IP Library Granted Patent US 12,237,528
Granted Patent B2
US 12,237,528 · App. 17/636,955 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Battery housing comprising a spacer

Inventors: Alexander Günther (Olpe, DE); Maria Schmitt (Attendorn, DE); Dominik Ax (Finnentrop, DE)
Assignee: Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
H01M50/291B60K1/04H01M50/24H01M50/249H01M50/262H01M50/271B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 12,237,528
App. No.
17/636,955
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery housing for a motor vehicle comprising a base part having a base plate and a cover part with a cover plate. The base part and the cover part delimit an accommodation volume for accommodating at least one battery module. The plates are spaced apart by at least one spacer arranged inside the receiving volume and supported on both plates, in that the spacer is supported on at least one of the two plates with its end face. In the region of this support, the plate has an opening. The end face of the spacer extends circumferentially over the edge of the opening in the radial direction inward projecting into the plane of the support of the end face on the plate. The spacer is fastened on this plate.

Claims (17)

1. A battery housing for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a base part having a base plate and a cover part having a cover plate, wherein the base part and the cover part delimit an accommodation volume for accommodating at least one battery module, and wherein the two base and cover plates are spaced apart by at least one spacer which is arranged inside the accommodation volume and supported on both the base and cover plates,

wherein the spacer is supported with an end face thereof on at least one plate of the two base and cover plates, and the plate has an opening in a region of this support,

wherein the end face of the spacer extends circumferentially over an edge of the opening projecting radially inwards in a plane of the support of the end face on the plate,

wherein the spacer has an internal thread introduced into the end face and the spacer is fastened on the plate using a screw connection, the screw connection engaging in the internal thread and acting against an outside of the plate, and

wherein a seal is arranged between the end face of the spacer and an inside of the plate.

2. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein the spacer is a sleeve body.

3. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein the end face of the spacer is connected by material bonding to a lateral surface of the opening.

4. The battery housing of the claim 1 , wherein the screw connection comprises a sleeve having an external thread which engages with the internal thread of the spacer, and the sleeve has a collar which acts against the outside of the plate.

5. The battery housing of claim 4 , wherein the sleeve is an internally threaded sleeve.

6. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein a seal interposed between the plate and the screw connection acting against the outside of the plate.

7. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein the opening of the plate has a geometry corresponding to a cross-sectional geometry of the end face of the spacer.

8. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein the accommodation volume is circumferentially sealed leak-tight.

9. The battery housing of claim 8 , wherein the accommodation volume is circumferentially sealed gas-tight.

10. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein the spacer is made of the same material as the plate.

11. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein part of the spacer is a strut inserted into the base part or into the cover part having at least one spacer element attached thereon.

12. The battery housing of claim 1 , wherein the seal is a ring seal arranged in a groove formed in the end face of the spacer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2022
From: GÜNTHER, ALEXANDER; SCHMITT, MARIA; AX, DOMINIK
To: KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 059268/0480 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2019 124 060.3 · Sep 9, 2019 · national
DE 10 2019 124 061.1 · Sep 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220278415A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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