HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE BATTERY CELL, CONTACTING DEVICE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE

• US 20130337308A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: RATHMACHER, Ralf
• Application Number:
  US13/919,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20130337308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/100
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0007 Measures or means for preventing or attenuating collisions
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/24 for controlling the temperature of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/204 Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/224 Metals
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/227 Organic material
• 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

A housing is provided for holding a battery cell, in particular for holding a vehicle battery, with a battery holding space in the form of the battery cell to be received therein, with a contact area, which is arranged on the housing at a location at which, as intended, for a battery cell arranged in the battery holding space, contact connections for this battery cell are arranged, and which is configured such that when the contacting area is actuated with a contacting device, an electric contact through the housing can be established between at least two of the contact connections of the at least one battery cell.

Claims

1. A housing for holding a vehicle battery cell, comprising:

a battery holding space for receiving a battery cell; and

a contacting area at a location for the vehicle battery cell and arranged in the battery holding space for a first contact connection and a second contact connection for the vehicle battery cell; and

wherein the contacting area is configured such that when the contacting area is actuated with a contacting device, an electrical contact through the housing is established between the first contact connection and the second contact connection of the vehicle battery cell.

2. The housing according to claim 1,

wherein the contacting area comprises at least two predetermined breaking points (12),

wherein each of the at least two predetermined breaking points is a arranged on the housing in the location.

3. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the contacting area comprises at least two repeatedly mechanically operable contact arranging units.

4. The housing according to claim 1, further comprising a contact arranging unit that comprise a mechanical guide that is configured to guide the contacting device for actuating the contacting area.

5. The housing according to claim 4, wherein the at least predetermined breaking points and the contact arranging unit comprise a one locking device that is configured to protect the contacting area against actuation when in a non-actuated state and to permit actuation of the contacting area when in an actuated state.

6. The housing according to claim 1, the contacting device comprising:

that are configured to electrically contact a positive contact connection and a negative contact connection of the battery cell arranged in the battery holding space of the housing,

wherein the at least two contact elements are configured to electrically contact the contact positive contact connection and the negative contact connection through the contacting area of the housing.

7. The housing according to claim 6, wherein the contacting device is composed of an electrically resistive material.

8. The housing according to claim 6, wherein the at least two contact elements of the contacting device are formed as metallic contact elements that are connected via a connecting element.

9. The housing according to claim 8, wherein the connecting element comprises an electrically insulated gripping surface.

10. The housing according to claim 6, characterized in that the contacting device is a U-shape and in that the at least two contact elements are arranged at one end of the U-shape.

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