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A handheld fan includes a housing, a fan module, a power module, and a retractable cable module. The fan module is disposed in the housing, the power module is disposed in the housing and configured to supply power to the fan module, the retractable cable module is disposed in the housing and includes a cable retractable relative to the housing to be withdrawn into the housing or extended out of the housing, and the cable is configured to connect to an external electronic device, and supply power to the external electronic device through the power module. When a user carries the handheld fan and has a charging need, the cable is capable of being pulled out of the housing of the handheld fan, and connected to the external electronic device including a mobile phone. The power module is configured to supply power to the external electronic device.

Described herein is an electric aircraft comprising a battery pack to power the aircraft. The battery pack comprises a housing, an arrangement of battery cells within the housing and a crumple structure associated with the battery pack. The crumple structure is beneath the arrangement of battery cells and is adapted to compress in the event of an impact from beneath the aircraft. A venting channel is fluidically coupled to the battery cells and arranged to vent gasses away from the battery cells. The venting channel passes through the crumple structure and is adapted to deform with the crumple structure in the event of an impact from beneath the aircraft.

An energy storage floor assembly for a motor vehicle having an electric drive includes an electrical energy storage device accommodated in a storage housing and arranged on the bottom side of a vehicle floor. At least one longitudinal beam is arranged within the storage housing. The front end of the longitudinal beam, viewed in the vehicle direction, is connected at least indirectly to a crossbeam component which is arranged in the region of a front-end structure and to which a front axle carrier is also attached. A load transfer element is installed between a rearward region of the front axle carrier and the front end of the longitudinal beam, which load transfer element has a front support region on the front end thereof and a rear support region on the rear end thereof. In an event of an accident-induced backward movement of the axle carrier as a result of a collision, the axle carrier can be supported on the front support region of the load transfer element, the rear support region of which can be supported at least indirectly on the longitudinal beam.

A battery pack according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells; and a housing including a bottom member, a plurality of side walls, and a top member, the bottom member, the plurality of side walls, and the top member form an interior accommodation space configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, wherein at least one among the plurality side walls, the top member, and the bottom member are formed by a plurality of metal sheets that are roll bonded to each other, wherein at least one cooling channel is formed between bonding areas of the plurality of metal sheets, and wherein at least one crash channel is formed between bonding areas of the plurality of the metal sheets.

A method for manufacturing an electric vehicle battery case includes: preparing a frame configured to define a through space inside and a flat plate made of resin; superposing and disposing the flat plate on the frame; and applying pressure to the flat plate from an opposite side from the frame to press the flat plate against the frame to cause the flat plate to swell in the through space, thereby deforming the flat plate into a tray having a bathtub shape including a bottom wall and a peripheral wall provided at a peripheral edge of the bottom wall and configured to define an opening portion, and joining by press-fitting the tray to the frame.

This application relates to the technical field of battery packs, and a battery pack lower box body, a battery pack, an apparatus, and an assembly method of battery pack lower box body are provided. The battery pack lower box body includes a box frame, a base plate, a stiffening beam, and a stiffener. The base plate is arranged at the bottom of the box frame; the stiffening beam is arranged inside a space enclosed by the box frame and on top of the base plate; and the stiffening beam is fixed to the box fame via the stiffener, and the stiffener is welded to the box frame to form a weld seam, where a length of the weld seam is kept greater than a sum of side lengths of a projection of the stiffening beam onto the box frame.

A vehicle includes a chassis including a frame rail extending longitudinally, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a battery configured to supply electrical energy to the electric motor, a heat exchanger, a cable electrically coupling the electric motor and the battery, and a conduit fluidly coupling the battery and the heat exchanger. The cable and the conduit extend laterally from the battery to the frame rail, and the cable and the conduit extend longitudinally along the frame rail.

