Drive Battery Arrangement and Motor Vehicle Having a Drive Battery Arrangement

• US 20130228387A1
• Filed: 01/21/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Lucas, Marc
• Application Number:
  US13/745,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20130228387A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/65.1
• 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: B60K 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6563 with forced flow, e.g. by blowers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A vehicle drive battery arrangement, having: two sets of battery cells with a fan device configured therebetween, positioned behind a vehicle seat.

Claims

1. A drive battery arrangement for a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive, comprising:

at least two drive batteries; and

a fan device configured to cool the drive batteries;

wherein the fan device is arranged between the at least two drive batteries.

2. The drive battery arrangement as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an electronic assembly;

wherein the at least two drive batteries are arranged in an upper layer of the drive battery arrangement; and

wherein the electronic assembly is arranged in a lower layer of the drive battery arrangement.

3. The drive battery arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the electronic assembly is arranged below one of the drive batteries.

4. The drive battery arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fan device comprises:

a first fan configured to cool a first drive battery and a second fan is configured to cool a second drive battery.

5. The drive battery arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first fan is further configured to cool the electronic assembly.

6. The drive battery arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fan device is configured to draw in air by the at least two drive batteries and to selectively discharge drawn-in air into a first outlet duct or a second outlet duct.

7. A vehicle having a hybrid drive, comprising:

a drive battery arrangement with at least two drive batteries; and

a fan device arranged between the at least two drive batteries and configured to cool the drive batteries.

8. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the drive battery arrangement is positioned behind a rear row of seats.

9. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the drive battery arrangement is positioned at least partially below a storage space floor sheet metal plate of the motor vehicle.

10. The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the at least two drive batteries are arranged at least partially below the storage space floor plane.

11. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the drive battery arrangement further includes an electronic assembly;

wherein the at least two drive batteries are arranged in an upper layer of the drive battery arrangement; and

wherein the electronic assembly is arranged in a lower layer of the drive battery arrangement.

12. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the electronic assembly is arranged below one of the drive batteries.

13. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the fan device comprises:

a first fan configured to cool a first drive battery; and

a second fan configured to cool a second drive battery.

14. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the first fan is further configured to cool the electronic assembly.

15. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the fan device is configured to draw in air by the at least two drive batteries and to selectively discharge drawn-in air into a first outlet duct or a second outlet duct.

16. A vehicle drive battery arrangement, comprising:

two sets of battery cells with a fan device configured therebetween, positioned behind a vehicle seat.

17. The vehicle drive battery arrangement of claim 16, further comprising:

an electronic assembly;

wherein the at least two drive batteries are arranged in an upper layer of the drive battery arrangement and the at least one electronic assembly is arranged in a lower layer of the drive battery arrangement.

18. The drive battery arrangement of claim 17, wherein the electronic assembly is arranged below one of the drive batteries.

19. The drive battery arrangement of claim 18, wherein the fan device comprises:

a first fan configured to cool a first drive battery and a second fan is configured to cool a second drive battery.

20. The drive battery arrangement of claim 19, wherein the first fan is further configured to cool the electronic assembly.