BATTERY DEVICE AND BATTERY UNIT

• US 20110020676A1
• Filed: 03/17/2009
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kurosawa, Yoshiaki
• Application Number:
  US12/934,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20110020676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/62
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/005 the electric storage means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0416 Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/613 Cooling or keeping cold
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/615 Heating or keeping warm
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/633 characterised by algorithms, flow charts, software details or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/647 Prismatic or flat cells, e.g. pouch cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/653 characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6554 Rods or plates
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6556 Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange closed pipes H01M10/6552
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6557 arranged between the cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6563 with forced flow, e.g. by blowers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6569 Fluids undergoing a liquid-gas phase change or transition, e.g. evaporation or condensation heat pipes H01M10/6552
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/663 the system being an air-conditioner or an engine
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/209 adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells H01M50/216 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/224 Metals
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/249 specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

Occurrence of noise and invasion of grit or dust are prevented and occurrence of condensed water is suppressed.

A battery device having a battery which is mounted in a battery case to accumulate power to be demanded and supplied to a motor for driving a vehicle is characterized in that the battery case is designed in a hermetically-sealed structure, a heat exchanger for cooling ambient atmosphere in the battery case and an air blower for blowing cold air of the heat exchanger to the battery are provided in the battery case, and inert gas or dried air is hermetically filled in the battery case under a state that the battery case is hermetically sealed.

Claims

1. A battery device having a battery which is mounted in a battery case to accumulate power to be demanded and supplied to a motor for driving a vehicle, characterized in that the battery case is designed in a hermetically-sealed structure, a heat exchanger for cooling ambient atmosphere in the battery case and an air blower for blowing cold air of the heat exchanger to the battery are provided in the battery case, and inert gas or dried air is hermetically filled in the battery case under a state that the battery case is hermetically sealed.

2. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the battery has plural rectangular element batteries and the respective element batteries are configured in close contact with one another so that an insulating sheet is interposed between the respective element batteries.

3. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the battery has plural rectangular element batteries and the respective element batteries are arranged so that a gap for passing the cold air is provided.

6. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein a stress breaker for absorbing an internal pressure variation caused by internal temperature variation is provided in the battery case in the above invention.

7. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the battery in the battery case can be warmed by the heat exchanger in the above invention.

4. A battery device having a battery which is mounted in a battery case to accumulate power to be demanded and supplied to a motor for driving a vehicle, characterized in that the battery case is designed in a hermetically-sealed structure, a plate type heat exchanger is provided in the battery case to be in close contact with the battery, and inert gas or dried air is hermetically filled in the battery case under a state that the battery case is hermetically sealed.

11. The battery device according to claim 4, wherein a stress breaker for absorbing an internal pressure variation caused by internal temperature variation is provided in the battery case.

13. The battery device according to claim 4, wherein the battery in the battery case can be warmed by the heat exchanger in the above invention.

5. A battery device having a battery which is mounted in a battery case to accumulate power to be demanded and supplied to a motor for driving a vehicle, characterized in that the battery case is designed in a hermetically-sealed structure, the battery is disposed in close contact with the internal side of any surface of a side surface, a bottom surface and a top surface of the battery case, a plate type heat exchanger is disposed so as to be brought into contact with the battery-contacted surface from the outside, and inert gas or dried air is hermetically filled in the battery case under a state that the battery case is hermetically sealed.

12. The battery device according to claim 5, wherein a stress breaker for absorbing an internal pressure variation caused by internal temperature variation is provided in the battery case.

14. The battery device according to claim 5, wherein the battery in the battery case can be warmed by the heat exchanger in the above invention.

8. A battery unit having a battery device for supplying power to a motor for driving a vehicle, and a cooling and warming device comprising a compressor to be driven with electric power supplied from the battery device, a first heat exchanger that heat-exchanges with the outside air, a pressure-reducing device and a second heat exchanger for cooling or warming the battery device, the battery device and the cooling and warming device being integrated with each other.

9. The battery unit according to claim 8, wherein the first heat exchanger is provided to be mountable in a passage for exhausting air in a vehicle interior of a vehicle to the outside of the vehicle interior.

10. The battery unit according to claim 8, further comprising control means for driving the cooling and warming device with power supplied from the battery device when the temperature of the battery device is lower than the lowest temperature required to keep the quality of the battery device or exceeds the maximum temperature.

15. The battery unit according to claim 9, further comprising control means for driving the cooling and warming device with power supplied from the battery device when the temperature of the battery device is lower than the lowest temperature required to keep the quality of the battery device or exceeds the maximum temperature.