CN212113947U - Heat radiation structure and battery pack thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a heat dissipation structure and a battery pack thereof, wherein, the heat dissipation structure comprises a first part for attaching the conductive surface of the battery pack and a second part for attaching the bottom surface of the battery pack, when the heat dissipation assembly is applied in the battery pack, the first part is attached to a conductive sheet or a confluence sheet; the second part is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame. The battery module has the advantages that the heat of the conductive surface of the battery module is guided out by the first component and then transferred to the second component, so that the heat is conducted to the outside, and the heat of the conductive surface of the battery module is effectively dissipated.

Description

Heat radiation structure and battery pack thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a group battery technical field especially relates to a heat radiation structure and battery pack thereof.

Background

At present, the cylindrical battery has standardized shape, is convenient for standardized mass production and is widely applied, and along with the maturity of the battery production process, the cylindrical battery is widely applied to the fields of electric tools, electric automobiles, energy storage application and the like, and a battery pack with higher voltage and larger capacity is required.

The battery pack can generate a large amount of heat in the working process, and if the heat can not be timely dissipated, the service life and the operation stability of the battery module can be influenced, and even the safety problem of the battery can be caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, one of the purposes of the utility model is to provide a heat radiation structure, which can radiate the conductive surface of a battery module and ensure the normal work of the battery module.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a battery pack, wherein the heat dissipation of the battery module therein is good.

The utility model discloses an one of the purpose adopts following technical scheme to realize:

a heat dissipation structure comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is used for being attached to a conductive surface of a battery module, and the second part is used for being attached to the bottom surface of the battery module.

Preferably, the first part and the second part form an L-shaped heat dissipation plate, and the heat dissipation plate is of an integrated structure; and the heat dissipation device also comprises heat dissipation side plates positioned on two sides.

The second purpose of the utility model is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:

a battery assembly comprises at least one battery module, wherein the battery module comprises a battery pack, an insulating fixing frame, a conducting strip and a bus bar, and the insulating fixing frame is used for fixing the battery pack; the heat dissipation structure is also included; the first component is attached to the conducting sheet or the bus sheet; the second part is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame.

Preferably, the battery assembly further comprises a heat dissipation cavity, and a second insulating heat conduction layer is arranged between the second part and the heat dissipation cavity; and a first insulating heat conduction layer is arranged between the battery module and the heat dissipation cavity.

Preferably, the bus bar is located between the conducting plate and the insulating fixing frame, the conducting plate is fixedly connected with the insulating fixing frame to position the bus bar, and the conducting plate is attached to the bus bar; and the conductive part on the conductive sheet is used for being electrically connected with the electrode end of the battery.

Preferably, the first member is attached to the conductive sheet.

Preferably, the battery assembly comprises at least two battery modules, and the first component is positioned between the conducting strips of two adjacent battery modules and is respectively attached to the two conducting strips; and a vacant position is arranged between the adjacent second parts.

Preferably, a positioning column is arranged on one surface of the insulating fixing frame facing the conducting strip, a corresponding positioning hole is arranged on the conducting strip, and the positioning column penetrates through the confluence strip and is located in the positioning hole to fix the conducting strip and the confluence strip.

Preferably, a first through hole is formed in the insulating fixing frame, and a second through hole is formed in the bus bar; the first through hole and the second through hole both correspond to the conductive portion; the conductive part is electrically connected with the electrode of the battery through the first through hole and the second through hole; the conductive part includes a bent portion bent toward the insulating mount and a welding portion for welding with an electrode of the battery.

Preferably, the bent portion includes a fusing portion; the conducting strip is made of a nickel or copper-steel composite strip material; the confluence sheet is a copper confluence sheet; and the confluence sheet, the conducting sheet and the insulating fixing frame are all provided with corresponding heat dissipation holes.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that:

