IP Library Patent Application 18636514
Patent Application
App. No. 18/636,514

BATTERY, ELECTRIC APPARATUS, AND BATTERY ASSEMBLING METHOD

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Patent No.
US None
App. No.
18/636,514
Filed
Apr 16, 2024
Examiner
DINH, BACH T
Art Unit
1726
USPC
429/121
Abstract

A battery, an electric apparatus, and a battery assembling method are provided. The battery includes: a plurality of battery cells; a strap-shaped member disposed fixedly relative to the plurality of battery cells; an electrical connection member located adjacent to the strap-shaped member; and a trough-shaped member, integrally having at least a first accommodation trough and a second accommodation trough, where the strap-shaped member is accommodated in the first accommodation trough, the connection member is accommodated in the second accommodation trough, and a portion of the trough-shaped member is located between the strap-shaped member and the battery cells. The trough-shaped member fastens the electrical connection member relative to the battery cells, avoiding fracture of the electrical connection member due to fatigue caused by high-strength loads. The electrical connection member can also be isolated from a wire harness and an ambient metal member, isolating and protecting the electrical connection member.

Claims (44)

1 . A battery, comprising:

a plurality of battery cells;

a strap-shaped member disposed fixedly relative to the plurality of battery cells;

an electrical connection member located adjacent to the strap-shaped member; and

a trough-shaped member, integrally having at least a first accommodation trough and a second accommodation trough;

wherein the strap-shaped member is accommodated in the first accommodation trough, the electrical connection member is accommodated in the second accommodation trough, and a portion of the trough-shaped member is located between the strap-shaped member and the battery cells.

2 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein

a trough bottom plate of the first accommodation trough is integrally connected with a trough bottom plate of the second accommodation trough;

the trough bottom plate of the first accommodation trough is located between the strap-shaped member and the battery cells; and

the trough bottom plate of the second accommodation trough is located between the electrical connection member and the battery cells.

3 . The battery according to claim 1 , further comprising a wire harness;

wherein the trough-shaped member further integrally has a third accommodation trough, and the wire harness is accommodated in the third accommodation trough; and

the trough bottom plate of the first accommodation trough, the trough bottom plate of the second accommodation trough, and a trough bottom plate of the third accommodation trough are integrally connected in a coplanar manner.

4 . The battery according to claim 3 , wherein

the first accommodation trough, the second accommodation trough, and the third accommodation trough each are strip-shaped, and the first accommodation trough is disposed parallel to at least one of the second accommodation trough and the third accommodation trough; and

the first accommodation trough is disposed abutting on the second accommodation trough, or the first accommodation trough is disposed abutting on the third accommodation trough.

5 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein

the first accommodation trough is disposed on an edge side of the trough-shaped member at one end.

6 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein

one or both end portions of the trough-shaped member in an extension direction have an escape portion, and the escape portion is formed by recessing the first accommodation trough relative to the second accommodation trough in the extension direction.

7 . The battery according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover plate covering the trough-shaped member.

8 . The battery according to claim 7 , wherein

the trough-shaped member has an L-shaped trough side wall with an L-shaped cross section and a T-shaped trough side wall with a T-shaped cross section; and

the cover plate has an engaging portion engaged with the L-shaped trough side wall of the trough-shaped member, and a fitting trough fitted with the T-shaped trough side wall.

9 . The battery according to claim 8 , wherein the L-shaped trough side wall and the T-shaped trough side wall extend along an extension direction of the trough-shaped member, and the L-shaped trough side wall is disposed on an end edge of the trough-shaped member.

10 . The battery according to claim 7 , wherein the cover plate has rivet holes and is fastened to a bracket on a side with the trough-shaped member via rivets.

11 . The battery according to claim 7 , wherein a material of at least one of the trough-shaped member and the cover plate is an insulating material.

12 . The battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection member is a high-voltage connection member.

13 . The battery according to claim 12 , wherein

the plurality of battery cells are an odd number of battery cells, and the high-voltage connection member electrically connects the battery cells with an electric box; or

the plurality of battery cells form an odd number of battery modules, and the high-voltage connection member electrically connects the battery modules with the electric box.

14 . An electric apparatus, comprising the battery according to claim 1 .

15 . A battery assembling method, comprising:

providing a plurality of battery cells, wherein a strap-shaped member is disposed fixedly relative to the plurality of battery cells;

disposing a trough-shaped member relative to the strap-shaped member and arranging a portion of the trough-shaped member between the strap-shaped member and the battery cell, wherein the trough-shaped member integrally has at least a first accommodation trough and a second accommodation trough, and the strap-shaped member is accommodated in the first accommodation trough; and

installing an electrical connection member by accommodating the electrical connection member in the second accommodation trough.

16 . The battery assembling method according to claim 15 , wherein the trough-shaped member further comprises a third accommodation trough, and the assembling method further comprises:

installing a wire harness by accommodating the wire harness in the third accommodation trough.

17 . The battery assembling method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

installing a cover plate relative to the trough-shaped member and fastening the cover plate relative to a bracket on a side with the trough-shaped member.

18 . The battery assembling method according to claim 17 , wherein installing the cover plate relative to the trough-shaped member and fastening the cover plate relative to the bracket on the side with the trough-shaped member comprises:

engaging an engaging portion and a fitting trough of the cover plate with an L-shaped trough side wall and a T-shaped trough side wall of the trough-shaped member respectively;

sliding the cover plate to a designated position relative to the trough-shaped member under guidance of the L-shaped trough side wall and the T-shaped trough side wall; and

fastening the cover plate to the bracket on the side with the trough-shaped member via rivets.

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 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2024
From: WANG, LIANGYI
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067116/0681 →