STRUCTURAL ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
A structural electrochemical storage assembly for a motor vehicle includes an electrochemical energy storage device including at least a group of two banks of solid electrochemical storage elements, the banks being superposed on top of one another, and at least one piece made of compressible material, which is positioned and compressed between the at least two superposed banks of electrochemical storage elements, and a beam including two profile sections hollowed out and open on one of their faces and assembled with one another via their respective open face and along their respective edges, the profile sections containing the device of the at least two superposed banks of electrochemical storage elements, and the two profiled elements being dimensioned and assembled so as to keep the piece of compressible material that is positioned between the two superposed electrochemical banks compressed.
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11 . A structural electrochemical storage assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a) at least one electrochemical energy storage device which comprises:
at least one group of two blocks of solid electrochemical storage elements which are connected to each other in series or in parallel, and said blocks being superimposed one above the other, each electrochemical storage element being composed of a cell with solid electrolyte and two external current collection means which are constituted by a negative current collection means and a positive current collection means which surround the cell, said electrochemical storage elements being electrically connected to each other, and an electrically insulating sheet being further arranged to separate the electrochemical storage elements which constitute a specific block,
at least one component which is made of compressible material and which is arranged and compressed between said at least two superimposed blocks of electrochemical storage elements,
a lateral insulator, and
at least one central current collector which collects an interconnection current between said blocks of electrochemical storage elements,
b) a beam which comprises two recessed profile-members which are open on one of the faces thereof and which are assembled together via the respective open face and along the respective edges thereof, said profile-members containing said device of said at least two superimposed blocks of electrochemical storage elements, and said two profile-members being sized and assembled to keep said component, which is made of compressible material and which is arranged between said two superimposed electrochemical blocks, compressed.
12 . The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said two profile-members are assembled by nesting along their edges using fixing means with mutually complementary notches, which are located on respective portions of said profile-members which are capable of moving opposite each other, one of said profile-members comprising on the inner portion of the edges thereof notches which are hollowed out on an end portion of the edges thereof and along a thickness which is less than that of the edges thereof in order to form a stop, and the other profile-member comprising notches which have a shape which complements the shape of the notches of said one of said profile-members, which are located on the outer portion of the edges thereof and which are hollowed out on an end portion of the edges thereof and along a thickness which is less than that of said edges in order to form a stop.
13 . The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said electrochemical energy storage device comprises two groups of two blocks and a component which is made of compressible material and which is arranged between the respective blocks of electrochemical storage elements of each group, said groups of two superimposed blocks being arranged leaving between them a free zone which receives said interconnection current collector and/or a control system of the storage device.
14 . The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said interconnection current collector comprises a current collection screw.
15 . The assembly as claimed in claim 14 , wherein said beam comprises a passage for at least one end portion of said current collection screw.
16 . The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said beam is made of extruded aluminum.
17 . The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said electrochemical storage elements of a specific block are connected together electrically in a series configuration and the blocks are connected together electrically in a parallel configuration.
18 . The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein one of the blocks comprises four electrochemical storage elements which are mounted in series and said blocks are interconnected in parallel.
19 . A motor vehicle comprising the assembly as claimed in claim 11 .
20 . A method for producing the assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a pressure is applied at one side and the other of said beam during assembly in order to assemble said two profile-members of which the beam is composed and to compress said component made of compressible material.