The present disclosure relates to the field of battery technologies, particularly to a battery module and a vehicle.
Most of battery systems adopt such an assembly method in which multiple modules are connected in series and mounted on a tray. After collecting voltages and temperature signals of the modules, a cells contact system (CCS) assembly communicates with a cell supervision circuit (CSC) assembly through intermediate wiring harnesses.
In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module includes: a box, a battery pack, one or more CCS assemblies, and one or more collection modules. The battery pack is installed in the box and comprising multiple battery cells. The CCS assemblies include one or more collection lines electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells and a connection circuit board. Each CCS assembly includes one of the one or more collection lines and the connection circuit board is connected to one end of the collection line. Each collection module includes one of the one or more mounting bracket and one or more of the one or more CSC assemblies. The mounting bracket of each collection module is installed in the box and is opposite to the battery pack. The one or more CSC assemblies of each collection module are disposed on a side of the mounting bracket of the collection module and directly electrically connected to the connection circuit board.
In another aspect, the present disclosure further provides a vehicle. The vehicle includes a battery module. The battery module includes: a box, a battery pack, one or more CCS assemblies, and one or more collection modules. The battery pack is installed in the box and comprising multiple battery cells. The CCS assemblies include one or more collection lines electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells and a connection circuit board. Each CCS assembly includes one of the one or more collection lines and the connection circuit board is connected to one end of the collection line. Each collection module includes one of the one or more mounting bracket and one or more of the one or more CSC assemblies. The mounting bracket of each collection module is installed in the box and is opposite to the battery pack. The one or more CSC assemblies of each collection module are disposed on a side of the mounting bracket of the collection module and directly electrically connected to the connection circuit board.
1—CCS assembly; 11—collection line; 12—connection circuit board; 13—connection bar; 2—mounting bracket; 21—first mounting surface; 211—first fixing protrusion; 22—second mounting surface; 221—second fixing protrusion; 23—fixing lug; 24—mounting lug; 241—slit; 3—first CSC assembly; 30—collection plate; 31—first collection plate; 32—first connector; 321—first connection socket; 4—second CSC assembly; 41—second collection plate; 42—second connector; 421—second connection socket; 60—first heat conductive structure; 5—second heat conductive sheet; 6—first heat conductive sheet; 61—first section; 62—second section; 63—third section; 70—second heat conductive structure; 7—heat conductive foam; 8—buckle; 9—battery cell support; 10—liquid cooling plate; 101—connection structure; 102—electrically insulating board; 103—battery cell; 104—battery pack; 105—battery cell row; 106—collection module; 1000—battery module; 1100—top cover; 1200—bottom cover; 1310—crossbeam of the bottom cover; and 1320—slot.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited terms “interconnect”, “connect”, and “fix” should be understood in a broad sense. For example, a connection may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; or may be a direct connection, an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, internal communication between two elements, or an interaction relationship between two elements. A person of ordinary skill in the art can understand specific meanings of the terms in the present disclosure according to specific situations.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise explicitly stated and limited, a first feature being “above” or “below” a second feature includes the first feature directly contacting the second feature and the first feature contacting the second feature through an additional feature therebetween. Furthermore, the first feature being “on”, “above”, and “on top of” the second feature includes the first feature being directly above and diagonally above the second feature, and a horizontal level of the first feature being higher than a horizontal level of the second feature. The first feature being “under”, “below”, and “beneath” the second feature includes the first feature being directly below and diagonally below the second feature, and a horizontal level of the first feature being lower than a horizontal level of the second feature.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that terms “up”, “down”, “right”, etc., indicate orientations or position relationships based on the accompanying drawings, which is only for the convenience of description and simplifying operations, and does not indicate or imply that indicated devices or elements should have particular orientations or be constructed and operated in particular orientations, and cannot be construed as a limitation on the present disclosure. In addition, terms “first” and “second” are only used to differentiate in description and have no special meaning.
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The battery pack 104 is installed in the box and includes a plurality of battery cells 103.
The CCS assembly 1 includes a collection line 11 configured to be electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells 103 and a connection circuit board 12 connected to one end of the connection line 11.