the heat dissipation structure of the utility model utilizes the first component to guide out the heat of the conductive surface of the battery module, then transmits the heat to the second component, and further transmits the heat to the outside, and effectively dissipates the heat of the conductive surface of the battery module; the battery component of the utility model attaches the first part of the heat dissipation structure with the conducting strip or the confluence strip, and conducts the heat of the conducting strip or the confluence strip; the second part is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame and used for positioning the heat dissipation structure, so that the heat dissipation structure can be kept stable and can be attached to the conductive surface of the battery module to dissipate heat all the time.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a heat dissipation structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a heat dissipation structure according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an exploded schematic view of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a heat dissipation cavity according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a partial explosion of a battery assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. an insulating fixing frame; 11. a first fixing frame; 111. positioning the insert block; 112. an extension block; 12. a second fixing frame; 121. positioning a groove; 13. a first fixed column; 14. a second fixed column; 15. a battery positioning hole; 151. a heat dissipation gap; 16. a first through hole; 17. a positioning column; 18. heat dissipation holes; 19. a bump; 2. a conductive sheet; 21. a conductive portion; 22. a bending section; 23. welding the part; 24. positioning holes; 3. a confluence sheet; 31. a second through hole; 4. a battery pack; 5. a circuit board; 6. a battery module; 7. a heat dissipation cavity; 71. a heat dissipation groove; 72. a first insulating heat conducting layer; 73. a second insulating heat conducting layer; 8. a heat dissipation plate; 81. a first member; 82. a second component; 83. a heat dissipation side plate; 84. a vacancy; 85. and (6) perforating.

Detailed Description

The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is to be understood that the following description of the present invention is made only by way of illustration and not by way of limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings. The various embodiments may be combined with each other to form other embodiments not shown in the following description.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, for the orientation words, if there are terms such as "center", "lateral", "longitudinal", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., the orientation and positional relationship indicated are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, it is not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and not be construed as limiting the specific scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, if the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only, they are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Thus, the definition of "a first" or "a second" feature may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features, and in the description of the invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "assembled", "connected", and "connected", if any, are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; or may be a mechanical connection; the two elements can be directly connected or connected through an intermediate medium, and the two elements can be communicated with each other. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the heat dissipation structure of the present embodiment includes a first member 81 for attaching the conductive surface of the battery module 6 and a second member 82 for attaching the bottom surface of the battery module 6. The positive and negative ends of the battery module 6 are respectively connected to the conductive sheet 2, and therefore, a large amount of heat is generated on the conductive surface, so that the first member 81 is utilized to guide out the heat of the conductive surface of the battery module 6, and then the heat is transmitted to the second member 82, and then the heat is conducted to the outside, and the heat is effectively dissipated from the conductive surface of the battery module 6.

Preferably, the heat dissipation structure of the present embodiment is an integrated structure, and the first member 81 and the second member 82 form an L-shaped heat dissipation plate 8. In addition, in order to further enhance the heat dissipation effect, the heat dissipation structure may further include heat dissipation side plates 83 located at both sides to form a frame body as shown in fig. 2, so as to increase the heat dissipation area. The heat dissipation structure of the present embodiment can be made of aluminum or other materials with high thermal conductivity.

The utility model also provides a battery component, wherein the battery module 6 comprises a battery pack 4, an insulating fixing frame 1, a conducting strip 2 and a confluence strip 3, and the insulating fixing frame 1 is used for fixing the battery pack 4; the first component 81 is attached to the conductive sheet 2 or the bus bar 3 to conduct heat of the conductive sheet 2 or the bus bar 3; the second part 82 is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame 1 and used for positioning the heat dissipation structure. When one battery module 6 is provided, the first part 81 is attached to the conductive surface on one side of the battery module 6, and the second part 82 is attached to the insulating fixing frame 1; when the number of the battery modules 6 is two or more, the first component 81 is clamped between the two battery modules 6 and is used for heat dissipation of the conductive surface on one side of each of the two battery modules 6, the second component 82 is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame 1 of one of the battery modules 6, at this time, if the number of the heat dissipation plates 8 is two or more, the length of the second component 82 is smaller than that of the insulating fixing frame 1, a vacant position 84 is formed between the adjacent second components 82, and short circuit caused by contact of the second components 82 of the two heat dissipation plates 8 is avoided. In addition, the second component 82 is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame 1, and the bottom of the insulating fixing frame 1 is provided with the second fixing column 14 for fixing, so that the second component 82 is provided with a through hole 85 for the second fixing column 14 to pass through, and the shape of the through hole 85 is matched with that of the second fixing column 14.

