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Granted Patent B2
US 12,548,836 · App. 18/013,941 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Deep-sea battery apparatus and method for assembling deep-sea battery apparatus

Inventors: Jieyu Zhou (Guangdong, CN); Zhongzhi Yuan (Guangdong, CN); Pengcheng Liu (Guangdong, CN); Xiaokang Li (Guangdong, CN); Dongrong Qi (Guangdong, CN); Zhimiao Li (Guangdong, CN); Zhengguang Liu (Guangdong, CN); Liesong Wu (Guangdong, CN); Jianhua Liu (Guangdong, CN); Jincheng Liu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.
H01M50/24H01M10/0525H01M10/425H01M50/211H01M50/227H01M50/262H01M50/278H01M50/287H01M2010/4271
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Patent No.
US 12,548,836
App. No.
18/013,941
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deep-sea battery apparatus and a method for assembling the deep-sea battery apparatus. The deep-sea battery apparatus includes a casing, an upper cover), a battery pack, a pressure compensation assembly, and a fastening plate assembly. The upper cover is sealingly connected to a top of the casing, the battery pack is disposed inside the casing, the pressure compensation assembly is disposed in the casing and on a side of the battery pack, and the fastening plate assembly is annular in shape and sealingly sleeved and connected at a connection between the casing and the upper cover.

Claims (39)

1 . A deep-sea battery apparatus, comprising:

a casing;

an upper cover sealingly connected to a top of the casing;

a battery pack disposed inside the casing;

a pressure compensation assembly disposed in the casing and on a side of the battery pack; and

a fastening plate assembly annular in shape and sealingly sleeved and connected at a connection between the casing and the upper cover.

2 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein tabs of the battery pack are oriented to the top of the casing.

3 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the casing is in a shape of a cuboid, the upper cover is sealingly connected to the top of the casing, the pressure compensation assembly is sealingly connected to an end of the casing, and the top of the casing has a larger area than the end of the casing.

4 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the upper cover is provided with an annular sealing portion extending downwards and the upper cover has an annular slot at an upper end of the upper cover; and

the fastening plate assembly comprises an outer fastening plate, an inner fastening plate and bolts, wherein the inner fastening plate is disposed in the annular slot, the outer fastening plate is sleeved at the connection between the casing and the upper cover, and the bolts are threadedly connected to the outer fastening plate, the casing, the upper cover, and the inner fastening plate in sequence.

5 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sealing ring disposed at the connection between the casing and the upper cover.

6 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sealing ring is a double-layer sealing ring.

7 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the casing and the upper cover are made of modified polyethylene (PE).

8 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a battery management system disposed in the casing and between the battery pack and the pressure compensation assembly.

9 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the pressure compensation assembly comprises:

a baffle plate, a bladder, and a regulation valve cover, wherein the bladder is disposed between the baffle plate and the regulation valve cover, the baffle plate is connected to the casing and disposed between the battery management system and the bladder, and the regulation valve cover is sealingly connected to the casing.

10 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the regulation valve cover and the bladder are connected to the casing by screws.

11 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the baffle plate is provided with a plurality of through holes that are uniformly distributed.

12 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the battery management system comprises:

a bracket, a slave control board, and a master control board, wherein the bracket is connected to the casing, the slave control board is fixed to the bracket, and the master control board is fixed to the bracket and disposed below the slave control board.

13 . The deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the battery pack comprises a plurality of unit batteries, each of which comprises pouch cells that are ternary pouch lithium-ion cells.

14 . A method for assembling a deep-sea battery apparatus, the method being applied to the deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 1 and comprising:

placing the battery pack and the pressure compensation assembly into the casing in parallel from the top of the casing; and

placing the upper cover at the top of the casing and connecting the fastening plate assembly at the connection between the casing and the upper cover.

15 . A method for assembling a deep-sea battery apparatus, the method being applied to the deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 2 and comprising:

placing the battery pack and the pressure compensation assembly into the casing in parallel from the top of the casing; and

placing the upper cover at the top of the casing and connecting the fastening plate assembly at the connection between the casing and the upper cover.

16 . A method for assembling a deep-sea battery apparatus, the method being applied to the deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 3 and comprising:

placing the battery pack and the pressure compensation assembly into the casing in parallel from the top of the casing; and

placing the upper cover at the top of the casing and connecting the fastening plate assembly at the connection between the casing and the upper cover.

17 . A method for assembling a deep-sea battery apparatus, the method being applied to the deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 4 and comprising:

placing the battery pack and the pressure compensation assembly into the casing in parallel from the top of the casing; and

placing the upper cover at the top of the casing, placing the inner fastening plate on the upper cover, sleeving the outer fastening plate at the connection between the casing and the upper cover, and fixing the outer fastening plate, the casing, the upper cover, and the inner fastening plate by the bolts.

18 . A method for assembling a deep-sea battery apparatus, the method being applied to the deep-sea battery apparatus according to claim 9 and comprising:

placing the battery pack, the battery management system, the baffle plate, and the bladder into the casing in parallel from the top of the casing, placing the regulation valve cover at a port of the casing, and connecting the regulation valve cover and the bladder at the port of the casing by the screws; and

placing the upper cover at the top of the casing, placing the inner fastening plate on the upper cover, sleeving the outer fastening plate at the connection between the casing and the upper cover, and fixing the outer fastening plate, the casing, the upper cover, and the inner fastening plate by the bolts.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: ZHOU, JIEYU; YUAN, ZHONGZHI; LIU, PENGCHENG; LI, XIAOKANG; QI, DONGRONG; LI, ZHIMIAO; LIU, ZHENGGUANG; WU, LIESONG; LIU, JIANHUA; LIU, JINCHENG
To: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011334049.2 · Nov 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230291048A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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