Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery housing including a plurality of crossbeams dividing an interior space of the battery housing into a plurality of separated accommodation chambers; a plurality of cell units arranged within the battery housing, each of the cell units including a plurality of stacked battery cells, each of the accommodation chambers accommodating at least two of the cell units separated by a spacer stacked between the at least two cell units; and a plurality of venting paths respectively arranged per each of the cell units, each of the venting paths connecting the respective cell unit with a respective venting device of the corresponding accommodation chamber without passing an adjacent one of the cell units.

Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle includes: a battery module including a plurality of secondary battery cells; a carrier plate including an integral cooling channel structure having an opening at a side wall of the carrier plate; a liquid cooling circuit in thermal contact with the battery module; and a coupling member. The battery module is on the carrier plate. The integral cooling channel structure is part of the liquid cooling circuit, and the liquid cooling circuit includes a coolant distributor that is in a fluid-tight connection with the integral cooling channel structure at the opening at the side wall. The coupling member and the side wall of the carrier plate respectively include corresponding coupling elements to mechanically connect the coupling member and the carrier plate to each other, and the coupling member further includes a mounting bracket attaching the coolant distributor to the coupling member.

Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells; a venting device configured to guide a venting gas stream exhausted by one or more of the battery cells away therefrom; and a cooling device. The venting device includes: a venting channel configured to guide the venting gas stream along a main flow direction, the venting channel being delimited by a first side of the venting device and a second side of the venting device opposite the first side; and a venting opening in the first side of the venting device to allow venting gases to enter the venting channel. The cooling device includes a first cooling channel at the first side of the venting device and configured to cool the venting channel via a cooling fluid flowing through the first cooling channel.

Abstract: A frame for a battery pack includes: a first end beam; a second end beam; and one or more intermediate beams between the first end beam and the second end beam. Each of the beams is orientated along a first direction that is perpendicular to a virtual plane, and includes: a first plate having a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side of the first plate; a second plate having a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side of the second plate; and a coupling means slidably coupling the second side of the first plate to the second side of the second plate to inhibit any displacement of the first plate relative to the second plate, except for a shifting of the first plate relative to the second plate in or against the first direction.

Abstract: A battery frame for providing structural support for a battery pack for retaining rows of stacked battery cells is provided. The battery frame includes a plurality of longitudinal beams and a plurality of crossbeams arranged between and connected to the longitudinal beams. The crossbeams are arranged in parallel to each other and include two outer crossbeams and an inner crossbeam. The inner crossbeam is arranged between the outer crossbeams. A retaining section for retaining one of the rows of stacked battery cells is provided between any neighboring pair of the crossbeams so that the rows of stacked battery cells and the inner crossbeam are alternately arranged between the two outer crossbeams. Each of the crossbeams is connected to the longitudinal beams by a plurality of fasteners extending in a longitudinal direction of the crossbeams through the longitudinal beams and into the crossbeams.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of cell carriers arranged adjacent to each other. Each of the cell carriers includes a plurality of meandering ribs that are spaced apart from each other, a first plurality of cell retainers, and a second plurality of cell retainers. Each of the first plurality and second plurality of cell retainers is configured to hold one of the battery cells in a form locking manner, and the battery cells are in the cell retainers. The first plurality of cell retainers of one of the cell carriers is arranged between the meandering ribs of the one of the cell carriers, and the second plurality of cell retainers of the one of the cell carriers is arranged between one of the meandering ribs of the one of the cell carriers and a meandering rib of an adjacently arranged cell carrier.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a cell carrier including a plurality of cell retainers, each of the cell retainers being configured to hold one of the battery cells in a form locking manner; and a battery management module (BMM) arranged within a group of the cell retainers.

Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is provided. The battery pack comprises: at least one battery module including a plurality of secondary battery cells, a metal framework for supporting the at least one battery module, the framework including a plurality of slots extending from a bottom side to an opposing mounting side of the battery pack, and an insert tightly positioned within each slot, the insert being made of a similar material as the framework and including a through-hole adapted for accommodating a fixation element.

Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is provided. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules and a liquid cooling circuit. At least one of the battery modules is arranged in two different levels from among a plurality of levels of the battery pack, the levels of the battery pack being adjacent each other in a vertical direction. The liquid cooling circuit is in thermal contact with the battery modules in the two different levels of the battery pack, and the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube having an inlet opening at a highest point of the liquid cooling circuit in the vertical direction and an outlet opening within the liquid cooling circuit at a lower point of the liquid cooling circuit than the highest point of the liquid cooling circuit.

Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is provided. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules and a liquid cooling circuit. At least one of the battery modules is arranged in two different levels from among a plurality of levels of the battery pack, the levels of the battery pack being adjacent each other in a vertical direction. The liquid cooling circuit is in thermal contact with the battery modules in the two different levels of the battery pack, and the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube having an inlet opening at a highest point of the liquid cooling circuit in the vertical direction and an outlet opening within the liquid cooling circuit at a lower point of the liquid cooling circuit than the highest point of the liquid cooling circuit.

Abstract: A battery system for an electric vehicle includes: a plurality of battery cells, each of the battery cells including electrode terminals; a busbar interconnecting the battery cells by contacting the electrode terminals; a battery housing enclosing the battery cells; and an electrically and thermally insulating cover element. The cover element covers the electrode terminals and the busbar such that the electrode terminals and the busbar are shielded from venting products exiting one or more of the battery cells towards the battery housing during a thermal runaway.

Abstract: An assembly set for assembling a carrier framework for a stack of battery cell blocks is provided. The assembly set includes a first frame beam, a second frame beam, and a Z-shaped busbar. The Z-shaped busbar includes: a positive plate configured for connecting to positive terminals of battery cells of a first battery cell block; a negative plate configured for connecting to negative terminals of battery cells of a second battery cell block; and a connection plate connecting the positive plate and the negative plate. The Z-shaped busbar is fastened to the first frame beam and the second frame beam.

Abstract: A battery system includes: battery cells; and a battery housing including: a chamber between a bottom cover and a top cover of the battery housing; and at least one sidewall member connecting the bottom cover and the top cover to each other, the at least one sidewall member extending along an outer boundary of the chamber, and including: a channel inside the sidewall member; and apertures connecting the chamber with the channel, the apertures being located at a top half of the channel such that at least a bottom half of the channel is for collecting solid matter. The battery system vents a venting gas of a thermal runaway from at least one of the battery cells by directing the venting gas along at least one venting path leading from the chamber, through at least one of the apertures and the channel, and to an environment of the battery system.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a coolant distributor for a battery module housing with a hollow profile enclosing a coolant channel and a plurality of coolant junctions, each extending through a first portion of the hollow profile and providing a fluid connection between the coolant channel and a coolant port. The invention further relates to a battery module housing with a bottom plate comprising a plurality of embedded coolant ducts and a coolant distributor according to the invention that is welded to the bottom plate, such that each of the plurality of coolant ports is aligned with one of a plurality of inlet openings of the coolant ducts. The present invention further relates to a battery system housing, comprising a plurality of battery module housings according to the invention and a plurality of pipe couplings for interconnecting adjacent battery module housings, and to the pipe coupling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube assembly 20 for a fluid distribution system 42 of a battery pack 40 of a vehicle, and to a battery pack 40 for a vehicle, with a plurality of battery modules 41 and with a fluid distribution system 42. In order to facilitate assembling and disassembling the tube assembly 20, the tube assembly 20 comprises a connector tube 1, 23 with at least one through slit 2, 3 and with a locking ring 5 that can be placed into the slit 2, 3 in order to affix the connector tube 1, 23 to another tube 21.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a coolant distributor for a battery module housing with a hollow profile enclosing a coolant channel and a plurality of coolant junctions, each extending through a first portion of the hollow profile and providing a fluid connection between the coolant channel and a coolant port. The invention further relates to a battery module housing with a bottom plate comprising a plurality of embedded coolant ducts and a coolant distributor according to the invention that is welded to the bottom plate, such that each of the plurality of coolant ports is aligned with one of a plurality of inlet openings of the coolant ducts. The present invention further relates to a battery system housing, comprising a plurality of battery module housings according to the invention and a plurality of pipe couplings for interconnecting adjacent battery module housings, and to the pipe coupling.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of secondary battery cells; one or more cooling tubes formed of a metal material; and a cooling plate formed of casted aluminum, the cooling plate being cast around the one or more cooling tubes, the one or more cooling tubes being molded within the cooling plate.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell including a first terminal and a second terminal spaced apart and electrically isolated from one another, a housing including an upper housing part and a lower housing part assembled together to completely surround the plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of bus bars integrated in the upper housing part, wherein each of the plurality of bus bars is connected to one of the first and second terminals of at least two battery cells. The present invention further refers to a method of manufacturing the battery module, which is fast and easy and has a high tolerance for fluctuations in the battery cells height.