Battery pack

• US 8,877,364 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hashimura, Tadayoshi, Satou, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): JELSMA, JONATHAN G
• Application Number:
  US13/383,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20120115000A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 429/100, 180/68.5
• US Class Current: 429/100
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/244 Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method
• 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: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A battery pack including: a box main body housing a battery therein and having a box shape with an upper side opening; and a lid covering the upper side opening of the box main body. The box main body has a first seal flange formed along an outer peripheral portion of the box main body, and the lid has a second seal flange formed along an outer peripheral portion of the lid. The first and second seal flanges are in contact with each other and seal the battery pack. The first and second seal flanges are curved with a predetermined curvature.

Claims

1. A battery pack comprising:

a box main body housing a battery therein, the box main body having an upper side opening, the box main body having a first seal flange formed along an outer peripheral portion of the box main body, the first seal flange extending in an extending direction along the outer peripheral portion of the box main body; and

a lid covering the upper side opening of the box main body, the lid having a second seal flange formed along an outer peripheral portion of the lid, the second seal flange extending in the extending direction, the first and second seal flanges being in contact with each other and sealing the battery pack,

wherein the first and second seal flanges are formed to have mating curved surfaces curved with a predetermined curvature in a cross section along the extending direction and mating with each other,

wherein one of the mating curved surfaces is convex and the other of the mating curved surfaces is concave, wherein the first and second seal flanges are curved in such a manner that the first and second seal flanges are convex upward when the battery pack is mounted on a vehicle with the lid being on an upper side and the box main body being on a lower side,

the first seal having a highest point at a central portion of the first seal flange and a lowest point at edge portions of the first seal flange.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein

the battery pack is mounted on the vehicle with the curved seal flanges being disposed on at least one of a front side and a rear side, in a vehicle front-rear direction, of the battery pack.