IP Library Granted Patent US 10,044,011
Granted Patent B2
US 10,044,011 · App. 15/190,007 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Battery accommodating assembly and power battery module comprising the same

Inventors: Qingbo Peng (Guangdong, CN); Xuefeng Zhang (Guangdong, CN); Yan Zhu (Guangdong, CN); Jia Lu (Guangdong, CN); Wei Liu (Guangdong, CN); Yan Huang (Guangdong, CN); Zhipei Lu (Guangdong, CN); Jianhua Zhu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: BYD Company Limited
H01M2/1077H01M2/1094H01M2/206H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 10,044,011
App. No.
15/190,007
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery accommodating assembly and a power battery module are provided. The battery accommodating assembly includes a plurality of separators. Adjacent separators are detachably connected with each other via a snapping structure and define a battery chamber.

Claims (37)

1. A battery accommodating assembly, comprising a plurality of separators, wherein adjacent separators are detachably connected with each other via a snapping structure and define a battery chamber, the separator comprises a separator body, and the separator body comprises:

a vertical plate;

an upper frame plate disposed at a top edge of the vertical plate;

a lower frame plate disposed at a bottom edge of the vertical plate;

a left plate disposed at a left end of the vertical plate and comprising an upper end connected with the upper frame plate and a lower end connected with the lower frame plate; and

a right plate disposed at a right end of the vertical plate and comprising an upper end connected with the upper frame plate and a lower end connected with the lower frame plate,

wherein each of the front and rear accommodating grooves is defined by the vertical plate, the upper frame plate, the lower frame plate, the left plate and the right plate.

2. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the snapping structure comprises:

a snapping groove formed in one of the adjacent separators; and

a snapping tongue disposed on the other of the adjacent separators and adapted to snap in the snapping groove to fasten the adjacent separators together.

3. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a through-hole is formed in at least one of a left wall and a right wall of the battery chamber.

4. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the separator body comprises a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion defines a front accommodating groove; a front notch is formed in at least one of a left wall and a right wall of the front accommodating groove, the battery chamber is defined by the front accommodating groove of one of adjacent separators and the rear portion of the other of the adjacent separators; and the through-hole is defined by the front notch of one of adjacent separators and the other of the adjacent separators.

5. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the rear portion of the separator defines a rear accommodating groove, a rear notch corresponding to the front notch is formed in at least one of a left wall and a right wall of the rear accommodating groove, the battery chamber is defined by the front accommodating groove of one of adjacent separators and the rear accommodating groove of the other of the adjacent separators, and the through-hole is defined by the front notch of one of adjacent separators and the rear notch of the other of the adjacent separators.

6. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the snapping groove is formed in one of front and rear edges of the upper frame plate, and the snapping tongue is disposed on the other one of the front and rear edges of the upper frame plate.

7. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the snapping groove is formed in one of front and rear edges of the lower frame plate, and the snapping tongue is disposed on the other one of the front and rear edges of the lower frame plate.

8. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the snapping tongue has a trapezoid shape.

9. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a guiding slope is formed at an opening of the snapping groove.

10. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 5 , wherein a window is formed in the vertical plate to communicate the front accommodating groove with the rear accommodating groove.

11. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 10 , wherein an insulating plate or a heat conducting plate is disposed in the window.

12. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 10 , wherein an insertion hole is formed in the upper frame plate, an inserting groove aligned with the inserting hole is formed in the vertical plate, and the insulating plate or a heat conducting plate is inserted into the window via the insertion hole and the inserting groove.

13. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the front notch is formed in a front edge of each of the left and right plates, and the rear notch is formed in a rear edge of each of the left and right plates.

14. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the snapping structure comprises:

a snap-fit groove formed in the separator; and

a snap-fit pin having at least two mounting parts respectively fitted in the snap-fit grooves of at least two separators to connect the at least two separators.

15. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the snap-fit pin further comprises a connection bridge, and two mounting parts are disposed at two ends of the connection bridge respectively and fitted in the snap-fit grooves of adjacent separators to connect the adjacent separators with each other.

16. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the snap-fit groove has an opening, and the openings of the snap-fit grooves in the adjacent separators are aligned to each other to receive the connection bridge.

17. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the separator is formed integrally.

18. The battery accommodating assembly according to claim 5 , wherein an annular step is disposed on a bottom wall of at least one of the front and rear accommodating grooves.

19. A power battery module, comprising:

a battery accommodating assembly comprising a plurality of separators, wherein adjacent separators are detachably connected with each other via a snapping structure and define a battery chamber, the separator comprises a separator body, and the separator body comprises:

a vertical plate;

an upper frame plate disposed at a top edge of the vertical plate;

a lower frame plate disposed at a bottom edge of the vertical plate;

a left plate disposed at a left end of the vertical plate and comprising an upper end connected with the upper frame plate and a lower end connected with the lower frame plate; and

a right plate disposed at a right end of the vertical plate and comprising an upper end connected with the upper frame plate and a lower end connected with the lower frame plate,

wherein each of the front and rear accommodating grooves is defined by the vertical plate, the upper frame plate, the lower frame plate, the left plate and the right plate, and

a battery accommodated in a battery chamber of the battery accommodating assembly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2016
From: PENG, QINGBO; ZHANG, XUEFENG; ZHU, YAN; LU, JIA; LIU, WEI; HUANG, YAN; LU, ZHIPEI; ZHU, JIANHUA
To: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 038992/0165 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0754097 · Dec 31, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2014095835 · Dec 31, 2014
Related Publication 20160301050A1 · Oct 13, 2016
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