Preferably, in the present embodiment, the conducting plate 2 is disposed at the outer side of the bus bar 3, the first part 81 of the heat dissipation plate 8 is attached to the conducting plate 2, the bus bar 3 is located between the conducting plate 2 and the insulating fixing frame 1, the conducting plate 2 is fixedly connected to the insulating fixing frame 1 to position the bus bar 3, and the conducting plate 2 is attached to the bus bar 3; the conductive portions 21 on the conductive sheet 2 are used to electrically connect to the electrode terminals of the battery.

In the embodiment, a plurality of batteries are arranged side by side to form a battery pack 4, the positive and negative electrodes of the batteries are uniformly arranged, the conducting strips 2 are respectively electrically connected with the positive and negative electrode output ends of the battery pack 4, a battery module 6 of the embodiment comprises two conducting strips 2 and two bus pieces 3, one conducting strip 2 and one bus piece 3 form a group and are placed at the positive electrode output end or the negative electrode output end of the battery pack 4, and the bus pieces 3 are used for enabling the conducting strips 2 to bear higher current and preventing the conducting strips 2 from being fused and damaged.

Compared with the method of placing the confluence plate 3 at the outer side of the conducting plate 2 and welding in the prior art, the confluence plate 3 is clamped between the insulating fixing frame 1 and the conducting plate 2, after the conducting plate 2 is fixed with the insulating fixing frame 1, the conducting plate 2 is attached to the confluence plate 3, as the conducting plate 2 and the confluence plate 3 are both made of conducting materials, current transmission can be carried out, the conducting plate 2 can adopt a thinner nickel plate or copper-steel composite plate, and the confluence plate 3 can adopt a copper plate or copper alloy plate; the bus sheet does not need to be welded with the conducting sheet, the process is simplified, the bus sheet is not exposed any more, the bus terminal on the bus sheet can be far away from an external conducting material, and the contact short circuit is avoided.

More specifically, the fixing manner of the conductive plate 2 and the insulating fixing frame 1 in this embodiment is as follows: the side of the insulating fixing frame 1 facing the conducting plate 2 is provided with a positioning column 17, the conducting plate 2 is provided with a corresponding positioning hole 24, and the positioning column 17 penetrates through the confluence plate 3 and is positioned in the positioning hole 24 to fix the conducting plate 2 and the confluence plate 3. During the installation, earlier paste 3 of converging to insulating mount 1, be equipped with the hole on the piece of converging 3, reference column 17 passes the hole, make piece of converging 3 can be fixed a position on insulating mount 1, then, be close to piece of converging 3 with conducting strip 2, reference column 17 passes locating hole 24, conducting strip 2 and the laminating of piece of converging 3, make piece of converging 3 and conducting strip 2 align, easy to assemble, then with the conductive part of conducting strip respectively with the positive and negative terminal spot welding of battery, thereby fixed conducting strip, the piece of converging is fixed simultaneously, at this moment, no welding point between piece of converging and the conducting strip, reduce assembly process. Meanwhile, the bus terminal on the bus sheet is far away from conductive materials possibly existing outside and is directly contacted with the circuit board, so that contact short circuit is effectively avoided, and the use is safer. The battery module is generally arranged in the cavity, and sometimes, in order to ensure that the battery module can perform good heat dissipation, the cavity is made of a metal section bar with high thermal conductivity, such as an aluminum section bar, so that the bus bar is clamped between the conducting strip and the insulating fixing frame, the bus bar terminal of the bus bar is far away from the conductive heat dissipation cavity, and the contact short circuit between the bus bar terminal and the cavity is avoided.

At this time, since the bus bar 3 and the insulating fixing frame 1 are located between the conducting plate 2 and the battery, and the conducting part 21 of the conducting plate 2 needs to be connected with the positive electrode or the negative electrode of the battery, the insulating fixing frame 1 is provided with the first through hole 16, and the bus bar 3 is provided with the second through hole 31; the first through hole 16 and the second through hole 31 each correspond to the conductive portion 21; the conductive portion 21 is electrically connected to the electrode of the battery through the first through hole 16 and the second through hole 31; the conductive portion 21 includes a bent portion 22 bent toward the insulating fixing frame 1 and a soldering portion 23 for soldering with an electrode of the battery. The conductive portion 21 and the conductive sheet 2 are integrally formed of the same conductive material, and during manufacturing, the corresponding portion of the conductive portion 21 can be cut, and then the conductive portion 21 is punched into a shape as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, of course, the shape shown in the drawings is only one shape of the conductive portion 21, and is not limited to the shape of the conductive portion 21 of the embodiment, and other available conventional shapes are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

