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Granted Patent B2
US 11,355,800 · App. 16/640,342 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Battery pack

Inventors: Keisuke Shimizu (Osaka, JP); Shinya Motokawa (Hyogo, JP); Chifumi Murayama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M10/658H01M10/613H01M10/647H01M10/6555H01M10/6557H01M10/6561H01M10/6567H01M50/209Y02E60/10
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Patent No.
US 11,355,800
App. No.
16/640,342
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery pack includes first and second battery modules arranged in a first direction. In the first battery module, a first heat transfer part and a first heat insulator are disposed between battery cells adjacent in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. In the second battery module, a second heat transfer part and a second heat insulator are disposed between battery cells adjacent in the second direction. The first heat transfer part constitutes a part of a heat transfer component that is put across and connected to both the first and the second battery modules. The first heat transfer part is connected to one of the battery cells in the first battery module so as to enable heat transfer. The second heat transfer part constitutes another part of the heat transfer component and is connected to one of the battery cells in the second battery module.

Claims (10)

1. A battery pack comprising a first battery module and a second battery module that are arranged side by side inside a pack case in a first direction,

each of the first battery module and the second battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction,

wherein in the first battery module, a first heat transfer part and a first heat insulator that are separate in the second direction are disposed between the battery cells adjacent to each other in the second direction,

wherein in the second battery module, a second heat transfer part and a second heat insulator that are separate in the second direction are disposed between the battery cells adjacent to each other in the second direction,

wherein the first heat transfer part constitutes a part of a heat transfer component that is put across and connected to both the first battery module and the second battery module, and the first heat transfer part is connected to one of the battery cells in the first battery module so as to enable heat transfer between the first heat transfer part and the one of the battery cells in the first battery module,

wherein the second heat transfer part constitutes another part of the heat transfer component and is connected to one of the battery cells in the second battery module so as to enable heat transfer between the second heat transfer part and the one of the battery cells in the second battery module,

the first heat transfer part and the second heat transfer part are arranged in a staggered manner and are in continuous connection with each other, and

the first heat insulator and the second heat insulator contact alternating surfaces of the corresponding first and second heat transfer parts in the respective first battery module and the second battery module.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal conductivity of the heat transfer component is higher than a thermal conductivity of each of the first heat insulator and the second heat insulator.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the one of the battery cells in the first battery module to which the first heat transfer part is connected so as to enable heat transfer between the first heat transfer part and the one of the battery cells in the first battery module, and the one of the battery cells in the second battery module to which the second heat transfer part is connected so as to enable heat transfer between the second heat transfer part and the one of the battery cells in the second battery module, are disposed at places that differ in the second direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2020
From: SHIMIZU, KEISUKE; MOTOKAWA, SHINYA; MURAYAMA, CHIFUMI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052507/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-010433 · Jan 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200358152A1 · Nov 12, 2020
Cited By (1)
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