CN211617410U - Lower box body of battery box, battery box and automobile - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses a battery box lower box body, a battery box and an automobile, the battery box lower box body comprises a supporting part and a filling part, the supporting part is arranged into a frame structure, the filling part is arranged into a plate structure matched with the frame structure, the material of the filling part is composite materials such as glass fiber reinforced plastics or carbon fiber composite materials, the filling part is fixedly connected with the supporting part into an integral structure by injection molding or injection molding, the battery box lower box body is arranged into a frame structure by arranging the supporting part and the filling part, the filling part is arranged into a plate structure matched with the frame structure, the supporting part and the filling part are fixedly connected into an integral structure to form a lower shell of the battery box, so that the battery box lower box body of the structure has the advantage of light weight on the premise of ensuring enough rigidity, the automobile adopts the battery box of the structure, the load of the automobile can be reduced, and the cruising ability of the automobile can be improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an automotive filed especially relates to a box, battery box and car under battery box.
Background
With the national higher and higher restriction requirements on the emission and oil consumption of the traditional fuel automobile, the electric automobile will become one of the main development trends in the automobile field in the future. On an electric automobile, a power storage battery pack is a main power source of the whole automobile and needs to be arranged in a battery box in order to ensure the safety of the battery pack. In the prior art, most of battery boxes are arranged to be box structures made of single steel or aluminum alloy and other materials, the weight of the battery box with the structure is large, and the load of an automobile can be increased under the condition that the battery box with the structure is adopted by the automobile, so that the cruising ability of the automobile can be influenced.
Therefore, the battery box in the prior art has a problem of excessive weight.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the battery box among the prior art and have the too big problem of weight, consequently, the utility model provides a box, battery box and car under battery box has the less advantage of weight.
In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a lower box of a battery box, which is used in a battery pack of an automobile, the lower box of the battery box comprises a supporting component and a filling component, the supporting component is arranged in a frame structure, the filling component is arranged in a plate structure matched with the frame structure, and the supporting component is fixedly connected with the filling component in a structure as a whole.
Adopt above-mentioned technical scheme, the utility model provides a battery box lower box is through setting up supporting component and packing part, and the supporting component sets up to frame construction, packing part set up to with frame construction assorted platelike structure, supporting component and packing part fixed connection structure as an organic whole to constitute the lower casing of battery box. Because the supporting component is set to be a frame structure, and the filling component is set to be a plate-shaped structure matched with the frame structure, the lower box body of the battery box with the structure has the advantage of light weight on the premise of ensuring enough rigidity.
Further, another embodiment of the present invention provides a battery box lower box, wherein the supporting member is a frame structure made of aluminum alloy, and the filling member is a plate structure made of glass fiber reinforced plastic.
By adopting the technical scheme, the aluminum alloy has the advantages of high strength, good plasticity and good corrosion resistance, the glass fiber reinforced plastic has the advantages of light weight, high strength, good corrosion resistance, good electrical property of an insulation boundary, good thermal property, good designability, excellent manufacturability and the like, the support part in the embodiment is a frame structure made of the aluminum alloy, the filling part is a plate structure made of the glass fiber reinforced plastic, and the advantages and the short plates of the aluminum alloy and the glass fiber reinforced plastic are combined, so that the lower box body of the battery box is lighter and the manufacturing cost is lower.
Further, another embodiment of the utility model provides a box under battery box, the periphery of support component is provided with the stop part, the stop part is followed the thickness direction salient of support component in a side of support component, and the stop part with the junction of support component sets up to cambered surface structure.
By adopting the technical scheme, the blocking part can limit the battery pack placed in the battery box so as to prevent the battery box from separating from the lower box body of the battery box due to vibration.
Further, another embodiment of the present invention provides a battery box lower box, wherein the periphery of the filling member is formed with a flange of the arc structure.
By adopting the technical scheme, the periphery of the filling component is provided with the turned edge with the cambered surface structure, and the filling component and the supporting component can be more conveniently connected by convenient arrangement.
Further, another embodiment of the utility model provides a box under battery box, the barrier part is kept away from one side of support component is provided with the fixed part, the support component passes through the fixed part is fixed in on the automobile body of car.
By adopting the technical scheme, the battery box can be more conveniently connected with the vehicle body by the fixing part, and the battery box fixed on the vehicle body can be more firmly connected with the vehicle body.
