IP Library Granted Patent US 9,627,721
Granted Patent B2
US 9,627,721 · App. 13/818,887 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Electricity storage device and vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,627,721
App. No.
13/818,887
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electricity storage device includes: a first battery stack ( 15 ) including a plurality of cells that are aligned in a first direction; a second battery stack ( 11 to 14 ) including a plurality of cells that are aligned in a second direction different from the first direction, the second battery stack being placed under the first battery stack; and a duct for coolant. The duct is disposed along the first battery stack and is positioned between the first battery stack and the second battery stack.

Claims (12)

1. An electricity storage device comprising:

a first battery stack including a plurality of cells that are aligned in a first direction;

a plurality of second battery stacks each including a plurality of cells that are aligned in a second direction different from the first direction, the second battery stacks being spaced apart in intervals so as to have gaps between adjacent second battery stacks, the second battery stacks being placed under the first battery stack; and

a duct for coolant,

wherein the duct is disposed along the first direction of the first battery stack and is positioned between the first battery stack and the second battery stacks, so as to be disposed over portions of the second battery stacks that intersect the first battery stack.

2. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the duct is connected to each of the second battery stacks and supplies coolant to the second battery stacks.

3. The electricity storage device according to claim 2 , wherein the ducts connected to the second battery stacks are joined together on an upstream side in terms of a flow path of the coolant.

4. The electricity storage device according to claim 2 , further comprising electronic equipment that is used to control charging and discharging of the electricity storage device, the electronic equipment being placed under the plurality of ducts at a position such that the electronic equipment faces the plurality of ducts.

5. The electricity storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

6. A vehicle comprising:

the electricity storage device according to claim 1 ; and

a motor/generator that receives electric power from the electricity storage device to generate kinetic energy for driving the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2013
From: KOSAKI, AKIHIRO; FUKUDA, SHIGERU; OZAKI, SHIGETO; MIZUNO, YASUTOSHI; HARA, TOSHIYUKI; KUMAGAI, TAKANORI; IIDA, KENJI; NAKAGAWA, ISAO; KOBAYASHI, MAKOTO; OGASAWARA, SHIGEYUKI; AZUMA, SHINSUKE; FUJIWARA, YOSHIAKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030542/0894 →