IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,294,073
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,073 · App. 17/605,614 · Granted May 6, 2025

Heat shield

Inventors: Heribert Walter (Bamberg, DE); Michael Maag (Herrieden, DE); Tobias Fritz (Seukendorf, DE); Markus Gradler (Erlangen, DE); Jessica Uhlemann (Bubenreuth, DE); Thomas Ubler (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: Oerlikon Friction Systems (Germany) GMBH
H01M10/658H01M10/0525H01M10/625H01M50/24H01M50/242H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,294,073
App. No.
17/605,614
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat shield ( 1 ) for use in systems and apparatuses which are operated by batteries, in particular for electric vehicles, wherein the heat shield ( 1 ) is constructed at least from an impact-absorbing layer ( 4 ), from a heat-protection layer ( 5 ) made of a material which is resistant to high temperatures, optionally from a gas-tight, heat-distributing layer ( 8 ), and from a layer ( 6 ) with intumescent properties and also from a carrier plate ( 7 ) for the layers, which provides shielding.

Claims (34)

1. A heat shield ( 1 ) suitable for batteries or battery arrangements ( 2 ),

wherein the heat shield ( 1 ) has a layer structure made of a first layer ( 4 ) based on a temperature-resistant elastomer for impact absorption, a second layer ( 5 ) made of a material that is resistant to high temperatures as heat protection, a layer ( 6 ) having intumescent properties for creation of a thermal insulation, a carrier plate ( 7 ), and a heat-distributing layer ( 8 ) between the second layer ( 5 ) and the layer ( 6 ) with intumescent properties.

2. The heat shield according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second layer ( 5 ) is made of materials selected from the group consisting of mica materials, basalt materials, basalt fiber composites, oxide ceramic composites, silica fiber composites and combinations thereof.

3. The heat shield according to claim 1 ,

wherein the layer stack is encased with a shell made from a material with the ability to withstand mechanical and thermal loads.

4. The heat shield according to claim 3 ,

wherein the shell is made of fiberglass.

5. The heat shield according to claim 1 ,

wherein the impact-absorbing layer ( 4 ) contains fillers for improving the thermal conduction and/or the temperature resistance, for assisting carbonization, vitrification, and/or intumescence, and/or heat-distributing fillers ( 9 ).

6. The heat shield according to claim 1 ,

wherein the layer ( 6 ) with intumescent properties is formed from a carrier plate that contains an intumescent material.

7. The heat shield according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least the layer ( 6 ) with intumescent properties is stitched with an underlying and/or overlying arranged layer.

8. A use of a heat shield according to claim 1 in a battery-operated apparatus as a protection from the effects of a hot gas and particle stream exiting the battery in the event of a failure.

9. The use according to claim 8 ,

wherein the battery-operated apparatus is an electric means of transportation.

10. The use according to claim 8 ,

wherein the battery is a lithium ion battery.

11. The heat shield according to claim 2 ,

wherein the layer stack is encased with a shell made from a material with the ability to withstand mechanical and thermal loads.

12. The heat shield according to claim 11 ,

wherein the shell is made of fiberglass.

13. The heat shield according to claim 2 ,

wherein the impact-absorbing layer ( 4 ) contains fillers for improving the thermal conduction and/or the temperature resistance, for assisting carbonization, vitrification, and/or intumescence, and/or heat-distributing fillers ( 9 ).

14. The heat shield according to claim 2 ,

wherein the layer ( 6 ) with intumescent properties is formed from a carrier plate that contains an intumescent material.

15. The heat shield according to claim 2 ,

wherein at least the layer ( 6 ) with intumescent properties is stitched with an underlying and/or overlying arranged layer.

16. A use of a heat shield according to claim 2 in a battery-operated apparatus as a protection from the effects of a hot gas and particle stream exiting the battery in the event of a failure.

17. The use according to claim 16 ,

wherein the battery-operated apparatus is an electric means of transportation.

18. The use according to claim 8 ,

wherein the battery is a lithium ion battery.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: CROSSLINK GMBH
To: OERLIKON FRICTION SYSTEMS (GERMANY) GMBH
Reel/Frame 058891/0158 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2021
From: WALTER, HERIBERT; MAAG, MICHAEL; FRITZ, TOBIAS; GRADLER, MARKUS; UHLEMANN, JESSICA; UBLER, THOMAS
To: CROSSLINK GMBH
Reel/Frame 057873/0329 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 111 353.9 · May 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230030022A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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