Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the technical problems in the background art, the invention provides a battery module and a battery pack, which can improve the grouping efficiency of modules and reduce the number of structural members.
The invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
a battery module comprises a cell pack, a bottom plate and a heat conduction adhesive member, wherein the cell pack comprises at least two cell rows; the electric core group is connected to the bottom plate through the heat-conducting adhesive component; the bottom plate is a heat dissipation component.
Further, the battery module also comprises a first side plate and a first end plate; the two first side plates are respectively arranged on two sides of the electric core group; the two first end plates are respectively arranged at two ends of the electric core group;
further, the device also comprises a second side plate and/or a second end plate; the second side plate is arranged between at least two adjacent battery cell rows which are arranged side by side; and one second end plate is arranged between at least two adjacent battery cell rows which are arranged in an end-to-end connection mode.
Furthermore, a flow channel capable of containing a cooling medium is arranged on the bottom plate.
Further, the bottom plate is made of aluminum or aluminum alloy.
Further, the adhesive force of the heat-conducting adhesive member is 0.1-20 Mpa; the heat-conducting viscous piece is polyurethane, organic silicon or acrylic.
Further, the adhesive piece is also included; the first side plate is connected with the electric core group through the adhesive piece; the first end plate is connected with the electric core group through the adhesive member; the second side plate and/or the second end plate are connected between at least two adjacent cell columns through the adhesive members.
Further, the first side plate, the first end plate, the second side plate and the second end plate are made of aluminum or aluminum alloy.
Furthermore, the first side plate and the first end plate are connected end to end, and the connection mode of the first side plate and the first end plate is in bolt joint, adhesive joint or welding.
The invention also discloses a battery pack, and the battery module is applied to any one of the battery packs.
By adopting the technical scheme, the battery module provided by the invention has the following beneficial effects: the battery module comprises a battery core group consisting of at least two battery cell rows, and the battery module is different from the prior art in that at least two small modules are directly connected in series or in parallel to form a group; the battery module is characterized in that the battery core group is connected to the bottom plate with the heat dissipation function through the heat conduction adhesive member; like this, both guaranteed the wholeness of electric core group and the structural strength of battery module, reduced the structure quantity around the middle and small module electricity core of prior art again, and utilized the bottom plate that has the heat dissipation function to dispel the heat, guaranteed the security and the life of module.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without inventive labor.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prior art structure in which small modules are grouped into large modules;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a small and medium module set with a separate heat sink and a support structure at the bottom in the prior art;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of fig. 1 with a first side plate and a first end plate added according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a parallel distribution of the electric core assemblies according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view illustrating a serial arrangement of electric core units according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the serial and parallel combined distribution of the electric core assemblies provided in the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery pack according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1-an electric core group, 11-an electric core column, 2-a bottom plate, 3-a heat conduction adhesive part, 4-a first side plate, 5-a first end plate, 5-a second side plate, 6-a second end plate, 7-a second end plate, 8-an adhesive part, 9-a tray, 100-a heat dissipation plate and 200-a support structure;
Detailed Description
The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Reference herein to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic may be included in at least one implementation of the invention. In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, a battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cell pack 1, a bottom plate 2, and a thermally conductive adhesive member 3, where the cell pack 1 includes at least two cell rows 11; the electric core assembly 1 is connected to the bottom plate 2 through the heat-conducting adhesive member 3; the base plate 2 is a heat radiating member.
The battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a battery core assembly 1 including at least two battery cell rows 11, and is distinguished from a method (as shown in fig. 2) in which at least two small modules (usually, standard modules) are directly connected in series or in parallel to form a group in the prior art; in the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention, the electric core assembly 1 is connected to the bottom plate 2 with the heat dissipation function through the heat conductive adhesive member 3, so that the integrity of the electric core assembly 1 and the structural strength of the battery module are ensured, and the number of structural members around the electric core of the small module in the prior art is reduced (in the prior art, as shown in fig. 2, a side plate or an end plate is covered around the electric core of each small module). Therefore, the battery module provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: on the first hand, the battery module related to the embodiment of the invention utilizes the bottom plate with the heat dissipation function to dissipate heat, so that the safety and the service life of the module are ensured; in a second aspect, the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention is directly cooled by the bottom plate 2; in the prior art, in order to complete heat dissipation, each small module in a group is provided with an individual heat dissipation plate 100, and a support structure 200 (shown in fig. 3) of the heat dissipation plate 100 is also needed to be correspondingly arranged during installation; in this respect, compared with the existing battery module, the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention does not have a separate heat dissipation plate and a support structure for the heat dissipation plate, and thus the structure is simplified; in a third aspect, the bottom plate 2 and the electric core assembly 1 in the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention are connected by the heat conductive adhesive member 3, which not only improves the heat conductive capability between the bottom plate 2 and the electric core assembly 1, but also improves the structural strength of the battery module.
In another embodiment of the present invention, in order to further improve the structural stability of the battery module, as shown in fig. 4, the battery module further includes a first side plate 4 and a first end plate 5; the first side plates 4 are two (only one is visible in fig. 4) and are respectively arranged at two sides of the electric core group 1; the first end plates 5 are two in total (only one is visible in fig. 4), and are respectively arranged at two ends of the electric core group 1; through setting up first curb plate 4 and first terminal plate 5, battery module's wholeness has been improved. Here, it should be noted that although the first side plates 4 and the first end plates 5 are added to the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention, the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention still has a reduced number of structural members and a reduced weight, compared to a structure in which small modules are grouped to form a large module (a structure in which each small module is provided with a side plate and an end plate).
In another embodiment of the present invention, in order to further improve the structural stability of the battery module, the battery module further includes a second side plate 6 and/or a second end plate 7, as shown in fig. 5; if at least two cell rows 11 in the cell group 1 are arranged side by side (distributed in parallel), a second side plate 6 is arranged between every two adjacent cell rows 11, as shown in fig. 6; if at least two cell rows 11 in the cell pack 1 are arranged end to end in a cross-connection manner (distributed in a series manner), a second end plate 7 is arranged between every two adjacent cell rows 11, as shown in fig. 7; if at least two battery cell rows 11 in the battery cell group 1 are distributed in a serial connection and parallel connection combined manner, a second side plate 6 is arranged between every two adjacent battery cell rows 11 distributed in parallel, and a second end plate 7 is arranged between every two adjacent battery cell rows 11 distributed in series. Here, it should be noted that although the second side plate 6 and/or the second end plate 7 are/is added to the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention, compared to a structure in which a large module is formed after small modules are grouped in a prior art (a structure in which each small module is provided with a side plate and an end plate), since only one side plate or one end plate is retained between every two adjacent cell rows, the battery module according to the embodiment of the present invention still reduces the number of structural members and reduces the weight.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the bottom plate 2 is provided with a flow channel capable of accommodating a cooling medium to complete cooling and heat dissipation of the battery module. Specifically, the flow channel on the bottom plate 2 may be a flow channel integrated with a refrigerant or a cooling liquid; the flow channels may be formed by a variety of processes, such as stamping to form the flow channels or extrusion to form the flow channels, such as harmonica tubes and the like.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the material of the bottom plate 2 may be aluminum or aluminum alloy; in addition, the bottom plate 2 can also be made of other metal materials and alloys thereof, or non-metal materials or a combination of metal and non-metal materials; for example, the base plate 2 may be a stainless steel plate having a thickness of 0.1mm to 2 mm; or a structure with an aluminum plate on the upper surface and a stainless steel plate on the lower surface is selected.
