Abstract: A vehicle, in particular having an electric drive, wherein the vehicle includes a battery system and an underride protection plate. The underride protection plate is arranged in the vehicle at least partially under the battery system. A gas channel is configured between the battery system and the underride protection plate. The underride protection plate includes at least one bulkhead having a first edge, at which the bulkhead is attached to the underride protection plate. The bulkhead extends from the first edge in the direction of the battery system to a second edge. The bulkhead at least partially forms a part of the gas channel. The bulkhead is configured so as to be foldable in the event of an upwards mechanical load on the underride protection plate at the first edge or between the first edge and the second edge.

Abstract: A partial body for an at least part-electrically operated motor vehicle includes a first receiving portion for a traction battery and a second receiving portion for an electric drive unit. The receiving portions are arranged behind one another with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction and are arranged at least partially at the same height with respect to a vehicle vertical direction. Here, a body transverse wall, which is of double-walled design at least in certain portions and which extends in the vehicle vertical direction and vehicle transverse direction, is arranged between the first and second receiving portion such that, in the event of an accident-induced displacement of the drive unit in the direction of the traction battery. The drive unit can be supported on the body transverse wall in a targeted manner.

Abstract: A traction battery module has a housing body having four side walls and two end walls, and a plurality of cell elements which are arranged in the housing body, are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to two of the four side walls and are combined to form a cell element stack. A respective holding frame is positioned at the two end-side longitudinal ends of the cell element stack, on which holding frame the longitudinal ends of the cell elements are held such that the cell element stack is spaced apart in all four transverse directions from the four side walls. Each holding frame has a spring arrangement on its spring side facing a side wall and does not have a spring arrangement on its fixed side opposite the spring side. The holding frame is pressed by the spring arrangement onto the side wall assigned to the fixed side.

Abstract: An underbody protection panel including a multi-layered panel structure with a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and at least one intermediate layer arranged between the first outer layer and the second outer layer is provided. The intermediate layer is configured as a compressible intermediate layer, and the mechanical properties of the compressible intermediate layer vary across the surface of the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A battery system for an electrically or semi-electrically driven vehicle, in particular for a passenger car. The battery system includes at least two battery modules, each having a module housing and a plurality of battery cells arranged in the module housing. The battery system includes a cooling system for cooling the battery cells. The battery system includes a busbar, wherein the at least two battery modules are connected to one another by the busbar. The battery system includes a busbar housing configured outside of the module housing, wherein the busbar is arranged in the busbar housing and is thermally coupled to the busbar housing. The busbar housing is thermally coupled, at least in portions, to at least one of the battery modules, preferably to the module housing of the at least one battery module.

Abstract: A multi-chamber battery module is equipped with first cell packets and second cell packets. The multi-chamber battery module includes a module housing divided into at least three adjacently arranged regions in a first direction by first separating walls. At least two first or second cell packets are arranged in each region in a second direction arranged perpendicular to the first direction. The regions arranged externally in the first direction include the first cell packets and the at least one region lying between the externally arranged regions includes the second cell packets. The first cell packets include electrical connections, which are arranged on opposite sides of the cell packets. The second cell packets include electrical connections, which are arranged on the same side of the cell packets. Cell packets that are arranged side-by-side across regions are electrically connected to one another in series.

Abstract: A battery module includes a module housing, a cell stack having a plurality of battery cells including a rectangular surface and a cell thickness perpendicular thereto, and a separator plate. A laminar extension of the separator plate corresponds to at least the rectangular surface area of a respective battery cell. The separator plate is arranged between two adjacent battery cells of the at least one cell stack. On at least one separator plate side of the at least one separator plate between a lower and an upper edge of the at least one separator plate, at least two strip-shaped compression pads are arranged. The at least two strip-shaped compression pads directly abut the battery cell such that, longitudinally between the at least two strip-shaped compression pads, the at least one separator plate, and the respective battery cell, a respective flow channel is formed for a temperature control fluid.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a cuboidal module housing, and, on a degassing side of the module housing, at least one module degassing opening. The battery module is connected to a temperature control system and the plurality of battery cells is directly surrounded by the flow of a temperature control fluid. A respective battery cell includes a cell degassing opening, wherein all cell degassing openings are arranged so as to point to the degassing side. The at least one module degassing opening and the respective cell degassing openings are directly connected to at least one degassing region. The at least one degassing region is delimited from the temperature control fluid. The at least one degassing region is smaller in its surface area extension than the degassing side, such that the temperature control fluid passes between the degassing side and the battery cells.

Abstract: An energy storage arrangement for a motor vehicle, including a protective device which can be arranged above a ground clearance line of the motor vehicle, and at least one battery module which is arranged above the protective device and which has at least one load-bearing battery module housing and at least one battery cell pack arranged in the interior of the battery module housing. The battery module housing includes at least two vertically arranged housing walls. The protective device has a protective plate and at least two load introduction elements arranged above the protective plate. The load introduction elements are arranged below the housing walls.

Abstract: A traction battery system for a motor vehicle includes a traction battery, which is designed such that it can be nonmovably received in a body of the motor vehicle, and a protective structure, which is arranged between the traction battery and a roadway, wherein the protective structure is connected to the traction battery by a fixing system. The fixing system is a releasable fixing system designed to have a female element and a male element, wherein the female element and the male element are designed to produce a form-fitting connection with one another.

