CN220544111U - Module bearing structure, battery and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery modules, in particular to a module supporting structure, a battery and a vehicle. Module bearing structure includes: a module and a lower housing; the module is arranged in the lower shell and comprises a side plate, an end plate and a battery cell, wherein the side plate and the end plate enclose a containing cavity for containing the battery cell, the bottom of the side plate is inwards turned to form a supporting plate, and one end of the battery cell, which is close to the side plate, is arranged on the supporting plate; the lower shell is provided with a bottom plate, a supporting bar is arranged on the bottom plate, and one end, far away from the side plate, of the battery cell is arranged on the supporting bar. Through the support of support bar and backup pad, prevented that the battery package from collapsing at vibration in-process electric core, avoided making aluminium bar atress lead to tearing aluminium bar and cause the problem of module deformation inefficacy, the production efficiency of improvement simultaneously.

Description

Module bearing structure, battery and vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery modules, in particular to a module supporting structure, a battery and a vehicle.

Background

The disclosure of this background section is only intended to increase the understanding of the general background of the utility model and is not necessarily to be construed as an admission or any form of suggestion that this information forms the prior art already known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

PACK is a form of battery PACK that is composed of battery PACK, buss bars, flexible connections, protective plates, overwrapping, plastic brackets, etc. auxiliary materials together. The battery module is a module inside the battery pack, and a plurality of electric cores are installed in the module side by side.

In order to prevent the battery core from collapsing to cause the module to deform in the use process, the module needs to adopt structural adhesive to bond the battery cores before entering the box, and the bonding force of the structural adhesive between the battery cores needs to enter an oven for baking, so that certain strength can be achieved, and the production takt time is longer.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects existing in the prior art, the embodiment of the utility model aims to provide a module support structure which solves the problem of low production efficiency caused by baking while avoiding the collapse of a battery cell.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:

a module support structure, comprising: a module and a lower housing; the module is arranged in the lower shell and comprises a side plate, an end plate and a battery cell, wherein the side plate and the end plate enclose a containing cavity for containing the battery cell, the bottom of the side plate is inwards turned to form a supporting plate, and one end of the battery cell, which is close to the side plate, is arranged on the supporting plate; the lower shell is provided with a bottom plate, a supporting bar is arranged on the bottom plate, and one end, far away from the side plate, of the battery cell is arranged on the supporting bar.

Preferably, a plurality of battery cells are arranged in the accommodating cavity side by side, and the arrangement direction of the supporting bars is perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the battery cells.

Preferably, two rows of battery cells are arranged in the accommodating cavity, two supporting bars are arranged on the bottom plate of the lower shell, the two supporting bars are arranged in parallel, and the two supporting bars respectively support one ends, far away from the side plates, of the two rows of battery cells.

Preferably, the support bar has a height equal to the thickness of the support plate.

Preferably, the module and the lower housing are detachably connected.

Preferably, the module side plate is provided with a mounting plate, the mounting plate is perpendicular to the side plate, a mounting hole is formed in the mounting plate, and a bolt hole aligned with the mounting hole is formed in the lower shell.

Preferably, the module further comprises an upper cover, and edges of the upper cover are respectively connected with the end plate and the side plate.

Preferably, the module further comprises an aluminum bar connecting two adjacent cells.

The embodiment of the utility model also provides a battery, which comprises the module support structure.

The embodiment of the utility model also provides a vehicle comprising the battery.

One or more technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present utility model at least have the following technical effects or advantages:

according to the utility model, the supporting plate at the outer side of the bottom of the battery core is used for supporting the battery core to directly enter the box, the module is assembled into the lower shell to form the battery pack capable of outputting energy to the outside, the effective support of all the battery cores is realized through the supporting plate and the supporting bar at the inner side of the bottom, the structural adhesive between the battery cores is solidified to reach a certain strength under the support of the supporting plate and the supporting bar, and the battery cores do not need to enter an oven for baking, so that the production takt time is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved. Moreover, through the support of the support bar and the support plate, the battery pack is prevented from collapsing in the vibration process, and the problem that the module deformation is invalid due to the fact that the aluminum bar is torn due to the stress of the aluminum bar is avoided.

Additional aspects of the utility model will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present utility model more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a module and a lower housing provided by an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a module according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the bottom surface of a module (including support bars) according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

in the figure: 1. a module; 2. a support bar; 3. a lower housing; 4. an upper cover; 5. a battery cell; 6. a side plate; 7. aluminium bar; 8. an end plate; 9. a support plate; 10. a mounting plate;

the mutual spacing or dimensions are exaggerated for the purpose of showing the positions of the various parts, and the schematic illustrations are used for illustration only.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the following detailed description is illustrative and is intended to provide further explanation of the utility model. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of exemplary embodiments according to the present utility model. As used herein, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the utility model clearly indicates otherwise, and it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification are taken to specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

For convenience of description, the words "upper", "lower", "left" and "right" in the present utility model denote only the correspondence with the upper, lower, left, and right directions of the drawing itself, and do not limit the structure, but merely facilitate description of the present utility model and simplify description, without indicating or implying that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific orientation, configuration and operation in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

Term interpretation section: the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like in the present utility model are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; the terms "mechanically coupled" and "directly coupled" may be used interchangeably to refer to either a mechanical coupling, an indirect coupling via an intermediary, an internal coupling of two elements, or an interaction of two elements, as would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, and the terms are to be understood in the specific sense of the present utility model as appropriate. The terms "first," "second," and the like of the present utility model are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature.