The collection module 106 includes a mounting bracket 2 and a cell supervision circuit (CSC) assembly. The mounting bracket 2 is installed in the box and is opposite to the battery pack 104. The CSC assembly is disposed on a side of the mounting bracket 2 and is directly electrically connected to the connection circuit board 12.
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Under the circumstances that multiple modules in the battery pack are connected in series in the prior art, after collecting voltages and temperature signals of the modules, a CCS assembly communicates with a CSC assembly through intermediate wiring harnesses, resulting in numerous wiring harnesses and complicated assembly. By arranging the mounting bracket 2 opposite to the plurality of battery cells 103 herein, the mounting bracket 2 is configured to be closer to the CCS assembly 1, and a distance between the connection circuit board 12 and the CSC assembly is shortened, thereby facilitating direct connection between the connection circuit board 12 and the CSC assembly mounted on the mounting bracket 2, eliminating the need for any intermediate transfer wiring harness between the connection circuit board 12 and the CSC assembly. Such structure is simple and easy to assemble.
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The battery pack 104 is disposed in the box and includes multiple battery cells 103. The battery cells 103 may be cylindrical batteries or prismatic batteries. The following embodiments will be described using cylindrical batteries as an example.
Each CCS assembly 1 include a collection line 11 configured to be electrically connected to a plurality of the battery cells 103 and a connection circuit board 12 connected to one end of the connection line 11.
The collection module 106 includes a mounting bracket 2 and a plurality of cell supervision circuit (CSC) assemblies. The mounting bracket 2 is installed in the box and is opposite to the battery pack 104. The CSC assemblies are each located on a side of the mounting bracket 2 and directly electrically connected to a corresponding connection circuit board 12.
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In some embodiments, each CSC assembly may include a collection plate 30 and a connector provided on one side of the first collection plate 30, and the connector is electrically connected to a corresponding connection circuit board 12. For example, each first CSC assembly 3 includes a first collection plate 31 and a first connector 32 provided on a side of the first collection plate 31. As another example, the second CSC assembly 4 includes a second collection plate 41 and a second connector 42 provided on a side of the second collection plate 41. The first mounting surface 21 is provided with a plurality of first fixing protrusions 211, and the second mounting surface 22 is provided with a plurality of second fixing protrusions 221. The first collecting plates 31 are each bolted to corresponding one or more of the plurality of first fixing protrusions 211 and maintain a distance from the first mounting surface 21. The second collection plate 41 is bolted to corresponding one or more of the plurality of second fixing protrusions 221 and maintains a distance from the second mounting surface 22.
Specifically, each of the first connectors 32 and the second connector 42 is electrically connected to the connection circuit board 12 of a corresponding CCS assembly 1. The first connectors 32 are each located between the corresponding first collection plate 31 and the first mounting surface 21, and the second collection plate 41 is located between the second connector 42 and the second mounting surface 22, to maximize mounting space on the mounting bracket 2 and facilitate the electrical connection between each of the first connectors 32 and the second connector 42 and the corresponding connection circuit board 12.
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The second CSC assembly 4 further includes a heat conductive member including a first heat conductive structure 60. The first heat conductive structure 60 includes a first heat conductive sheet 6 and a second heat conductive sheet 5.
The first heat conductive sheet 6 includes a second section 62 and a first section 61 and a third section 63 that are respectively connected to two ends of the second section 62. The first section 61 is arranged opposite to the second mounting surface 22.
The third section 63 is arranged at an angle with the second mounting surface 22. A middle portion of the third section 63 is connected to one end of the second section 62, and two ends of the third section 63 are disposed in the two slits 241 respectively. The first heat conductive sheet 6 is located between the two mounting lugs 24 and interference-fit with the two mounting lugs 24 and the mounting bracket 2. The second heat conductive sheet 5 is connected in a heat conductive manner between the third section 63 and a bottom of the box. The bottom of the box may be a crossbeam (i.e., a crossbeam 1310 of the bottom cover 1300) at the bottom of the box. The heat on the second collection plate 41 is transferred to the box through the first heat conductive sheet 6 and the second heat conductive sheet 5.