In order to ensure the safety of the battery module 6, the bent portion 22 of the conductive portion 21 of the present embodiment includes a fusing portion, which has a narrow width and can be fused in time when the current is too large, thereby functioning as a fuse. In order to reduce the material and cost, the second through hole 31 on the bus bar 3 of the embodiment is a square hole, so that the current is ensured to be enlarged, the material consumption of the bus bar 3 is reduced, and the cost is lower.

In addition, the present embodiment further includes a heat dissipation cavity 7, the heat dissipation cavity 7 is made of a material with a relatively high thermal conductivity, such as metal iron, aluminum, and the like, at this time, care needs to be taken to avoid short circuit caused by contact between the battery module 6 and the heat dissipation cavity 7, so that not only the insulating fixing frame 1 and the heat dissipation cavity 7 need to be fixed, but also a second insulating and heat conducting layer 73 needs to be disposed between the second component 82 and the heat dissipation cavity 7; a first insulating and heat conducting layer 72 is arranged between the battery module 6 and the heat dissipation cavity 7. The first insulating and heat conducting layer 72 and the second insulating and heat conducting layer 73 can adopt heat conducting silica gel, so that the heat conducting silica gel has good insulating property, and can conduct the heat of the second component 82 and the battery module 6 to the heat dissipation cavity 7 for further heat dissipation. Preferably, the side wall of the heat dissipation cavity 7 is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation grooves 71, which are used for increasing the heat dissipation area of the heat dissipation cavity 7, and further improving the heat dissipation effect.

In addition, the bus bar 3, the conducting strip 2 and the insulating fixing frame 1 of the present embodiment are all provided with corresponding heat dissipation holes 18 for dissipating heat generated by the battery pack 4.

In order to improve the heat dissipation effect, the structure of the insulating fixing frame 1 is also very important, in this embodiment, the insulating fixing frame 1 includes a first fixing frame 11 and a second fixing frame 12, the first fixing frame 11 is used for fixing one end of the battery, and the second fixing frame 12 is used for fixing the other end of the battery; the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame are oppositely arranged and clamped with each other to fix the battery, and the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 are fixedly connected with two ends of the battery to form a semi-open structure, so that the heat dissipation of the battery is facilitated; the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 are provided with battery positioning holes 15, the batteries are arranged behind the battery positioning holes 15 and are not close to each other but are arranged at intervals to form heat dissipation gaps 151, and the heat dissipation gaps 151 can be further communicated with the heat dissipation holes 18 to further guide heat out, so that overheating of the batteries is effectively avoided.

As shown in fig. 4, a positioning structure is disposed between the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 of the present embodiment, and more specifically, the positioning structure includes an extension block 112, a positioning groove 121 and a positioning insertion block 111, the positioning groove 121 and the positioning insertion block 111 are respectively disposed on different extension blocks 112, and the positioning groove 121 and the positioning insertion block 111 are oppositely disposed and inserted to connect the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12. As shown in the drawings, the positioning slot 121 and the positioning insertion block 111 are correspondingly arranged, for example, when the positioning slot 121 is arranged on the left extension block 112 of the first fixing frame 11, the positioning insertion block 111 is arranged on the left extension block 112 of the second fixing frame 12 corresponding to the positioning slot 121, and the positioning insertion block 111 is inserted into the positioning slot 121, so that the extension blocks 112 of the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 are connected and positioned, and the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 can be respectively provided with more than 2 extension blocks 112, more specifically, when there are only two extension blocks 112 on the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12, the extension blocks 112 can be correspondingly arranged at the middle positions of two sides of the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12, both the positioning slots 121 can be arranged on two extension blocks 112 on the first fixing frame 11, or one row of the positioning slot 121 can be arranged on one extension block 112, and the positioning insertion block 111 is arranged on the other extension block, the extension block 112 of the second fixing frame 12 is arranged corresponding to the first fixing frame 11, and the positions of the positioning slot 121 and the positioning insertion block 111 can be interchanged, so long as the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 are firmly connected; when the number of the extension blocks 112 on the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 is four, as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, the extension blocks 112 are disposed near four corners of the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12, the four extension blocks 112 on the first fixing frame 11 may all be provided with the positioning slots 121, one extension block 112 may also be provided with the positioning slot 121, the other extension blocks 112 are provided with the positioning insertion blocks 111, two of the extension blocks 112 may also be provided with the positioning slots 121, the remaining two extension blocks 112 are provided with the positioning insertion blocks 111, three of the extension blocks may also be provided with the positioning slots 121, the remaining one extension block 112 is provided with the positioning insertion block 111, the four extension blocks 112 may also be provided with the positioning insertion blocks 111, and the extension block 112 on the second fixing frame 12 corresponds to the first fixing frame 11; of course, the number and arrangement of the extending blocks 112 on the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 may also have other combinations, which are not limited by the drawings and the above description, as long as the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 can be firmly connected.