Further, another embodiment of the present invention provides a battery box lower box, wherein the support member is a frame structure formed by riveting or welding aluminum alloy sections or a frame structure formed by casting aluminum alloy.
By adopting the technical scheme, the supporting component is a frame structure formed by riveting or welding aluminum alloy sections or a frame structure formed by casting aluminum alloy, and the supporting component is more convenient to process and manufacture through the arrangement mode.
Further, another embodiment of the present invention provides a lower box body of a battery box, wherein the side wall of the supporting member is a hollow structure.
Adopt above-mentioned technical scheme, frame construction's lateral wall is hollow structure, and the weight of box under this kind of setting up mode can further reduce the battery box.
Further, another embodiment of the present invention provides a lower case body of a battery box, wherein the filling member and the supporting member are formed as an integral structure by injection molding or die pressing.
Adopt above-mentioned technical scheme, the packing part forms an organic whole structure through moulding plastics with the support component, and the setting of this kind of structure can make the reliability of box under the battery box better.
Further, the utility model also provides a battery box, box under the battery box of box and above-mentioned structure on the battery box, on the battery box with box detachably fixed connection under the battery box.
Adopt above-mentioned technical scheme, because the utility model provides a box under the battery box of above-mentioned structure, and the battery box of this kind of structure is through setting up supporting component and packing part down, and the supporting component sets up to frame construction, packing part set up to with frame construction assorted platelike structure, supporting component and packing part fixed connection structure as an organic whole to constitute the lower casing of battery box. Because the supporting component is set to be a frame structure, and the filling component is set to be a plate-shaped structure matched with the frame structure, the lower box body of the battery box with the structure has the advantage of light weight on the premise of ensuring enough rigidity. Therefore, the utility model provides a battery box's weight is lighter than the battery box among the prior art.
Further, the utility model also provides an automobile, battery box including automobile body and above-mentioned structure, battery box fixed mounting in on the automobile body.
Adopt above-mentioned technical scheme, the utility model provides a car is owing to be provided with the battery box of above-mentioned structure, because this battery box has light in weight's advantage, and then can alleviate the load of car, and then can improve the duration of a journey ability of car.
In addition, other features and corresponding advantages of the present invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and it is to be understood that at least some of the advantages will be apparent from the description of the invention.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a lower box body of a battery box in embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a support member in a lower case body of a battery case according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a filling member in a lower case body of a battery case according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a partially enlarged structure of a lower case body of a battery case in embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a battery box according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.
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10: a battery box;
100: a lower box body of the battery box; 110: a support member; 111: a blocking portion; 112: a fixed part; 120: a filling member; 121: and (5) flanging.
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The following description is provided for illustrative embodiments of the present invention, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it is not intended that features of the invention be limited to only those embodiments. On the contrary, the intention of implementing the novel features described in connection with the embodiments is to cover other alternatives or modifications which may be extended based on the claims of the present invention. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be practiced without these particulars. Furthermore, some of the specific details are omitted from the description so as not to obscure or obscure the present invention. It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that in this specification, like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following drawings, and thus, once an item is defined in one drawing, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent drawings.
The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example 1：
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a lower battery box 100 for fixing a battery pack on an automobile, where the lower battery box 100 includes a support member 110 and a filling member 120, the support member 110 is configured as a frame structure, the filling member 120 is configured as a plate-like structure matching with the frame structure, and the support member 110 and the filling member 120 are fixedly connected as an integral structure.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the battery box lower case 100 is provided with the supporting member 110 and the filling member 120, the supporting member 110 is provided with a frame structure, the filling member 120 is provided with a plate-shaped structure matching with the frame structure, and the supporting member 110 and the filling member 120 are fixedly connected into an integral structure, so as to form the battery box lower case 100. Since the supporting member 110 is provided as a frame structure and the filling member 120 is provided as a plate-like structure matching the frame structure, the battery case lower case 100 of such a structure has an advantage of being light in weight while ensuring sufficient rigidity.