The reason for splitting the first heat conductive structure into the first heat conductive sheet 6 and the second heat conductive sheet 5 is that a limited volume of each mounting lug 24 makes it inconvenient to provide a larger slit 241 for both the third section 63 of the first heat conductive sheet 6 and the second heat conductive sheet 5 to snap in. Thus, only the third section 63 of the first heat conductive sheet 6 is disposed into the slit 24. Furthermore, a thickness of the second heat conductive sheet 5 may be adjusted according to a distance between the third section 63 and the bottom of the box for a smooth transfer of heat.
Specifically, the heat conductive member further includes a plurality of second heat conductive structures 70. In this embodiment, three second heat conductive structures 70 are provided, where two of the three second heat conductive structures 70 are respectively corresponding to the two first CSC assemblies 3, and each of the two second heat conductive structures 70 is provided between a surface of the first collection plate 31 of a corresponding first CSC assembly 3 away from the first mounting surface 21 and a side wall (for example, an inner wall of a left side of the bottom cover 1300, referring to
In some embodiments, the two fixing lugs 23 are bolted to the crossbeam 1310 (as shown in
Some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a vehicle, including a battery module and a battery management system (BMS). The BMS is configured to be electrically connected to the one or more CSC assemblies to collect information of each cell and detect voltage and temperature of each cell.
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The plurality of battery cells 103 are arranged on the battery cell support 9. The battery cell support 9 is made of an electrically insulating material and plays the role of electrical insulation between the battery cells 103 and the box. The battery cell support 9 is provided with a plurality of openings each corresponding to one of the plurality of battery cells 103. The openings are configured as pressure relief valves to expose the battery cells 103. Two of the liquid cooling plates 10 are disposed on two sides of the battery pack 104 to cool the outermost battery cells 103 thereof. Other liquid cooling plates 10 are respectively disposed between the plurality of battery cells 103 to cool down the battery cells 103.
The plurality of battery cells 103 and the liquid cooling plates 10 are both arranged in the connection structure 101, and an upper surface of the connection structure 101 exposes the positive and negative poles of the plurality of battery cells 103. The battery cells 103 are separately arranged in the connection structure 101 to prevent the spread and diffusion of thermal runaway of a single battery cell 103. The connection structure 101 connects the multiple battery cells 103 and the multiple liquid cooling plates 10 into a whole, improving the overall strength of the battery module. Foam sealing agent is used as the material of the connection structure 101. In actual production, after the multiple battery cells 103 and the multiple liquid cooling plates 10 are placed according to the settings, the foam sealing agent is poured to fill the gaps between the multiple battery cells 103 and the multiple liquid cooling plates 10, realizing the integrated arrangement of the multiple battery cells 103 and the multiple liquid cooling plates 10.
The CCS assemblies 1 are electrically connected to the battery cells 103, and the electrically insulating board 102 covers the CCS assemblies 1.
Each CCS assembly 1 further includes a plurality of connection bars 13 each electrically connected to a corresponding collection line 11. The connection bars 13 connect adjacent battery cells 103 in series. The electrically insulating board 102 and the plurality of connection bars 13 are provided with exhaust holes, and the exhaust holes are configured for the foam overflow and gas exhaust during a foaming process of the foam sealing agent.
An actual assembly process of the battery module in this embodiment is as follows:
In the battery module provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mounting bracket is arranged to be opposite to the battery cells, to arrange the mounting bracket close to the CCS assembly, which facilitates direct connection between the connection circuit board and the CSC assembly mounted on the mounting bracket and eliminates the need for any intermediate wiring harness between the connection circuit board and the CSC assembly, thereby reducing unnecessary materials, improving assembly efficiency, and reducing costs.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202323168263.7 | Nov 2023 | CN | national |
PCT/CN2024/096398 | May 2024 | WO | international |
This application claims priority of International Application No. PCT/CN2024/096398, filed on May 30, 2024, and priority of Chinese patent application No. 202323168263.7 filed on Nov. 22, 2023. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.