In addition, the first fixing frame 11 and the second fixing frame 12 are provided with the convex blocks 19 on two side surfaces facing the side wall of the heat dissipation cavity 7, so that the battery module 6 is always kept at a certain distance from the heat dissipation cavity 7, and the conductive material of the battery module 6 is prevented from contacting the heat dissipation cavity 7 to cause short circuit.

In order to install the insulating fixing frame 1, a fixing column is arranged on the outer side of the insulating fixing frame 1. The fixing posts include first fixing posts 13 for mounting the circuit board 5, and second fixing posts 14 for fixing the insulating fixing bracket 1 to the heat dissipating case.

The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereby, and any insubstantial changes and substitutions made by those skilled in the art based on the present invention are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A heat dissipation structure is characterized by comprising a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is used for being attached to a conductive surface of a battery module; the first part and the second part form an L-shaped heat dissipation plate, and the heat dissipation plate is of an integrated structure.

2. The heat dissipating structure of claim 1, further comprising heat dissipating side plates at both sides.

3. A battery assembly, characterized by: the battery module comprises a battery pack, an insulation fixing frame, a conducting plate and a bus plate, wherein the insulation fixing frame is used for fixing the battery pack; further comprising the heat dissipating structure of claim 1 or 2; the first component is attached to the conducting sheet or the bus sheet; the second part is attached to the bottom of the insulating fixing frame.

4. The battery assembly of claim 3, wherein: the heat dissipation structure further comprises a heat dissipation cavity, and a second insulating heat conduction layer is arranged between the second part and the heat dissipation cavity; and a first insulating heat conduction layer is arranged between the battery module and the heat dissipation cavity.

5. The battery assembly of claim 3, wherein: the bus bar is positioned between the conducting plate and the insulating fixing frame, the conducting plate is fixedly connected with the insulating fixing frame to position the bus bar, and the conducting plate is attached to the bus bar; and the conductive part on the conductive sheet is used for being electrically connected with the electrode end of the battery.

6. The battery assembly of claim 5, wherein the first member is attached to the conductive tab.

7. The battery assembly of claim 6, comprising at least two battery modules, wherein the first member is located between the conductive sheets of two adjacent battery modules and respectively attached to the two conductive sheets; and a vacant position is arranged between the adjacent second parts.

8. The battery assembly of claim 5, wherein: and one surface of the insulating fixing frame facing the conducting plate is provided with a positioning column, the conducting plate is provided with a corresponding positioning hole, and the positioning column penetrates through the confluence plate and is positioned in the positioning hole to fix the conducting plate and the confluence plate.

9. The battery assembly of claim 5, wherein: a first through hole is formed in the insulating fixing frame, and a second through hole is formed in the confluence sheet; the first through hole and the second through hole both correspond to the conductive portion; the conductive part is electrically connected with the electrode of the battery through the first through hole and the second through hole; the conductive part includes a bent portion bent toward the insulating mount and a welding portion for welding with an electrode of the battery.

10. The battery assembly of claim 9, wherein: the bent portion includes a fusing portion; the conducting strip is made of a nickel or copper-steel composite strip material; the confluence sheet is a copper confluence sheet; and the confluence sheet, the conducting sheet and the insulating fixing frame are all provided with corresponding heat dissipation holes.

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