In another embodiment of the present invention, in order to ensure the stability of the battery module, the adhesive force of the thermal conductive adhesive member 3 needs to be greater than 0.1Mpa to 20 Mpa; the thermally conductive adhesive member 3 may be polyurethane, silicone, or acrylic.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, in order to ensure the stability of the battery module, the battery module further includes an adhesive member 8; the first side plate 4 is connected with the electric core group 1 through the adhesive piece 8; the first end plate 5 is connected with the electric core assembly 1 through the adhesive member 8 (the adhesive member 8 is only shown in fig. 7, and not all of them are shown); based on the distribution manner among the cell rows 11, if at least two cell rows 11 in the cell group 1 are arranged side by side (in parallel distribution), one second side plate 6 is connected between every two adjacent cell rows 11 through an adhesive 8 (as shown in fig. 5), and if at least two cell rows 11 in the cell group 1 are arranged in an end-to-end connection (in series distribution), one second end plate 7 is connected between every two adjacent cell rows 11 through an adhesive 8 (as shown in fig. 6); if at least two cell rows 11 in the cell pack 1 are distributed in a combined manner of series connection and parallel connection, one second side plate 6 is connected between every two adjacent cell rows 11 distributed in parallel through the adhesive 8, and one second end plate 7 is connected between every two adjacent cell rows 11 distributed in series through the adhesive 8 (as shown in fig. 7). Thereby, the structure of the entire battery module is further reinforced. Here, it should be noted that, unlike the thermally conductive adhesive member 3, the adhesive member 8 may have no thermal conductivity or may have a thermal conductivity, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit whether the adhesive member 8 has a thermal conductivity.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the material of the first side plate 4, the first end plate 5, the second side plate 6 and the second end plate 7 may be aluminum or aluminum alloy, and in other embodiments of the present invention, the material of the first side plate 4, the first end plate 5, the second side plate 6 and the second end plate 7 may also be other metal materials and alloys thereof, or non-metal materials, or a combination of metals and non-metal materials, such as epoxy plates or resin materials.
In another embodiment of the present invention, in order to make the structure of the whole module more stable, as shown in fig. 4, the first side plate 4 and the first end plate 5 are connected end to end, and the connection manner of the two can be screw joint, glue joint or welding.
Based on the above embodiments, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a specific embodiment.
As shown in fig. 7, the battery module according to the present embodiment includes a battery cell assembly 1, a bottom plate 2, a heat conducting adhesive member 3, a first side plate 4, a first end plate 5, a second side plate 6, a second end plate 7, and an adhesive member 8; the cell pack 1 comprises a plurality of cell rows 11 which are distributed in a combined manner of series connection and parallel connection, a second side plate 6 is connected between every two adjacent cell rows 11 which are distributed in parallel connection through an adhesive member 8, and a second end plate 7 is connected between every two adjacent cell rows 11 which are distributed in series connection through the adhesive member 8; the two first side plates 4 are respectively arranged at two sides of the electric core group 1; the two first end plates 5 are respectively arranged at two ends of the electric core group 1; the electric core group 1 is connected to the bottom plate 2 through the heat-conducting adhesive component 3; the bottom plate 2 completes heat dissipation by arranging a flow channel for accommodating a cooling medium; the bottom plate 2, the first side plate 4, the first end plate 5 and the second end plate 7 are made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and the second side plate 6 is made of epoxy plate. Polyurethanes with the bonding force of the heat-conducting adhesive member 3 being more than 0.1MPa-20 MPa; the first side plate 4 and the first end plate 5 are connected end to end and are welded and fixed.
Compared with the mode that a large module is formed by grouping a plurality of small modules in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention integrates the electric cores of the plurality of small modules in the prior art to form a larger module. Because each small module in the prior art is provided with an end plate and a side plate, the efficiency is low and the structure is heavy after the modules are grouped; the invention eliminates or reduces the end plates and the side plates; thereby reached and reduced part quantity, reduced module weight and cost, improved the purpose of uniting the efficiency.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses a battery pack, as shown in fig. 8, the battery pack comprises a tray 9 and the battery module of any one of the embodiments; the battery module is placed in the tray 9.
While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.