This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese Utility Model Application No. 201821864791.2 filed on Nov. 13, 2018 and entitled “OUTPUT ELECTRODE BASE, BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK”, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of energy storage device technology, especially to an output electrode base, a battery module and a battery pack.
In a battery module, an output electrode base is installed at an end plate of an output end of the battery module, and is configured to connect an output electrode connection piece and provide insulation protection for the output electrode connection piece.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provides an output electrode base of a battery module, wherein the output electrode base includes a base body and a connector, and the connector is a metal structure;
the connector includes a securing member and a connecting post, the securing member is secured in the base body, and the connecting post protrudes from the base body; and
the connecting post is configured to penetrate through a first installing hole of an output electrode connection piece of the battery module and connect with the output electrode connection piece.
In some embodiments, the connector further includes a metal plate above the base body, and the metal plate is configured to abut against the output electrode connection piece; the connecting post of the connector is a metal structure.
In some embodiments, the securing member includes a first securing member and a second securing member;
the first securing member and the second securing member are disposed axially relative to the connecting post, the second securing member is configured to contact with the base body radially and axially, and a radial size of the second securing member is greater than a radial size of the first securing member.
In some embodiments, the securing member further includes a third securing member, and the third securing member is disposed axially with the first securing member and second securing member relative to the connecting post; the third securing member is configured to penetrate through the base body to fixedly connect the metal plate.
In some embodiments, the output electrode base is provided with at least two connectors.
In some embodiments, the one end of the connecting post extends into the base body; and
a portion of the connecting post located in the base body is connected with the securing member.
In some embodiments, the connector includes a flange bolt and a washer-nut, and the washer-nut is screwed to a threaded rod of the flange bolt; and
a head of the flange bolt, a flange of the flange bolt and the washer-nut form the securing member, and a portion of the threaded rod of the flange bolt forms the connecting post.
Besides, embodiments of the present disclosure further provides a battery module, including:
an end plate located at an output end of the battery module;
an output electrode connection piece provided with a first installing hole; and
an output electrode base secured to the end plate and being the output electrode base as described-above.
Besides, embodiments of the present disclosure further provides a battery pack, including a casing and a plurality of battery modules;
each battery module is the battery module as described above;
the battery modules are connected through a module connection piece; and
the module connection piece is provided with a second installing hole, and the connecting post is configured to connect the module connection piece with the output electrode connection piece through the second installing hole.
In some embodiments, the connecting post includes a threaded rod, and the connecting post is configured to screw with a nut; and
the nut is configured to abut against the module connection piece.
In the present disclosure, after the connector is fixedly connected with the base body through the securing member, there is a connecting post protruding from the surface of the base body. Besides, the output electrode connection piece is correspondingly provided with a first installing hole. When the output electrode connection piece is to be connected with the base body, it is only necessary to insert the connecting post into the first installing hole, which may reduce accuracy requirement of the connection between the output electrode connection piece and the base body, thereby reducing difficulty in connection. Besides, because the connecting post is located outside the base body, when the output electrode connection piece is connected to the connecting post, another fastening member may be added to further fasten the output electrode connection piece and the base body, thereby improving connection reliability therebetween.
In order to describe technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the drawings used in the embodiments will be described briefly. It is evident that the following described drawings are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings may be obtained based on these figures without any inventive effort.
For a better understanding of the technical solutions of the present disclosure, embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It shall be noted that embodiments described herein are only some, rather than all embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive efforts fall into the scope of protection by the present disclosure.
The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. The word “a”, “the” or “said” which represents a singular form and which is used in the embodiments and the claims of the present disclosure intends further to represent a plural form, unless other meanings are clearly presented in the context.
It shall be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein only describes a correlative relationship between objects and represents three types of relationships. For example, A and/or B may indicate three cases: only A exists, both A and B exist, or only B exists. In addition, the sign “/” herein generally indicates that the objects before and after “/” are in an “or” relationship.
It shall be noted that directional terms such as “above”, “below”, “left” and “right” in the embodiments of the present disclosure are described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but shall not be understood as defining the embodiments of the present disclosure. Besides, in the context of the present disclosure, it shall also be noted that when it is described that an element is “above” or “under” another element, the former element may either be directly “above” or “under” the other element, or the former element may be “above” or “under” the other element with an intermediate element therebetween.
The inventors found during the invention process that, a base body of an output electrode base is connected with an output electrode connection piece through a single nut. The nut is installed in the base body, and the output electrode connection piece is provided with a bolt hole. When the base body is to be connected with the output electrode connection piece, a bolt passes through the bolt hole to connect with the nut in the base body.
When the output electrode base is connected with the output electrode connection piece, the bolt hole of the output electrode connection piece shall be aligned with the nut, and then the output electrode connection piece and the nut may be connected through the bolt. High operation accuracy is required on the connecting process, and it is not easy to realize the connection.
In view of this, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an output electrode base, a battery module and a battery pack, to solve the problem that it is not easy to realize connection between an output electrode connection piece and a base body in the existing technology.
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In one specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides an output electrode base 2 of a battery module 1. As shown in
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In the present disclosure, after the connector 22 is fixedly connected with the base body 21, there is a connecting post 221 protruding from the surface of the base body 21. Besides, the output electrode connection piece 14 is correspondingly provided with a first installing hole. When the output electrode connection piece 14 is to be connected with the base body 21, it is only necessary to insert the connecting post 221 into the first installing hole, which may reduce accuracy requirement of the connecting operation between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21, thereby reducing connection difficulty therebetween. Besides, because the connecting post 221 is located outside the base body 21, when the output electrode connection piece 14 is connected to the connecting post 221, another fastening member may be added to further fasten the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21, thereby improving connection reliability therebetween.
