BATTERY PACK

• US 20140220387A1
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Won-Il
• Granted Patent: US 9,190,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 429/7
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/486 for measuring temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2200/10 Temperature sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/211 adapted for pouch cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/569 Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements G01R31/364
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/581 in response to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

Provided is a battery pack. The battery pack includes; a first battery cell and a second battery cell; a protection circuit module (PCM) that is located between the first and second battery cells and is electrically connected to the first and second battery cells; a thermal sensor that is electrically connected to the PCM and measures a temperature of the first battery cell; and a frame that accommodates the first battery cell, the second battery cell, and the PCM, wherein the frame includes a seating unit on which the PCM is seated, and the seating unit comprises a hole for inserting the thermal sensor to fix a position of the thermal sensor. Accordingly, damage to the thermal sensor is prevented and reliability of the thermal sensor is increased.

Claims

1. A battery pack comprising:

a first battery cell and a second battery cell;

a protection circuit module (PCM) that is located between the first and second battery cells and is electrically connected to the first and second battery cells;

a thermal sensor that is electrically connected to the PCM and measures a temperature of the first battery cell; and

a frame that accommodates the first battery cell, the second battery cell, and the PCM,

wherein the frame comprises a seating unit on which the PCM is seated, and the seating unit comprises a hole for inserting the thermal sensor to fix a position of the thermal sensor.

2. The battery pack of claim 1, wherein the frame comprises a main frame and first and second ribs that cross the main frame, wherein the seating unit is formed between the first and second ribs and the hole is formed on a boundary region between the seating unit and the first rib.

3. The battery pack of claim 2, wherein the seating unit is formed by shaping some portions of the first and second ribs in parallel to the PCM.

4. The battery pack of claim 2, wherein the seating unit comprises a first groove, the first rib comprises a second groove corresponding to the first groove, and the hole is formed by the first and second grooves.

5. The battery pack of claim 4, wherein the seating unit and the first rib are perpendicular to each other.

6. The battery pack of claim 2, wherein the thermal sensor is connected to the PCM via cables, and the seating unit comprises a through groove through which the cables pass.

7. The battery pack of claim 2, wherein the main frame has a rectangular shape, the first and second ribs are formed in parallel to a short side of the main frame, the first battery cell is accommodated by the main frame and the first rib, and the second battery cell is accommodated by the main frame and the second rib.

8. The battery pack of claim 7, wherein each of the first battery cell and the second battery cell comprises an electrode assembly and a pouch that seals the electrode assembly;

the pouch comprises a side-wing unit pair and a terrace unit formed by fusion welding, wherein the side-wing unit pair is bent perpendicular to the terrace unit and comprises an extension unit that extends on the terrace unit; and

each of the first and second ribs extends in a length direction of the extension unit and forms an insertion unit into which the extension unit is inserted.

9. The battery pack of claim 8, wherein the first rib is shaped to contact a side surface of the first battery cell and is located on the terrace unit of the first battery cell, and

the second rib is shaped to contact a side surface of the second battery cell and is located on the terrace unit of the second battery cell.

10. The battery pack of claim 8, wherein the thermal sensor is located on the terrace unit of the first battery cell.

11. A battery pack comprising:

a main frame;

first and second ribs that cross the main frame and are separated from each other;

a first battery cell accommodated by the main frame and the first rib;

a second battery cell accommodated by the main frame and the second rib;

a protection circuit module (PCM) seated in a seating unit that is formed between the first and second ribs; and

a thermal sensor that is electrically connected to the PCM and measures a temperature of the first battery cell,

wherein the seating unit is formed by shaping some portions of the first and second ribs in parallel to the PCM and the seating unit comprises a hole into which thermal sensor is inserted.

12. The battery pack of claim 11, wherein the hole is formed on a boundary region between the seating unit and the first rib.

13. The battery pack of claim 11, wherein the seating unit comprises a first groove, the first rib comprises a second groove corresponding to the first groove, and the hole is formed by the first and second grooves.

14. The battery pack of claim 11, wherein the thermal sensor is connected to the PCM via cables, and the seating unit comprises a through groove through which the cables pass.

15. The battery pack of claim 14, wherein the hole and the through groove are separated from each other.

16. The battery pack of claim 15, wherein the seating unit comprises a guide groove that connects the hole and the through groove, and the cables are separably inserted into the guide groove.

17. The battery pack of claim 11, wherein each of the first battery cell and the second battery cell comprises an electrode assembly and a pouch that seals the electrode assembly;

the pouch comprises a side-wing unit pair and a terrace unit formed by fusion welding, wherein the side-wing unit pair is shaped perpendicular to the terrace unit and comprises an extension unit that extends on the terrace unit; and

each of the first and second ribs extends in a length direction of the extension unit and forms an insertion unit into which the extension unit is inserted.

18. The battery pack of claim 17, wherein the insertion unit is formed by shaping the first and second ribs in a length direction of the extension unit at a location where each of the first and second ribs contacts the main frame.

19. The battery pack of claim 18, wherein the first rib is located on the terrace unit of the first battery cell and the second rib is located on the terrace unit of the second battery cell.

20. The battery pack of claim 18, wherein the first rib is shaped to contact a side surface of the first battery cell and the second rib is shaped to contact a side surface of the second battery cell.

21. The battery pack of claim 17, wherein the PCM is simultaneously located on the terrace unit of the first battery cell and the terrace unit of the second battery cell, and the thermal sensor is located on the terrace unit of the first battery cell.

22. The battery pack of claim 17, wherein the main frame has a rectangular shape and the first and second ribs are formed parallel to a short side of the main frame.