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Granted Patent B2
US 10,230,081 · App. 15/324,442 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Voltage-protected producible motor vehicle battery

Inventors: Erdal Acikgoez (Reichertshofen, DE); Jörg Schmidt (Ingolstadt, DE); Roman Ranzinger (Eichstätt, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
H01M2/1077H01M2/206H01M10/425H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 10,230,081
App. No.
15/324,442
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle battery includes multiple battery modules arranged in a row adjacent each other, each said multiple battery modules comprising a plug connection, a voltage tap and a bus connection integrated in the plug connection, and a control circuit coupled with the bus connection, and multiple galvanic battery cells, each of said multiple galvanic battery cells being connected witch each other by the plug connection; and a connection device configured as a single plugin module and comprising a battery management system, wherein the connection device is plugged onto all plug connections of the multiple battery modules and connects the voltage taps of all battery modules with a high-voltage battery connection and connects the bus connections of all battery modules with the battery management system.

Claims (22)

1. A motor vehicle battery, comprising:

multiple battery modules arranged in a row adjacent each other, each said multiple battery modules comprising a plug connection, a voltage tap and a bus connection integrated in the plug connection the bus connection having a singular oblong shape with parallel longitudinal sides and curved end sides, and a control circuit coupled with the bus connection, and multiple galvanic battery cells, each of said multiple galvanic battery cells being connected witch each other by the plug connection; and

a connection device configured as a single plugin module and comprising a battery management system, said connection device being plugged onto all plug connections of the multiple battery modules and connecting the voltage taps of all battery modules with a high-voltage battery connection and connecting the bus connections of all battery modules with the battery management system.

2. The motor vehicle battery of claim 1 , further comprising a housing provided for each of the wherein multiple battery modules.

3. The motor vehicle battery of claim 1 , wherein the battery cells are configured as film cells and wherein each of the battery modules is configured as a flat plate.

4. A plugin module for a motor vehicle battery, comprising:

a housing having a plugin side, said plugin side having multiple neighboring connection fields each of the connection fields having an electrical contact pair and a bus connection, the bus connection having a singular oblong shape with parallel longitudinal sides and curved end sides;

a connection device arranged in the housing for electrically connecting the contact pairs of the connection fields with each other,

a battery management system arranged in the housing and coupled with the bus connection of all contact fields, and

a connector having a high-voltage connection arranged on the housing for outputting a high voltage formed via the connected connection fields in the connection unit).

5. The plugin module of claim 4 , wherein in each of the contact fields the contact pair is formed by two contacts arranged in a respective insertion shaft.

6. The plugin module of claim 4 , wherein the high-voltage connection has two electrical contact pins, which are arranged in a respective insertion shaft and have an electrically insulating cap.

7. The plugin module of claim 4 , wherein the connection device has rigid metal profile parts by which a respective one of the electrical contacts of a contact pair of one of the connection fields is galvanically coupled with an electrical contact of a contact pair of another one of the connection fields.

8. The plugin module of claim 4 , further comprising at least one control connection configured for connecting a respective contactor, said control connection being coupled with a control circuit of the battery management system which is configured for controlling the respective contactor.

9. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a motor vehicle battery, said motor vehicle battery comprising

multiple battery modules arranged in a row adjacent each other, each said multiple battery modules comprising a plug connection, a voltage tap and a bus connection integrated in the plug connection, and a control circuit coupled with the bus connection, the bus connection having a singular oblong shape with parallel longitudinal sides and curved end sides, and multiple galvanic battery cells, each of said multiple galvanic battery cells being connected witch with each other by the plug connection, wherein all; and

a connection device configured as a single plugin module and comprising a battery management system, said connection device being plugged onto all plug connections of the multiple battery modules and connecting the voltage taps of all battery modules with a high-voltage battery connection and connecting the bus connections of all battery modules with the battery management system.

10. A method for producing a motor vehicle battery, comprising:

stacking multiple battery modules, each said multiple battery modules comprising a plug connection, a voltage tap and a bus connection integrated in the plug connection, the bus connection having a singular oblong shape with parallel longitudinal sides and curved end sides, and a control circuit coupled with the bus connection, and multiple galvanic battery cells, each of said multiple galvanic battery cells being connected with each other by the plug connection, wherein during said stacking the plug connections of the battery modules are separated from each other;

orienting the plug connection of all said multiple battery modules adjacent each other; and

plugging a connection device configured as a single plugin module and comprising a battery management system onto the stacked battery modules, thereby simultaneously connecting the voltage taps of all said multiple battery modules and coupling the bus connections with the battery management system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2017
From: ACIKGOEZ, ERDAL; SCHMIDT, JÖRG; RANZINGER, ROMAN
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 040872/0448 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 010 067 · Jul 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170200929A1 · Jul 13, 2017
Cited By (1)
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