); Xinyue Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Kefeng He (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
H01M50/209B60K1/04B60L50/64B60L50/66H01M10/052H01M10/425H01M10/613H01M10/625H01M10/647H01M10/6551H01M10/6554H01M50/103H01M50/119H01M50/244H01M50/249H01M50/271H01M50/317H01M50/342H01M50/3425H01M50/35H01M50/383H01M50/531H01M50/543B60K2001/0405B60K2001/0438B60L58/26H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,955,651
App. No.
17/421,875
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power battery pack includes: a pack body; a plurality of cells, disposed in the pack body; the cell having a length L 0 , a width H 0 , and a thickness D 0 , where at least one cell meets: L 0 >H 0 ≥D 0 , a length direction of the cell is arranged along a width direction of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, and in the width direction of the electric vehicle, the length L 0 of the cell and a size W of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle in the width direction meet: 46%≤L 0 /W≤76%; or at least one cell meets: L 0 >H 0 ≥D 0 , a length direction of the cell is arranged along a length direction of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, and in the length direction of the electric vehicle, the length L 0 of the cell and a size X of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle in the length direction meet: 40%≤L 0 /W≤76%.

Claims (27)

1. A power battery pack, configured to provide power for an electric vehicle and comprising:

a pack body;

a plurality of cells disposed in the pack body, each of the plurality of cells having a length L 0 , a width H 0 , and a thickness D 0 , wherein L 0 >H 0 ≥D 0 , wherein;

when the power battery pack is placed on the electric vehicle, a length direction of each of the plurality of cells extends along a width direction or a length direction of the electric vehicle;

when the length direction of each of the plurality of cells extends along the width direction of the electric vehicle, the length L 0 of each of the plurality of cells and a size W of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle in the width direction meet: 46%≤L 0 /W≤76%; or

when the length direction of each of the plurality of cells extends along the length direction of the electric vehicle, the length L 0 of each of the plurality of cells and a size X of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle in the length direction meet: 40%≤L 0 /X≤76%.

2. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a sum V1 of volumes of the plurality of cells and a volume V2 of the power battery pack meet: V1/V2≥55%.

3. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the length direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along a width direction of the power battery pack, and the plurality of cells are arranged along a length direction of the power battery pack; and

only one cell of the plurality of cells is accommodated in the pack body in the width direction of the power battery pack.

4. The power battery pack according to claim 3 , further comprising a cross beam disposed in the pack body and extending along the width direction of the power battery pack, wherein the plurality of cells are arranged along the length direction of the power battery pack to form a battery array and the cross beam divides the battery array into two parts along the length direction of the power battery pack, each of the two parts of the battery array comprising at least one cell.

5. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a longitudinal beam disposed in the pack body and extending along a length direction of the power battery pack a first battery array comprising a first group of the plurality of cells arranged along the length direction of the power battery pack, and a second battery array comprising a second group of the plurality of cells arranged along the length direction of the power battery pack, the first battery array being disposed on a first side of the longitudinal beam and the second battery array being disposed on a second side of the longitudinal beam opposite the first battery array; wherein the length direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along a width direction of the power battery pack.

6. The power battery pack according to claim 3 , wherein the pack body comprises side beams located at two sides of the power battery pack in the width direction and end beams located at two ends of the power battery pack in the length direction, wherein two ends of the each of the plurality of cells in the length direction are supported by the side beams and each end beam provides an inward pressing force on cells of the plurality of cells adjacent to the corresponding end beam.

7. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a first battery array comprising a first group of the plurality of cells arranged along a length direction of the power battery pack and a second battery array comprising a second group of the plurality of cells arranged along the length direction of the power battery pack, the second battery array being disposed above the first battery array along a height direction of the power battery pack, and wherein the length direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along a width direction of the power battery.

8. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the length direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along a length direction of the power battery pack, the width direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along a width direction of the power battery pack, and only one cell of the plurality of cells is accommodated in the pack body in the length direction of the power battery pack.

9. The power battery pack according to claim 8 , further comprising a longitudinal beam disposed in the pack body and extending along a length direction of the power battery pack; wherein the plurality of cells are arranged along the width direction of the power battery pack to form a battery array and the longitudinal beam divides the battery array into two parts along the width direction of the power battery pack, each of the two parts of the battery array comprising at least one cell.

10. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a cross beam disposed in the pack body and extending along a width direction of the power battery pack, a first battery array comprising a first group of the plurality of cells arranged along the width direction of the battery power pack, and a second battery array comprising a second group of the plurality of cells arranged along the width direction of the battery power pack, the first battery array being disposed on a first side of the cross beam and the second battery array being disposed on a second side of the cross beam opposite the first battery array; wherein the length direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along a length direction of the power battery pack.

11. The power battery pack according to claim 8 , wherein the pack body comprises end beams located at two ends of the power battery pack in the length direction and side beams located at two sides of the power battery pack in the width direction, wherein two ends of each of the plurality of cells in the length direction are supported by the end beams and each side beam provides an inward pressing force on cells of the plurality of cells adjacent to the side beam.

12. The power battery pack according to claim 8 , further comprising a first battery array comprising a first group of the plurality of cells arranged along the width direction of the power battery pack and a second battery array comprising a second group of the plurality of cells arranged along the width direction of the power battery pack, the second battery array being disposed above the first battery array along a height direction of the power battery pack; and wherein the length direction of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along the length direction of the power battery pack.

13. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the pack body comprises a vehicle-use tray connectable to the vehicle body in a fitting manner.

14. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the pack body is formed on the electric vehicle.

15. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a width direction of the power battery pack is configured to be arranged along the width direction of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle, and a length direction of the power battery pack is configured to be arranged along the length direction of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle; or

the width direction of the power battery pack is configured to be arranged along the length direction of the vehicle body, and the length direction of the power battery pack is configured to be arranged along the width direction of the vehicle body.

16. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cells comprises a battery body, each battery body having a length L, a width H, and a thickness D, wherein the length L is greater than the width H, the width H is greater than the thickness D, and the length L and the width H meet: L/H=4 to 21.

17. The power battery pack according claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cells comprises a battery body, each battery body having a length L and a thickness D; wherein the length L and the thickness D meet: L/D=23 to 208.

18. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cells comprises a battery body, each battery body having a length L and a volume V; wherein the length L and the volume V meet L/V=0.00045 mm −2 to 0.0015 mm −2 .

19. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cells comprises a battery body, each battery body having a length L from 400 mm to 2500 mm.

20. The power battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of cells comprises a square battery with an aluminum housing, a battery body, and an explosion-proof valve disposed on an end of the battery body in a length direction of the battery body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2021
From: HE, LONG; SUN, HUAJUN; JIANG, WENFENG; LU, ZHIPEI; ZHENG, WEIXIN; TANG, JIANGLONG; ZHU, YAN; WANG, XINYUE; HE, KEFENG
To: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (6)
CN 201910020925.5 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910020967.9 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910021244.0 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910021246.X · Jan 9, 2019 · national
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CN 201910021248.9 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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