As shown in fig. 1-3, in one embodiment of the present utility model, a support structure for a module 1 is provided, including: a module 1 and a lower housing 3; the module 1 is arranged in the lower shell 3 and comprises a side plate 6, an end plate 8 and a battery cell 5, wherein the side plate 6 and the end plate 8 enclose a containing cavity for containing the battery cell 5, the bottom of the side plate 6 is turned inwards to form a supporting plate 9, and one end, close to the side plate 6, of the battery cell 5 is arranged on the supporting plate 9; the lower shell 3 is provided with a bottom plate, a supporting bar 2 is arranged on the bottom plate, and one end, far away from the side plate 6, of the battery cell 5 is arranged on the supporting bar 2.

The height of the supporting bar 2 is equal to the thickness of the supporting plate 9, in this embodiment, the height of the supporting bar 2 and the thickness of the supporting plate 9 are both 1.2mm, and the supporting bar 2 may be fixed on the bottom plate of the lower housing 3 by means of adhesion.

As shown in fig. 2, a plurality of electric cores 5 are arranged in the accommodating cavity side by side, two adjacent electric cores 5 are connected through an aluminum bar 7, and the aluminum bar 7 is an aluminum flexible connection and is used for connecting conductive strips of the electric cores 5. The arrangement direction of the supporting strips 2 is perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the electric cores 5, so that the supporting strips 2 can effectively support the bottoms of the inner sides of all the electric cores 5.

As shown in the bottom schematic view of the module 1 in fig. 3, the utility model uses the support plate 9 at the outer side of the bottom of the battery core 5 to pull the battery core 5 to directly enter the box, the module 1 is assembled into a battery pack capable of outputting energy to the outside in the lower shell 3, the effective support of all the battery cores 5 is realized through the support plate 9 and the support bar 2 at the inner side of the bottom, the structural adhesive between the battery cores 5 is solidified to reach a certain strength under the support of the support plate 9 and the support bar 2, and the battery cores do not need to enter an oven for baking, so that the production takt time is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved. Moreover, through the support of the support bar 2 and the support plate 9, the battery pack is prevented from collapsing in the vibration process of the battery cell 5, and the problem that the module 1 is deformed and failed due to the fact that the aluminum bar 7 is torn due to the stress of the aluminum bar 7 is avoided.

Two rows of electric cores 5 are arranged in the accommodating cavity, as shown in fig. 3, a first electric core 5 row on the left side and a second electric core 5 row on the right side are arranged, two support bars 2 are arranged on the bottom plate of the lower shell 3, the two support bars 2 comprise a first support bar 2 on the left side and a second support bar 2 on the right side, the first support bar 2 and a support plate 9 on the left side support the first electric core 5 row on the left side, the second support bar 2 and the support plate 9 on the right side support the second electric core 5 row on the right side, and effective support of the two rows of electric cores 5 is realized through the support plates 9 on the two sides and the two support bars 2.

The module 1 and the lower casing 3 are detachably connected, specifically, the left side plate 6 and the right side plate 6 of the module 1 are both provided with mounting plates 10, the mounting plates 10 are perpendicular to the side plates 6, mounting holes are formed in the mounting plates 10, bolt holes aligned with the mounting holes are formed in the lower casing 3, and the module 1 is mounted on the lower casing 3 through bolts. The module 1 further comprises an upper cover 4, and edges of the upper cover 4 are respectively connected with the end plate 8 and the side plate 6 and used for protecting the battery cells 5.

Based on the above module 1 supporting structure, the embodiment of the utility model also provides a battery and a vehicle, in which the module 1 supporting structure described in the above embodiment is disposed, and the technical effects of the battery and the vehicle adopting the module 1 supporting structure refer to the above embodiment because the above module 1 supporting structure has the above technical effects.

While the foregoing description of the embodiments of the present utility model has been presented in conjunction with the drawings, it should be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, but rather, it is intended to cover all modifications or variations within the scope of the utility model as defined by the claims of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A modular support structure comprising: a module and a lower housing;

the module is arranged in the lower shell and comprises a side plate, an end plate and a battery cell, wherein the side plate and the end plate enclose a containing cavity for containing the battery cell, the bottom of the side plate is inwards turned to form a supporting plate, and one end of the battery cell, which is close to the side plate, is arranged on the supporting plate;

the lower shell is provided with a bottom plate, a supporting bar is arranged on the bottom plate, and one end, far away from the side plate, of the battery cell is arranged on the supporting bar.

2. The modular support structure of claim 1, wherein a plurality of said cells are disposed side-by-side within said receiving cavity, and wherein an arrangement direction of said support bars is perpendicular to an arrangement direction of said cells.

3. The module support structure of claim 1, wherein two rows of cells are disposed in the accommodating cavity, two support bars are disposed on the bottom plate of the lower housing, the two support bars are disposed in parallel, and the two support bars respectively support one end of the two rows of cells far away from the side plate.

4. The modular support structure of claim 1 wherein the support bar has a height equal to the thickness of the support plate.

5. The module support structure of claim 1, wherein the module and the lower housing are removably connected.

6. The module support structure of claim 5, wherein the module side plates are provided with mounting plates disposed perpendicular to the side plates, mounting holes are provided in the mounting plates, and bolt holes aligned with the mounting holes are provided in the lower housing.

7. The module support structure of claim 1, wherein the module further comprises an upper cover, edges of the upper cover being connected to the end plates and side plates, respectively.

8. The module support structure of claim 1, wherein the module further comprises an aluminum bar connecting two adjacent cells.

9. A battery comprising a modular support structure according to any one of claims 1-8.

10. A vehicle comprising the battery according to claim 9.