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Granted Patent B2
US 12,300,832 · App. 18/594,050 · Granted May 13, 2025

Power battery pack and electric vehicle

Inventors: Long He (Shenzhen, CN); Huajun Sun (Shenzhen, CN); Wenfeng Jiang (Shenzhen, CN); Zhipei Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Weixin Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Jianglong Tang (Shenzhen, CN); Yan Zhu (Shenzhen, CN); Xinyue Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Kefeng He (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
H01M50/209B60K1/04B60L50/64B60L50/66H01M10/052H01M10/425H01M10/613H01M10/625H01M10/647H01M10/6551H01M10/6554H01M50/103H01M50/119H01M50/244H01M50/249H01M50/271H01M50/317H01M50/342H01M50/3425H01M50/35H01M50/383H01M50/531H01M50/543B60K2001/0405B60K2001/0438B60L58/26H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,300,832
App. No.
18/594,050
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cell for use in a power battery pack. The cell incudes a battery body having a length L, a width H, a thickness D, and a volume V. The length L is greater than the width H. The width H is greater than the thickness D. The battery body meets: 400 mm≤L≤2500 mm and 0.0005 mm −2 ≤L/V≤0.002 mm −2 .

Claims (32)

1. A cell for use in a power battery pack, the cell comprising:

a battery body having a length L, a width H, a thickness D, and a volume V;

wherein the length L is greater than the width H, the width H is greater than the thickness D, and the battery body meets: 400 mm≤L≤2500 mm and 0.0005 mm −2 ≤L/V≤0.002 mm −2 .

2. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the length L meets: 400 mm≤L≤1500 mm.

3. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the length L meets: 1500 mm≤L≤2500 mm.

4. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery body further meets: L/V≤0.0015 mm −2 .

5. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the length L to the width H meets: 4≤L/H≤21.

6. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the length L to the width meets: 9≤L/H≤13.

7. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the length L to the thickness D meets: 23≤L/D≤208.

8. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the width H to the volume V meets: 0.0001 mm −2 ≤H/V≤0.00015 mm −2 .

9. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the thickness D to the volume V meets: 0.0000065 mm −2 ≤D/V≤0.00002 mm −2 .

10. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery body has a total outer surface area S and a ratio of the length L to the total outer surface area S meets: 0.002 mm −1 ≤L/S≤0.005 mm −1 .

11. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery body has a total outer surface area S and a ratio of the total outer surface areas S to the volume V meet: 0.1 mm −1 ≤S/V≤0.35 mm −1 .

12. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery body has an energy E and a ratio of the length L to the energy E meets: 0.8 mm·Wh −1 ≤L/E≤2.45 mm·Wh −1 .

13. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery body has a total outer surface area S and an energy E and a ratio of the total outer surface area S to the energy E meets: S/E≤1000 mm 2 ·Wh −1 .

14. The cell according to claim 1 , wherein the battery body has an energy E and a ratio of the volume V to the energy E meets: V/E≤2000 mm 3 ·Wh −1 .

15. The cell according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one explosion-proof valve; and

wherein the battery body comprises an aluminum housing, the battery body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in a length direction of the battery body, and the at least one explosion-proof valve disposed on at least one of the first and second ends of the battery body.

16. The cell according to claim 1 , further comprising a first explosion-proof valve and a second explosion-proof valve;

wherein the battery body comprises an aluminum housing, the battery body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in a length direction of the battery body, the first explosion-proof valve is disposed on the first end of the battery body, the second explosion-proof valve is disposed on the second end of the battery body, and the first and second explosion proof valves are configured discharge gas to different locations.

17. A power battery pack configured to provide power to an electric vehicle, the power battery pack comprising:

a pack body; and

a plurality of cells disposed in the pack body;

wherein each of the plurality of cells comprises the cell of claim 1 .

18. An electric vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body having a width W in a width direction of the vehicle body and a length X in a length direction of the vehicle body; and

the power battery pack of claim 17 ;

wherein when the power battery pack is disposed on the vehicle body, a length direction of each of the plurality of cells extends along a width direction or a length direction of the electric vehicle;

wherein when the length direction of each cell extends along the width direction of the electric vehicle, the length L of each of the plurality of cells and the width W of the vehicle body meet: 46%≤L/W≤76%; and

wherein when the length direction of each cell extends along the length direction of the electric vehicle, the length L of each of the plurality of cells and the length X of the vehicle body meet: 40%≤L 0 /X≤76%.

19. The electric vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein the power battery pack is disposed at a bottom of the vehicle body and the pack body is fixedly connected to a chassis of the vehicle body.

20. The electric vehicle according to claim 19 , wherein a width of the power battery pack is arranged along the width W of the vehicle body, a length of the power battery pack is arranged along a length X of the vehicle body, and the length L of each of the plurality of cells is arranged along the width of the power battery pack.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2024
From: HE, LONG; SUN, HUAJUN; JIANG, WENFENG; LU, ZHIPEI; ZHENG, WEIXIN; TANG, JIANGLONG; ZHU, YAN; WANG, XINYUE; HE, KEFENG
To: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (6)
CN 201910020925.5 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910020967.9 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910021244.0 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910021246.X · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910021247.4 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
CN 201910021248.9 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17421875
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