GROOVED COVER FOR BATTERY ARRAY

• US 20150357682A1
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Farha, Eid, Kedir, Temam
• Granted Patent: US 10,069,175 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/20 for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/2009 for braking
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/421 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/423 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/441 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/443 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/486 Operating parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/547 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/549 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/21 having the same nominal voltage
• 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 10/4257 Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/482 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4271 Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/209 : adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells H01M50/216 takes precedence
• 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: H01M 50/271 : Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/284 : with incorporated circuit boards, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB]
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/298 : characterised by the wiring of battery packs
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/505 : comprising a single busbar
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/519 : comprising printed circuit boards [PCB]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 : Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 : Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 : Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A battery array according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a circuit connector assembly and a cover that partially covers the circuit connector assembly. The cover includes a groove. A sense-line wire is received within the groove.

Claims

1. A battery array, comprising:

a circuit connector assembly;

a cover that at least partially covers said circuit connector assembly, said cover including a groove; and

a sense-line wire received within said groove.

2. The battery array as recited in claim 1, wherein said cover includes an external face, said groove extending longitudinally across said external face.

3. The battery array as recited in claim 1, wherein said groove is positioned at a first distance from an end wall of said cover and a battery terminal of said battery array is positioned at a second distance from said end wall.

4. The battery array as recited in claim 3, wherein said first distance is a greater distance than said second distance.

5. The battery array as recited in claim 3, wherein said first distance is a smaller distance than said second distance.

6. The battery array as recited in claim 1, wherein said groove is positioned at a first distance from an end wall of said cover, said first distance disposed between a second distance of a first battery terminal from said end wall and a third distance of a second battery terminal from said end wall.

7. The battery array as recited in claim 1, wherein said groove is positioned between a bus bar and a sensor of said circuit connector assembly.

8. The battery array as recited in claim 1, comprising a secondary groove connected to said groove.

9. The battery array as recited in claim 8, comprising a wiring branch that extends within said secondary groove between said sense-line wire and a sensor.

10. The battery array as recited in claim 9, wherein said sensor is a voltage sensor.

11. The battery array as recited in claim 8, wherein said secondary groove is perpendicular to said groove.

12. The battery array as recited in claim 1, wherein said sense-line wire connects to a control module.

13. A battery array, comprising:

a battery cell including a terminal;

a bus bar connected to said terminal;

an integrated circuit board electrically connected to said bus bar;

an integrated circuit board cover at least partially covering said bus bar, said integrated circuit board cover including a groove; and

sense-line wiring retained within said groove.

14. The battery array as recited in claim 13, wherein said integrated circuit board cover completely conceals said terminal and said bus bar.

15. The battery array as recited in claim 13, wherein said integrated circuit board cover is positioned on a side of said battery cell.

16. The battery array as recited in claim 13, wherein said integrated circuit board cover is positioned over top of said battery cell.

17. The battery array as recited in claim 13, wherein said groove extends longitudinally across an external face of said integrated circuit board cover.

18. A method, comprising:

covering portions of a circuit connector assembly of a battery array with a cover; and

retaining and routing sense-line wiring of the battery array in a groove of the cover.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the covering step includes completely concealing at least a bus bar of the circuit connector assembly.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, comprising:

pressing the sense-line wiring into the groove; and

pressing wiring branches that extend from the sense-line wiring into secondary grooves.