Sensor apparatus for a battery cell of an electrical energy store, battery cell, method for producing said cell and method for transmitting sensor data inside said cell

• US 9,979,055 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2013
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Henrici, Fabian, Has, Remigius
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhanu, Samuel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kebede, Tessema
• Application Number:
  US14/388,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20150054518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,924 Days
• Field of Search: 324426
• 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 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0069 relating to the isolation, e.g. ground fault or leak current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/64 Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/14 Preventing excessive discharging
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/15 Preventing overcharging
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3646 for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/052 Li-accumulators
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4257 Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/486 for measuring temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/569 Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements G01R31/364
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5445 Local network
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5458 Monitor sensor; Alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/88 : Providing power supply at the sub-station
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 : Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49004 : including measuring or testing of device or component part

Abstract

A sensor apparatus for a battery cell of an electrical energy reservoir is provided, which battery cell has a housing. The sensor apparatus has: a sensing device for sensing sensor data with regard to the battery cell, which sensing device is located inside the housing of the battery cell and has a coupling element for inductive emission of the sensor data and for inductive reception of electrical power; an evaluation device for evaluating the sensor data, which evaluation device is located inside or outside the housing of the battery cell and has a transfer element for inductive transfer of electrical power to the sensing apparatus and for inductive reception of the sensor data from the sensing apparatus.

Claims

1. A sensor apparatus for a battery cell of an electrical energy reservoir, the battery cell having a housing, wherein the sensor apparatus comprises:

a sensing device sensing sensor data with regard to the battery cell, the sensing device being located inside the housing of the battery cell and having a coupling element for inductive emission of the sensor data and for inductive reception of electrical power; and

an evaluation device evaluating the sensor data, the evaluation device being located inside the housing of the battery cell and having a transfer element for inductive transfer of electrical power to the sensing device and for inductive reception of the sensor data from the sensing device,

wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element for inductive transfer and inductive reception are hermetically encapsulated and are located inside the housing of the battery cell, and wherein the housing of the battery cell corresponds to a housing of only a single battery cell.

2. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the sensing device is configured to sense at least one of a temperature value, a pressure value, and a moisture value in the battery cell as sensor data.

3. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein the sensing device has a material which is chemically resistant to a medium inside the battery cell.

4. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the evaluation device is located inside the housing of the battery cell and is configured to modulate the sensor data and to output the modulated sensor data to at least one battery terminal of the battery cell.

5. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a circuit board, wherein the evaluation device is located inside the housing of the battery cell and on a first main surface of the circuit board, and wherein the sensing device is located one of on the first main surface or on a second main surface situated oppositely to the first main surface of the circuit board.

6. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein the evaluation device has an electrical circuit having a housing, the transfer element of the evaluation device being located inside the housing of the electrical circuit.

7. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein the evaluation device has an enclosed electrical circuit, the transfer element of the evaluation device being located, together with the enclosed electrical circuit, in a sealing compound, the transfer element being located one of (i) alongside the enclosed electrical circuit or (ii) at least partly surrounding the enclosed electrical circuit.

11. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the sensing device and the evaluation device, both located inside the housing of the battery cell, are not connected to each other with wires.

12. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element are hermetically encapsulated using at least one of plastic, a sealing compound, and a molding compound.

13. The sensor apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element are encapsulated together and are co-situated in a molding compound.

8. A battery cell for an electrical energy reservoir, the battery cell comprising:

an electrochemical reaction apparatus having an anode electrode connected to a first battery terminal, and a cathode electrode connected to a second battery terminal;

a housing inside which the electrochemical reaction apparatus is received, the first battery terminal and the second battery terminal being guided out of the housing;

a sensor apparatus including;

(i) a sensing device sensing sensor data with regard to the battery cell, the sensing device being located inside the housing of the battery cell and having a coupling element for inductive emission of the sensor data and for inductive reception of electrical power; and

(ii) an evaluation device evaluating the sensor data, the evaluation device being inserted inside the housing of the battery cell, between the first and second battery terminals, and the evaluation device having a transfer element for inductive transfer of electrical power to the sensing device and for inductive reception of the sensor data from the sensing device, and wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element for inductive transfer and inductive reception are hermetically encapsulated and are located inside the housing of the battery cell, and wherein the housing of the battery cell corresponds to a housing of only a single battery cell.

14. The battery cell as recited in claim 8, wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element are hermetically encapsulated using at least one of plastic, a sealing compound, and a molding compound.

15. The battery cell as recited in claim 8, wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element are encapsulated together and are co-situated in a molding compound.

9. A method for manufacturing a battery cell of an electrical energy reservoir, comprising:

providing an electrochemical reaction apparatus which has an anode electrode connected to a first battery terminal and a cathode electrode connected to a second battery terminal;

providing a sensing device for sensing sensor data with regard to the battery cell, the sensing device having a coupling element for inductive emission of the sensor data and for inductive reception of electrical power;

providing an evaluation device for evaluating the sensor data, the evaluation device having a transfer element for inductive transfer of electrical power to the sensing device and for inductive reception of the sensor data from the sensing device, the evaluation device and the transfer element for inductive transfer and inductive reception being hermetically encapsulated;

connecting the evaluation device to the first battery terminal and to the second battery terminal;

attaching the sensing device adjacently to the evaluation device so that an inductive coupling is produced between the coupling element of the sensing device and the transfer element of the evaluation device; and

enclosing at least the electrochemical reaction apparatus, the evaluation device, and the sensing device using a housing, wherein the first battery terminal and the second battery terminal are guided out of the housing, and wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element for inductive transfer and inductive reception are located inside the housing of the battery cell, and wherein the housing of the battery cell corresponds to a housing of only a single battery cell.

16. The method as recited in claim 9, where the evaluation device and the transfer element are hermetically encapsulated using at least one of plastic, a sealing compound, and a molding compound.

17. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element are encapsulated together and are co-situated in a molding compound.

10. A method for transferring sensor data inside a battery cell of an electrical energy reservoir, comprising:

providing a battery cell which has;

an electrochemical reaction apparatus having an anode electrode connected to a first battery terminal and having a cathode electrode connected to a second battery terminal;

a housing inside which the electrochemical reaction apparatus is received, the first battery terminal and the second battery terminal being guided out of the housing; and

a sensor apparatus located at least partly inside the housing of the battery cell and having (i) a sensing device which includes a coupling element and (ii) an evaluation device having a transfer element configured for inductive transfer of electrical power to the sensing device and for inductive reception of the sensor data from the sensing device, the evaluation device of the sensor apparatus being inserted electrically, inside the housing of the battery cell, between the first battery terminal and the second battery terminal, wherein the sensing device and the evaluation device are both located inside the housing of the battery cell such that the evaluation device and the transfer element are hermetically encapsulated and located inside the housing of the battery cell, and wherein the housing of the battery cell corresponds to a housing of only a single battery cell;

inductively emitting, by way of the coupling element of the sensing device, sensor data with regard to the battery cell which have been sensed by way of the sensing device; and

inductively receiving the emitted sensor data from the sensing apparatus by way of the transfer element of the evaluation device for evaluation of the received sensor data.

18. The method as recited in claim 10, where the evaluation device and the transfer element are hermetically encapsulated using at least one of plastic, a sealing compound, and a molding compound.

19. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the evaluation device and the transfer element are encapsulated together and are co-situated in a molding compound.