The invention relates to the technical field of new energy automobile thermal management, in particular to a direct cooling and heating management system and method in an automobile power battery. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring vehicle real-time operation condition data and battery pack state monitoring data; working condition mode recognition processing is conducted according to the vehicle real-time operation working condition data, and vehicle working condition mode feature data are generated; performing thermal load demand analysis on the battery pack state monitoring data based on the vehicle working condition mode characteristic data to obtain dynamic thermal load demand data of the battery pack; and according to the dynamic thermal load demand data of the battery pack, refrigerant demand quantity calculation and analysis are carried out, the refrigerant supply capacity of the current direct cooling system is evaluated, and refrigerant supply and demand matching feature data are obtained. The specific requirements of three heat sources of the battery, the motor and the cockpit for the refrigerant flow are quantified, and a refrigerant distribution strategy is formed according to the proportional relation, so that the safety of the battery is improved, and the driving comfort and the working stability of the electric driving system are also guaranteed.

A battery pack including a housing and a cell frame supported within the housing. The cell frame includes a plurality of openings to secure a plurality of battery cells, and a weld strap disposed within the cell frame configured to interconnect the plurality of battery cells. The battery pack also includes a cell header cover disposed adjacent to the battery cells and covering the weld strap. The cell header cover is configured to prevent battery cell particulate from circulating within the outer housing. The cell header cover and the cell frame cooperate to surround the battery cells.

A system for facilitating battery fault prediction is configurable to: (i) access a set of raw data comprising battery sensor data associated with a physical battery and operation data associated with operation of the physical battery; (ii) obtain an estimated battery state for the physical battery by utilizing the battery sensor data as input to a battery digital twin; (iii) obtain a battery fault prediction by utilizing (a) the estimated battery state obtained via the battery digital twin and (b) operation input based on the operation data as input to a battery fault prediction model, and wherein the battery fault prediction comprises one or more likelihood metrics indicating a likelihood of one or more battery faults occurring within one or more predetermined time periods; and (iv) cause presentation of an alert via a battery fault notification system.

A system for supplying power to a portable battery pack including a battery enclosed by a wearable and replaceable pouch or skin using at least one solar panel is disclosed, wherein the pouch or skin can be provided in different colors and / or patterns. Further, the pouch or skin can be MOLLE-compatible. The battery comprises a battery element housed between a battery cover and a back plate, wherein the battery element, battery cover, and back plate have a slight curvature or contour. Further, the battery comprises flexible leads.

A cylindrical secondary battery including an electrode assembly including a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate; a cylindrical can accommodating the electrode assembly and including a terminal hole in one side of the cylindrical can and an open inlet in another side of the cylindrical can; a terminal coupled to the cylindrical can through the terminal hole; and a negative electrode current collector in the cylindrical can and electrically connecting the cylindrical can to the negative electrode plate. The negative electrode current collector includes a notch groove or a cutting hole configured to be cut in response to an increase in pressure in the cylindrical can.

An apparatus may include a substrate. The apparatus may also include a first charger terminal disposed on the substrate, including silver, and configured to apply a first electric potential to a first battery terminal of a battery. The apparatus may additionally include a second charger terminal disposed on the substrate, comprising silver, and configured to apply a second electric potential to a second battery terminal of the battery.

Systems, methods, and articles for a wearable and lightweight portable power case are disclosed. The portable power case is comprised of a cylindrical housing, at least two battery elements connected to a printed circuit board (PCB), and at least one separating barrier between the at least two batteries and the PCB. The portable power case is operable to supply power to an amplifier, a radio, a wearable battery, a mobile phone, a tablet, a portable satellite dish and / or any other power consuming device. The portable power case is operable to be charged using solar panels, vehicle batteries, AC adapters, non-rechargeable batteries, and / or generators.

The invention relates to the technical field of electric forklifts and energy storage, and discloses an intelligent battery management system and prediction method based on optical fiber sensing, the system comprises a distributed optical fiber sensing network, a data acquisition and processing module, an intelligent analysis decision module, a battery management control module and a cloud platform interaction module; the method comprises the following steps: collecting a battery signal through a snakelike-spiral optical fiber network, reconstructing a temperature / strain field through noise reduction and filtering, extracting multi-modal features, inputting the multi-modal features into an LSTM model to predict thermal runaway, generating a risk level in combination with an improved equation, dynamically adjusting charging, discharging and heat dissipation strategies, and realizing three-dimensional visual monitoring through a cloud platform. According to the invention, high-precision distributed monitoring of the temperature / strain field of the battery pack is realized through the BOTDR optical fiber sensing network, the LSTM prediction model is constructed by fusing multi-physical field characteristics, and thermal runaway is warned in advance. The improved algorithm reduces the false alarm rate, charging and discharging parameters are dynamically adjusted to prolong the service life of the battery, and a three-dimensional visual platform improves the operation and maintenance efficiency.

A battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device are disclosed. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a shell, an electrode terminal, and a current collecting member. The electrode assembly has a tab. The shell accommodates the electrode assembly. The electrode terminal is disposed at one end of the shell in a first direction. The current collecting member is provided with a hollow region, and the hollow region divides the current collecting member into a first connection region and a second connection region located on two sides of the hollow region. The first connection region is connected to the tab, and the second connection region is connected to the electrode terminal. When the electrode terminal is subjected to stress, the hollow region enables the second connection region to deform relative to the first connection region, so the stress is not easily transmitted to the first connection region.

Systems, methods, and articles for a wearable and lightweight portable power case are disclosed. The portable power case is comprised of a cylindrical housing, at least two battery elements connected to a printed circuit board (PCB), and at least one separating barrier between the at least two batteries and the PCB. The portable power case is operable to supply power to an amplifier, a radio, a wearable battery, a mobile phone, a tablet, a portable satellite dish and / or any other power consuming device. The portable power case is operable to be charged using solar panels, vehicle batteries, AC adapters, non-rechargeable batteries, and / or generators.

The present invention provides a dual-level thermal runaway warning method of a lithium battery based on a sound signal, comprising: obtaining a battery sound signal sequence; performing outlier identification on the battery sound signal sequence, and providing a level-1 thermal runaway warning when an abnormal data point exists; extracting a time-frequency domain feature of the abnormal data point, and identifying a presence of a thermal runaway expansion sound through a sparrow search algorithm-optimized eXtreme Gradient Boosting (SSA-XGBoost) algorithm, to providing a level-2 thermal runaway warning. In the SSA-XGBoost algorithm, optimal parameter adjustment is performed on a number of iterations, a learning rate, and a decision tree depth of the XGBoost algorithm through the SSA. A dual-level thermal runaway warning strategy is adopted to perform grading identification on general anomalies or deep anomalies, thereby effectively improving identification accuracy of a weak abnormal sound signal in an early stage.

A method is provided for arranging a high-voltage accumulator having a plurality of battery modules on a support structure of a motor vehicle, in which the battery modules are arranged and fastened on a base plate, and the base plate is fastened on a bottom plate of the support structure of the motor vehicle, as a result of which the base plate and the bottom plate provide an accumulator housing which delimits an accumulator interior in which the battery modules are accommodated. At least one connection field is mechanically connected to the support structure. The connection field is able to electrically and / or fluidically connect the high-voltage accumulator to the motor vehicle.

A refuse vehicle includes a cab, a refuse compartment, a chassis, a high voltage power distribution unit (HVPDU) including a battery, a plurality of cables and a manual service disconnect. The manual service disconnect is accessed via a through hole of a wheel well of the refuse vehicle. The refuse vehicle further includes a platform removably coupled to the chassis and the HVPDU and configured to enclose the high voltage power distribution unit.

A battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a case, an end cover assembly, and a current collecting component. The electrode assembly includes a first tab. The case is used for accommodating the electrode assembly, and the case has an opening. The end cover assembly covers the opening and is provided with an electrode lead-out portion. The current collecting component includes a tab connecting region and an end cover connecting region. The tab connecting region is used for connecting to the first tab. The end cover connecting region is welded to the inner side of the electrode lead-out portion and forms a first welded portion. The penetration depth of the first welded portion formed on the electrode lead-out portion is smaller than or equal to the thickness of the electrode lead-out portion.

A modular electric power take-off (E-PTO) system for a refuse vehicle includes a modular housing. The modular E-PTO also includes a motor, an inverter, a battery, and a hydraulic pump positioned within the modular housing. The modular housing is removably coupled with a front of a waste receptacle or a hopper of the waste receptacle of a refuse vehicle.

