Modular system for a battery
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1. A modular system for a traction battery of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a battery housing;
at least one first battery module that can be arranged in the battery housing and has a first number of battery cells to fill the battery housing;
at least one further battery module that can be arranged in the battery housing and has a second number of battery cells that is less than the first number so that the second battery module does not fill the battery housing; and
at least one compensation element that is not a battery cell and that can be arranged with the second battery module in the battery housing so that the at least one compensation element and the further battery module fill the battery housing.
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Abstract
A modular system (1) for a battery (2) has a battery housing (3), at least one first battery module (4) having a number n of battery cells (5) and at least one further battery module (6) having a higher number n+x or a lower number n−x of battery cells (5) can be arranged in the battery housing (3). In this case, one first battery module (4) can be arranged in a space-filling manner within the battery housing (3), or one further battery module (6) together with at least one compensation element (7) of the modular system (1) can be arranged in a space-filling manner within the battery housing (3).
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1. A modular system for a traction battery of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a battery housing; at least one first battery module that can be arranged in the battery housing and has a first number of battery cells to fill the battery housing; at least one further battery module that can be arranged in the battery housing and has a second number of battery cells that is less than the first number so that the second battery module does not fill the battery housing; and at least one compensation element that is not a battery cell and that can be arranged with the second battery module in the battery housing so that the at least one compensation element and the further battery module fill the battery housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A modular system of traction batteries of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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substantially identical rectangular battery housings, each of the housings having pairs of opposed side walls defining an empty space within the respective housing, the empty space having a length and a width; at least a first of the batteries of the modular system having a first rectangular array of battery cells disposed in the empty space with the battery cells arranged in a length direction defining a total length substantially equal to the length of the empty space in the housing and the battery cells arranged in a width direction defining a total width substantially equal to the width of the empty space in the housing so that the battery cells of the first battery substantially fill the empty space; and at least a second of the batteries of the modular system having a second rectangular array of the battery cells with at least one fewer of the battery cells being arranged in a length direction than the battery cells arranged in the length direction in the first battery and at least one resilient compensation element that is not a battery cell disposed in an empty space defined by the smaller number of battery cells of the second of the batteries, the compensation element being dimensioned so that a combined length of the battery cells and the compensation element substantially equals the length of the empty space in the housing and so that the battery cells and the compensation element of the second battery substantially fill the empty space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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