Further, fixed connection between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21 is realized through a plurality of connectors 22 that coordinate with each other, thereby improving connection reliability between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21. Besides, by the connection through the plurality of connectors 22 of metal structure, contact area between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the connecting posts 221 is large. That is, the area for current flow between the two is large, so that flow conveyance capacity of the connecting posts 221 is increased and heat generated during operation of the battery module 1 is reduced.
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When the battery module 1 operates for a long time, the cell generates heat and transmits the heat through the output electrode connection piece 14, and a plastic material is prone to creeping after being heated. In this embodiment, since the output electrode connection piece 14 abuts against the metal plate 223 and is fastened by the connecting post 221 after connection, there is no plastic material structure (a part of the base body 21) between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the metal plate 223. In this way, the output electrode connection piece 14 and the metal plate 223 are directly connected, so as to prevent a locking force between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21 from being reduced caused by creeping of the plastic structure, so that connection between the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21 is well reliable.
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As described above, both the first securing member 222a and the second securing member 222b are injected in the base body 21, and the second securing member 222b of a greater radial size may increase not only the axial contact area between the securing member 222 and the base body 21, but also the radial contact area between the securing member 222 and the base body 21, thereby increasing reliability of connection therebetween and preventing the securing member 222 from escaping from the base body 21.
Further, the base body 21 includes an installation board 211 and an installation base 212 distributed axially relative to securing member 222 (e.g., a threaded rod). The installation board 211 and the installation base 212 are integrally injection-molded, and the installation base 212 is relative thicker. The installation board 211 is located above the installation base 212, and has an installation plane to secure the output electrode connection piece 14. Besides, as shown in
In this embodiment, since the first securing member 222a, the second securing member 222b and the third securing member 222c are injected in the base body 21, a depth of the connector 22 in the base body 21 may be increased, thereby preventing the securing member 222 from escaping from the base body 21.
Besides, the metal plate 223 shall above the installation board 211 of the base body 21. Therefore, the metal plate 223 is secured to the third securing member 222.
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When the washer-nut is screwed to the flange bolt, the washer-nut abuts against the flange (second securing member 222b) of the flange bolt at an end surface of the washer-nut being away from the first washer (the metal plate 223). Therefore, the flange bolt and the washer-nut are screwed to form the above-described securing member 222.
It shall be noted that the connector 22 in the present disclosure does not have to include a bolt, but other structures commonly used in this art may be applied. For example, the connecting post 221 may be a cylindrical smooth rod structure. Correspondingly, the first installing hole of the output electrode connection piece 14 is a round hole and the external diameter of the cylindrical smooth rod matches the diameter of the round hole. In this embodiment, when the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21 are screwed together, connection reliability therebetween may be further improved, and axial relative movement of the output electrode connection piece 14 and the base body 21 relative to the connecting post 221 may be prevented.
Besides, when the flange bolt is used, there is also axially a certain contact area between the flange and the base body 21 relative to the connecting post 221. That is, the flange bolt and the base body 21 are in contact with each other both axially and radially. Therefore, the connection reliability between the flange bolt and the base body 21 may be improved, and the flange bolt may be prevented from escaping from the base body 21 when being pulled.
Besides, the above-described third securing member 222c is not necessarily realized by the washer-nut, but may be by a conventional hexagonal nut, with a metal plate 223 being disposed on the bolt. In this embodiment, the first washer of the washer-nut itself may be used as a metal plate 223, so that it is unnecessary to additionally dispose a metal plate 223 on the bolt, which is advantageous in a simple structure and reduced processing cost. In addition, compared with a conventional hexagonal nut, the washer-nut may further increase the contact area between the third fixing member 222c and the base body 21, thereby improving the connection reliability therebetween and anti-tensile capability of the output electrode base 2.
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On the basis of this, embodiments of the present application further provide a battery module 1. As shown in
Herein, the output electrode base 2 is any of the above-described output electrode base 2. Since the output electrode base 2 has the above-described technical effect, the battery module 1 including the output electrode base 2 shall also have a corresponding technical effect, which is not herein repeated.
With further reference to
Further, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a battery pack including a casing and a plurality of battery modules 1 located in the casing. Herein, the battery module 1 is any of the above-described battery module 1.
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Besides, the connecting post 221 is further screwed to a nut 23 through which the module connection piece 3 is fixedly locked.
In this embodiment, when the plurality of battery modules 1 are connected to form a battery pack, the module connection piece 3 and output electrode bases 2 are connected through the plurality of connecting posts 221 which may realize positioning of the connection piece 3. When the nut 23 is connected, an operator may lock the nut 23 tight with one hand, thus realizing fixing of the module connection piece 3, which may avoid a risk of short circuit and ensure safety of the operator, as compared with an operator realizing positioning of the module connection piece 3 by two hands in the existing technology.
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When the nut 23 is a washer-nut, the second washer 231 may also abut against the module connection piece 3, as compared with a conventional hexagonal nut, so that the contact area between the nut 23 and the module connection piece 3 may be increased. That is, the area for current flow between the nut 23 and the module connection piece 3 is large, resulting in better current flow, so that heat generated during operation of the battery pack is reduced. In addition, compared with a conventional hexagonal nut, the washer-nut may further increase the contact area between the nut 23 and the module connection piece 3, thereby improving the connection reliability and anti-tensile capability.
The above-described are only preferable embodiments of the present application but are not used to impose a limitation to the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure shall be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
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201821864791.2 | Nov 2018 | CN | national |