More specifically, in the present embodiment, the supporting member 110 and the filling member 120 may be made of various light materials, such as aluminum alloy, glass fiber reinforced plastic, and carbon fiber, which are commonly used by those skilled in the art, and the specific configuration may be set according to actual design and use requirements, which is not limited in the present embodiment.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery box lower case 100, wherein the supporting member 110 is a frame structure made of aluminum alloy, and the filling member 120 is a plate structure made of glass fiber reinforced plastic.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, since the aluminum alloy has the advantages of high strength, good plasticity and good corrosion resistance, the glass fiber reinforced plastic has the advantages of light weight, high strength, good corrosion resistance, good electrical property of the insulation boundary, good thermal property, good designability, good manufacturability and the like, the support member 110 in the present embodiment is a frame structure made of the aluminum alloy, the filling member 120 is a plate structure made of the glass fiber reinforced plastic, and the respective advantages and short plates of the aluminum alloy and the glass fiber reinforced plastic are combined, so that the lower box body 100 of the battery box has lighter weight and lower manufacturing cost.
More specifically, in the present embodiment, the supporting member 110 is not limited to be made of aluminum alloy, and the filling member 120 is not limited to be made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, but may be made of other lightweight materials, which may be set according to actual design and use requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery box lower case 100, as shown in fig. 4, a blocking portion 111 is disposed on the periphery of the supporting member 110, the blocking portion 111 protrudes from a side surface of the supporting member 110 in the thickness direction of the supporting member 110, and a connection portion between the blocking portion 111 and the supporting member 110 is configured as a curved surface structure.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the blocking portion 111 may limit the position of the battery pack placed in the battery box 10, so as to prevent the battery box 10 from separating from the lower box 100 due to vibration.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery box lower case 100, wherein a flange 121 having an arc structure is formed on the periphery of the filling member 120.
In particular, in the present embodiment, the periphery of the filling member 120 is formed with the turned-over edge 121 having a cambered surface structure, so that the filling member 120 and the supporting member 110 can be more conveniently connected by the convenient arrangement.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery box lower case 100, wherein a fixing portion 112 is disposed on a side of the blocking portion 111 away from the supporting member 110, and the supporting member 110 is fixed to a body of an automobile through the fixing portion 112.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the fixing portion 112 is provided to enable the battery box 10 to be more conveniently connected to the vehicle body, and to enable the battery box 10 fixed to the vehicle body to be more firmly connected to the vehicle body.
More specifically, in this embodiment, the fixing portion 112 may be a boss structure integrally formed with the supporting member 110, and a screw hole should be formed in the boss structure, and then the battery box lower case 100 is fixed to the vehicle body by a bolt.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery box lower case 100, and the supporting member 110 is a frame structure formed by riveting or welding aluminum alloy sections, or a frame structure formed by casting aluminum alloy.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the supporting member 110 is a frame structure formed by riveting or welding an aluminum alloy profile, or a frame structure formed by casting an aluminum alloy, and this arrangement makes the supporting member 110 more convenient to machine and manufacture.
More specifically, in the present embodiment, the supporting member 110 may be a frame structure formed by riveting aluminum alloy sections, a frame structure formed by welding aluminum alloy sections, or a frame structure formed by casting aluminum alloy, and the specific processing mode thereof may be set according to actual design and use requirements, which is not limited in the present embodiment.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery box lower case 100, and the side walls of the supporting part 110 are all hollow structures.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the side walls of the frame structure are all hollow structures, and this arrangement can further reduce the weight of the lower case 100 of the battery box.
More specifically, in the present embodiment, when the support member 110 is a frame structure formed by riveting or welding aluminum alloy sections, or a frame structure cast from aluminum alloy, the aluminum alloy sections used should be hollow; when the support member 110 is a frame structure cast from an aluminum alloy, the side wall of the frame structure should be cast as a hollow structure during the casting process.
Further, another embodiment of the present embodiment provides a battery case lower case 100 in which the filling member 120 and the supporting member 110 are formed as an integral structure by injection molding or compression molding.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the filling member 120 and the support member 110 are formed as an integral structure by injection molding, and this structure is provided to improve the reliability of the battery case lower case 100.
More specifically, in the present embodiment, the filling member 120 and the supporting member 110 may be formed as an integral structure by means of a press mold.
It should be understood that the filling member 120 and the supporting member 110 are not limited to be fixed in one body by the above two manners, but may be fixed in one body by other manners, which may be set according to actual design and use requirements, and this embodiment is not limited thereto.
