BATTERY MODULE CARRIER, BATTERY MODULE AND VEHICLE WITH A BATTERY SYSTEM

• US 20180013110A1
• Filed: 07/26/2016
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Wuensche, Ralph, Klomberg, Stephan, Brandner, Thomas, Renger, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 11,018,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• 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 10/613 Cooling or keeping cold
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• 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 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/262 with fastening means, e.g. locks
• 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 battery module carrier includes a carrier frame configured to accommodate a first component carrier and a second component carrier. The first component carrier includes a control electronics assembly and a signal port, and the second component carrier is configured to accommodate a battery submodule. The carrier frame is configured to provide an external electronic connection to the first component carrier via the signal port, and each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier are configured to be individually attached and detached from the carrier frame.

Claims

1. A battery module carrier comprising:

a carrier frame configured to accommodate a first component carrier and a second component carrier, the first component carrier comprising a control electronics assembly and a signal port, the second component carrier being configured to accommodate a battery submodule,

wherein the carrier frame is configured to provide an external electronic connection to the first component carrier via the signal port, and

wherein each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier are configured to be individually attached and detached from the carrier frame.

2. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the carrier frame comprises an external electric port configured to electrically connect an external power circuit to at least one of the second component carrier, the battery submodule, and a power port of the first component carrier.

3. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the first component carrier is at least one of electronically connected and electrically connected to at least one of the second component carrier and the battery submodule.

4. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the carrier frame comprises an external signal port configured to electronically connect the battery module carrier to an external control unit.

5. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the control electronics assembly comprises a battery monitoring unit.

6. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, further comprising external coolant ports configured to fluidly connect the battery module carrier to an external coolant circuit, the external coolant ports being connected to or integrated in the carrier frame,

wherein the second component carrier comprises second coolant ports and a second ground plate with a second coolant duct fluidly connected to the second coolant ports, the second coolant ports being fluidly connected to the external coolant ports.

7. The battery module carrier according to claim 6, wherein the first component carrier comprises first coolant ports and a first ground plate comprising a first coolant duct fluidly connected to the first coolant ports, the first coolant ports being fluidly connected to the external coolant ports.

8. The battery module carrier according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the second component carrier and the first component carrier further comprises a side plate with a coolant duct fluidly connected to the respective first or second coolant ports.

9. The battery module carrier according to claim 8, wherein the second component carrier comprises a plurality of second component carriers,

wherein the carrier frame is connected to or comprises a coolant distribution line fluidly connected to the external coolant ports, and

wherein the coolant distribution line is configured to be fluidly connected to at least one of the first coolant ports of the first component carrier and to each of the second coolant ports of the plurality of second component carriers.

10. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, further comprising:

a ground plate attached to the carrier frame and connected to or comprising a coolant duct; and

external coolant ports configured to fluidly connect the battery module carrier to an external coolant circuit, the external coolant ports being fluidly connected to the coolant duct of the ground plate.

11. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the carrier frame comprises a plurality of longitudinal beams and a plurality of crossbeams;

and

wherein the first and second component carriers each comprise connection elements configured to be attached to the longitudinal beams or to the crossbeams.

12. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the first and second component carriers have U-shaped, L-shaped, or T-shaped profiles.

13. The battery module carrier according to claim 1, wherein the first and second component carriers are mechanically interconnected via a plurality of bolts, and

wherein the plurality of bolts are configured to provide at least one of an electrical connection and an electronic connection between the first component carrier and at least one of the second component carrier and the battery submodule.

14. A battery system comprising:

a carrier frame comprising;

a first component carrier comprising a control electronics assembly and a signal port; and

a second component carrier comprising a battery submodule,

wherein the carrier frame is configured to provide an external electronic connection to the signal port of the first component carrier, and

wherein each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier can be individually detached from the carrier frame.

15. A vehicle comprising a battery system, the battery system comprising:

a carrier frame comprising;

a first component carrier comprising a control electronics assembly and a signal port; and

a second component carrier comprising a battery submodule,

wherein the carrier frame is configured to provide an external electronic connection to the signal port of the first component carrier, and

wherein each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier can be individually detached from the carrier frame.

16. A vehicle comprising a battery module carrier, the battery module carrier comprising:

a carrier frame configured to accommodate a first component carrier and a second component carrier, the first component carrier comprising a control electronics assembly and a signal port, the second component carrier being configured to accommodate a battery submodule,

wherein the carrier frame is configured to provide an external electronic connection to the first component carrier via the signal port, and

wherein each of the first component carrier and the second component carrier are configured to be individually attached and detached from the carrier frame.