An electric vehicle charging station for charging electric vehicles includes a plurality of energy storage reservoirs configured to receive and store energy from one or more power sources and / or one or more power generators; one or more power heads for charging the electric vehicles at the electric vehicle charging station, the multiple power heads receiving electrical power from the plurality of energy storage reservoirs, the multiple power heads each being configured for releasably connecting to each of the electric vehicles for charging at the electric vehicle charging station; and a computer control system configured to monitor a charging demand at each of the one or more power heads and to connect one or more of the plurality of energy storage reservoirs to one or more of the power heads based on the charging demand of the one or more power heads.

A battery heating device includes: a radiator and a heater core arranged in parallel with each other; a battery temperature adjusting unit for heating a battery with a heat medium; a first branch branching the heat medium between the radiator and the heater core; a first confluence where the heat medium merges; a second branch where the heat medium from a heat emitter is branched to the battery temperature adjustment unit; a second confluence where the heat medium flowing through the battery temperature adjustment unit merges; and a radiator flow rate reducing part arranged in a passage for the heat medium from the first branch or the second branch closer to the radiator to the first confluence or the second confluence closer to the radiator via the radiator.

Systems, methods, and articles for a portable power case are disclosed. The portable power case is comprised of at least one battery and at least one PCB. The portable power case has at least one USB port and at least two access ports, at least two leads, or at least one access port and at least one lead. The portable power case is operable to supply power to an amplifier, a radio, a wearable battery, a mobile phone, and a tablet. The portable power case is operable to be charged using solar panels, vehicle batteries, AC adapters, non-rechargeable batteries, and generators. The portable power case provides for modularity that allows the user to disassemble and selectively remove the batteries installed within the portable power case housing.

The battery pack includes an enclosure including interconnected walls, one or more battery cells contained within the enclosure, and a heat-conducting plate defining one or more of the interconnected walls and being structurally load-bearing. The heat-conducting plate has a first section, the one or more battery cells in heat exchange relationship with the first section, and a second section in heat exchange relationship with the first section. The second section is in heat exchange relationship with an environment outside the enclosure for providing heat exchange between the one or more battery cells and the environment.

A battery pack may include a housing with an interface couplable to an external device configured to perform a group of applications. A battery pack may further include a plurality of battery cells disposed within the housing and electrically connected to the interface, the battery cells including a cathode, an anode, and a separator. The plurality of battery cells is configured to provide power to the external device for a runtime. The plurality of battery cells is additionally configured to fully recharge within a charge time, and wherein the charge time is less than a sum of the runtime plus a rest time corresponding to the time taken to prepare a new application group.

A personal tactical system including a load-bearing garment, a pouch with one or more batteries enclosed in the pouch, at least one power distribution and data hub, and at least one camera. The camera is incorporated into or removably attachable to the load-bearing garment, the pouch is removably attachable to the load-bearing garment and the one or more batteries are operable to supply power to the at least one power distribution and data hub. The at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to supply power to at least one peripheral device. A plurality of personal tactical systems is operable to form an ad hoc network to share images and other information for determining object direction, location, and movement.

A method for estimation of state of health of a rechargeable battery includes: obtaining input data of a set of predetermined battery features that jointly indicates State of Health of the battery; applying a plurality of machine learning algorithms to conduct state of health estimation of the battery, wherein each machine learning algorithm, based on obtained input data from the battery features, calculates an estimation of state of health of the battery, as well as quantitative estimation of a confidence interval / value of the state of health estimation of the battery; and applying a Kalman filter based fusion algorithm for combining the state of health estimations from all of said plurality of machine learning algorithms, for providing a fused state of health estimation.

An electrified vehicle assembly includes an enclosure assembly of a battery pack. The enclosure assembly has a coating. An attachment point is disposed within the enclosure assembly. The enclosure assembly is secured directly to the attachment point. The assembly includes a coating clearing feature that removes some of the coating from the enclosure assembly when the enclosure assembly is secured directly to the attachment point.