Abstract:
A system includes a vent housing configured to be installed on a lower housing of a battery module at a first side of the vent housing. The vent housing has a main body having an opening on a second side of the vent housing and an internal chamber coupled to the opening. The internal chamber includes a first wall having an internal burst vent configured to open at a first pressure threshold and a second wall having a ventilation vent comprising a gas-selective permeability layer.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes a battery module having a first electrochemical cell and a second electrochemical cell positioned adjacent to the first electrochemical cell. The battery module also includes a separator plate disposed between the first electrochemical cell and the second electrochemical cell. The separator plate includes a body comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side is disposed adjacent a first face of the first electrochemical cell and includes a first indention. The first indention defines a first space between the first face of the first electrochemical cell and the first side of the separator plate. The first space is configured to enable swelling of the first electrochemical cell into the first space.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes a battery module having a housing with a wall that includes an aperture in the wall. The battery module also includes an electrochemical cell having a terminal end and a base end opposite the terminal end. The electrochemical cell is disposed within the housing such that the base end is positioned proximate to the aperture of the wall. Further, a heat sink of the battery module is engaged with the aperture and includes cooling fins extending outwardly from the heat sink a first distance from an external surface of the wall. The battery module also includes feet of the housing extending outwardly from the wall a second distance from the external surface of the wall. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes a battery module that includes a plurality of lithium ion battery cells disposed within a battery module packaging. Each of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells is individually held in place within the battery module packaging by a restraining medium. The restraining medium conformally covers a substantial portion of the surface of each of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells and prevents each of the plurality of lithium ion battery cells from expanding during operation of the battery module.
Abstract:
Present embodiments include a lithium ion battery module having a lineup of prismatic lithium ion battery cells positioned within a cell receptacle area of a housing of the lithium ion battery module. The prismatic battery cells of the lineup are spaced apart from one another in a spaced arrangement by fixed protrusions extending from internal surfaces of the housing forming the cell receptacle area, and the fixed protrusions extend inwardly to form a plurality of discontinuous slots across a width of the cell receptacle area.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes a battery module having a power assembly that includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of bus bars that electrically couples a terminal of each of the plurality of battery cells to a terminal of an adjacent battery cell of the plurality of battery cells. The battery module also includes a lead frame that includes a plurality of cell taps respectively electrically coupled to the plurality of bus bars of the power assembly, and a plurality of leads that extends from the plurality of cell taps. The lead frame also includes a plurality of broken interconnects that electrically isolates the plurality of cell taps from one another and electrically isolates the plurality of leads from one another.
Abstract:
The present disclosure includes a battery module having a stack of electrochemical cells that includes terminals, a housing that receives the stack of electrochemical cells, and a bus bar carrier disposed over the stack of electrochemical cells such that bus bars disposed on the bus bar carrier interface with the terminals of the stack of electrochemical cells. The bus bar carrier includes opposing first and second guide extensions, the stack of electrochemical cells is disposed between the opposing first and second guide extensions, and the opposing first and second guide extensions physically contact a first outer electrochemical cell and a second outer electrochemical cell, respectively, of the stack of electrochemical cells to guide the terminals of the stack of electrochemical cells toward corresponding ones of the bus bars disposed on the bus bar carrier.