ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20160240902A1
• Filed: 10/03/2013
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Takatoshi
• Application Number:
  US15/026,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20160240902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/613 Cooling or keeping cold
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/63 Control systems charging or discharging in response to temperature H01M10/44 , H01M10/443; measurement of temperature H01M10/48 , H01M10/486
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/643 Cylindrical cells
• 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 10/6566 Means within the gas flow to guide the flow around one or more cells, e.g. manifolds, baffles or other barriers H01M10/6565 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6568 characterised by flow circuits, e.g. loops, located externally to the cells or cell casings
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/213 adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/24 adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion thermal insulation H01M10/658
• 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

Abstract

A power storage module having a plurality of secondary battery cells arranged in a plurality of stages is housed inside a storage case. A refrigerant introducing port and a refrigerant lead-out port are provided in a holding case of the power storage module so as to be arranged in a longitudinal direction of the secondary battery cells. An inlet and an outlet are formed in the storage case so as to correspond to the refrigerant introducing port and refrigerant lead-out port. An attachment having a plurality of circulation openings is interposed between the inlet and refrigerant introducing port. An area of each circulation opening is smaller than an area of the inlet and that of the refrigerant introducing port.

Claims

1. A power storage device comprising:

a power storage module having a storage module case and a plurality of power storage elements arranged, in the storage module case, in a plurality of stages each including a plurality of the power storage elements, the storage module case having a refrigerant introducing port formed at one of a pair of side portions arranged in a longitudinal direction of the power storage elements and a refrigerant lead-out port at the other one of the pair of side portions;

a storage case housing the power storage module and having an inlet communicating with the refrigerant introducing port and an outlet communicating with the refrigerant lead-out port; and

a refrigerant control mechanism disposed at an outside of at least one of the pair of side portions of the storage module case in which the refrigerant introducing port is formed and the other one of the pair of side portions in which the refrigerant lead-out port is formed, wherein the refrigerant control mechanism satisfies one of the following conditions (i) and (ii);

(i) when being disposed outside the refrigerant introducing port, the refrigerant control mechanism has circulation openings whose number is larger than the number of the refrigerant introducing ports, and an area of each circulation openings is smaller than the area of the refrigerant introducing port;

(ii) when being disposed outside the refrigerant lead-out port, the refrigerant control mechanism has circulation openings whose number is larger than the number of the refrigerant lead-out ports, and an area of each circulation openings is smaller than the area of the refrigerant lead-out port.

2. The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the number of stages of the power storage elements arranged in the storage module case is smaller than the number of power storage devices arranged in each stage.

3. The power storage device according to claim 2, wherein the refrigerant control mechanism is a plate-like member disposed between the storage module case and storage case.

4. The power storage device according to claim 2, wherein the refrigerant control mechanism is a plate-like member disposed outside the storage case.

5. The power storage device according to claim 3, wherein the circulation openings of the refrigerant circulation control mechanism satisfy one of the following conditions (i) and (ii):

(i) when the refrigerant control mechanism is disposed outside the refrigerant introducing port, the number of the circulation openings is larger than the number of the inlets, and an area of each circulation opening is smaller than the area of the inlet;

(ii) when the refrigerant control mechanism is disposed outside the refrigerant lead-out port, the number of the circulation openings is larger than the number of the outlets, and an area of each circulation opening is smaller than the area of the outlet.

6. The power storage device according to claim 2, wherein the refrigerant circulation control mechanism is formed in the storage case.

7. The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the power storage element is a cylindrical secondary battery cell.

8. The power storage device according to claim 7, wherein at least one circulation opening is disposed so as to correspond to each of the plurality of power storage elements arranged in one stage.

9. The power storage device according to claim 7, wherein each circulation opening is disposed over the plurality of power storage elements arranged in one stage.

10. The power storage device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of power storage modules are provided inside the storage case, and the refrigerant circulation control mechanism is provided for each of the plurality of power storage modules, and

at least one of a shape, an area, and an arrangement of the circulation openings of at least one refrigerant circulation control mechanism is different from those of the circulation openings of another refrigerant circulation control mechanism.

11. The power storage device according to claim 10, wherein the storage case has an inlet or an outlet of refrigerant, and

a total area of the circulation openings of the refrigerant circulation control mechanism housed at a location close to the inlet side or outlet side is smaller than a total area of the circulation openings of the refrigerant circulation control mechanism housed at a location distant from the inlet side or outlet side.