The present embodiment provides a lower box 100 of a battery box, which is used for fixing a battery pack on an automobile, the lower box 100 of the battery box comprises a supporting part 110 and a filling part 120, the supporting part 110 is arranged in a frame structure, the filling part 120 is arranged in a plate structure matched with the frame structure, and the supporting part 110 and the filling part 120 are fixedly connected into an integral structure, the lower box 100 of the battery box is arranged in a frame structure by arranging the supporting part 110 and the filling part 120, the supporting part 110 is arranged in a frame structure, the filling part 120 is arranged in a plate structure matched with the frame structure, and the supporting part 110 and the filling part 120 are fixedly connected into an integral structure, so as to form a lower shell of the battery box 10. Since the supporting member 110 is provided as a frame structure and the filling member 120 is provided as a plate-like structure matching the frame structure, the battery case lower case 100 of such a structure has an advantage of being light in weight while ensuring sufficient rigidity.
Example 2：
As shown in fig. 5, the present embodiment further provides a battery box 10, which includes an upper battery box body (not shown) and a lower battery box body 100 in embodiment 1, wherein the upper battery box body and the lower battery box body 100 are detachably and fixedly connected.
Specifically, as to the battery box lower case 100 in embodiment 1 provided by this embodiment, please refer to fig. 1 to 4 in embodiment 1, in the battery box lower case 100 with this structure, the support member 110 is provided as a frame structure, the filling member 120 is provided as a plate structure matching with the frame structure, and the support member 110 and the filling member 120 are fixedly connected as an integral structure, so as to form the battery box lower case 100. Since the supporting member 110 is provided as a frame structure and the filling member 120 is provided as a plate-like structure matching the frame structure, the battery case lower case 100 of such a structure has an advantage of being light in weight while ensuring sufficient rigidity. Therefore, the battery case 10 in the present embodiment is lighter in weight than the battery case 10 in the related art.
Further, the battery case upper case of the battery case 10 in the present embodiment is similar to the structure of the battery case upper case in the related art, and the structure of the battery case lower case 100 can be referred to the description of embodiment 1, which is not explained in detail in the present embodiment.
Example 3：
This embodiment provides an automobile, includes automobile body and the battery box in embodiment 2, and the battery box fixed mounting is on the automobile body.
Specifically, since the vehicle in this embodiment is provided with the battery box 10 in embodiment 2, as shown in fig. 5 in embodiment 2, the battery box 10 has the advantage of light weight, and therefore, the vehicle in this embodiment can reduce the load of the vehicle by using the battery box 10 with such a structure, and thus the cruising ability of the vehicle can be improved.
Further, the vehicle in this embodiment may be various vehicles commonly found by those skilled in the art, and the structure of the battery box 10 may refer to the structure of the battery box 10 in embodiment 2, which is not explained in detail in this embodiment.
Furthermore, the battery box 10 and the vehicle body may be fixedly connected by bolts, or may be connected by other connection methods common to those skilled in the art, which may be set according to actual design and use requirements, and this embodiment is not limited thereto.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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1. The lower box body of the battery box is used for a battery pack on an automobile and is characterized by comprising a supporting part and a filling part, wherein the supporting part is of a frame structure, the filling part is of a plate structure matched with the frame structure, and the supporting part and the filling part are fixedly connected into a whole structure.
2. The battery box lower case according to claim 1, wherein the support member is a frame structure made of aluminum alloy, and the filling member is a plate structure made of glass fiber reinforced plastic.
3. The battery box lower case body according to claim 2, wherein a blocking portion is provided at a periphery of the support member, the blocking portion protrudes from a side surface of the support member in a thickness direction of the support member, and a junction of the blocking portion and the support member is provided in a curved surface structure.
4. The lower box body of the battery box as claimed in claim 3, wherein the periphery of the filling member is formed with a flange which is in contact with the arc-shaped structure.
5. The battery box lower case according to claim 3, wherein a fixing portion is provided on a side of the blocking portion away from the support member, and the support member is fixed to a body of an automobile through the fixing portion.
6. The battery box lower case according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the support member is a frame structure formed by riveting or welding an aluminum alloy profile, or a frame structure formed by casting an aluminum alloy.
7. The battery box lower case according to claim 6, wherein the side wall of the support member has a hollow structure.
8. The battery box lower case of claim 7, wherein the filling member and the support member are formed as an integral structure by injection molding or die pressing.
9. A battery box, comprising an upper battery box body, characterized in that the battery box further comprises a lower battery box body as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, and the upper battery box body and the lower battery box body are detachably and fixedly connected.
10. An automobile comprising a body, characterized in that the automobile further comprises the battery box of claim 9, wherein the battery box is fixedly mounted on the body.
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