Abstract: A battery module housing for accommodating at least one cell stack for use in a motor vehicle. The battery module housing includes a plurality of housing units for accommodating battery cells, as well as a front and a rear cover member for closing the housing units. The housing units are designed as extrusion profiles and include a front and a rear face-side opening for introducing the battery cells and a housing wall arranged between the openings. The housing units are positively connected to one another via their housing wall and the front and rear cover elements are designed to cover the front and rear face-side openings of the housing units.

Abstract: A heat exchange module for an energy storage module, having a module housing for heat-transferring contact with an energy storage module; at least one operating medium channel for an operating fluid for heat transport; and at least one fluid connection for at least one external line for the operating fluid of the operating medium channel. There is formed by the at least one operating medium channel at least one receiving opening with a predetermined cross section in a channelward extension of the operating medium channel, in which a plug with a shape filling the predetermined cross section of the receiving opening is received such that the receiving opening is bonded thereto in a fluid-tight manner. With the heat exchange module, efficient use is made of a structural space, while the heat exchange module at the same time is able to be manufactured at low cost.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a shell including a first side facing a roadway and a second side opposite to the first side, and a housing in which at least one electronic component is arranged. The housing is fastened to the shell via a mounting member. The mounting member is releasably fastened to the shell and the housing is releasably fastened to the mounting member such that, in a mounting operation of the housing, the mounting member and the housing are mountable on the shell via the first side of the shell, and the housing is removable via the second side of the shell during a removal operation of the housing.

Abstract: A motor vehicle traction battery arrangement includes two cooling plates respectively disposed in a horizontal plane and a high-voltage battery module. The lower and upper horizontal walls of which are cooled directly by the cooling plates and which encases a plurality of identical rectangular battery cells in a rigid battery module housing. The battery cells are all configured such that they are plate-like and elongated, are parallel to one another in vertical planes (y,z) and each includes two small-area vertical end walls, two large-area vertical side walls and two medium-area horizontal walls. On its end face, each battery cell includes an anodic connecting element and a cathodic connecting element. At least two similar cell stacks including a same plurality of battery cells are provided, and are stacked such that their battery cell side walls adjoin one another. The battery cell horizontal walls directly adjoin a cooled battery module horizontal wall.

Abstract: A method for filling a thermal paste into a battery module. The battery module includes a module housing with at least one cooling wall, at which a cooling plate can be arranged outside the module housing. At least one stack is formed by a plurality of uniformly stacked pouch cells. The at least one stack is arranged at the at least one cooling wall in the module housing. In proximity to at least one opening, a fold of at least one pouch cell is folded over toward the surface of pouch cell and glued, thereby forming a first flow channel between a stack cooling side and the cooling wall. The thermal paste is filled in through the opening and the thermal paste spreads homogeneously in the first flow channel.

Abstract: A motor vehicle traction battery module includes a rigid battery module housing having at least one battery element. The battery module housing has at least one planar and liquid-cooled housing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has at least one continuously linear coolant cooling channel and at least one continuously linear empty channel, which is parallel thereto and through which there is no liquid flowing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has a contact-making opening, by means of which exclusively the empty channel is interrupted, and wherein an electrical terminal element is arranged in the region of the contact-making opening, with electrical contact being made with at least one battery element by means of said electrical terminal element.

Abstract: A traction battery system of a motor vehicle, including at least two battery modules which each include a plurality of batteries. The battery module includes a module housing including a housing case and at least one housing cover. The battery module includes a venting unit having a vent opening and having a bursting element. Gas can be discharged from the module housing via the vent opening. The traction battery system includes a first longitudinal support and a second longitudinal support between which the battery modules are disposed. The longitudinal support has a vent chamber which is configured to receive and pass the gas flowing via the venting unit. A cooling chamber, which extends along the vent chamber, is configured separately from the vent chamber for cooling the gas flowing in the longitudinal support.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a battery arrangement and a protective arrangement. The protective arrangement includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, and acceleration sensors. The third layer has a layer volume that can be reduced under the effect of pressure. The acceleration sensors include at least one first acceleration sensor and at least one second acceleration sensor. The least one first acceleration sensor is disposed in contact with the first layer and is configured to generate and output a first sensor signal as a function of the acceleration and wherein the at least one second acceleration sensor is disposed in contact with the second layer and is configured to generate and output a second sensor signal (SIG2) as a function of the acceleration in order to enable detection of damage to the protective arrangement.

Abstract: A battery arrangement has at least two battery modules each having a battery module housing. Each battery module housing has at least two chambers separated from one another by a dividing wall, in which chambers in each case at least one cell stack is disposed. The cell stack has at least two stacked battery cells and at least one compression pad. A thermal insulation layer is provided in each case between the dividing wall and the adjacent battery cells. The distance between the dividing wall and a battery cell adjacent to the dividing wall of a predefined first cell stack is at least twice as great as the distance between two adjacent battery cells within the predefined first cell stack.

Abstract: An electric vehicle (1) has a battery (2) in an underfloor arrangement. The battery (2) is arranged in a battery space (4) that is delimited by body members (5, 6, 7, 8) of a body (3). The battery space (4) also is delimited at a bottom side of the electric vehicle (1) by way of a protective plate (9). The battery (2) has a connection element (10, 11) at least on a side oriented toward one of the body members (7, 8), and the body member (7, 8) has a recess (12, 13) in which the connection element (10, 11) is arranged.