Battery Cell Assembly Layout for Capacity Reconfiguration and Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery packs face difficulties in reconfiguring their overall capacity in response to changing requirements, and they struggle with inefficient cooling of battery cell assemblies.
Innovation Solution
A battery pack design that allows for adjustable installation of battery cell assemblies within a frame, featuring a channel part with insertion holes and a connector system, and includes a cover part with a cooling member to enhance cooling efficiency by forming a flow path for coolant.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If battery cells are connected and formed as a unibody battery module, then the structural integrity and manufacturing simplicity are improved, but the ability to reconfigure the overall capacity in response to changing requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The battery pack is divided into multiple independent battery cell assemblies, each with its own cover part and cooling member. These assemblies can be independently installed or removed from the frame, allowing the overall capacity to be reconfigured by adjusting the number of assemblies without requiring complex disassembly of a unibody structure.
2Ease of manufacture
If a conventional battery module design is used, then the manufacturing process is simplified, but the cooling efficiency of the battery cell assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling member is extracted from the traditional battery module structure and integrated into the cover part of each battery cell assembly. This allows the cooling function to be independently optimized for each assembly, with coolant flow paths directly contacting the battery cells, thereby improving cooling efficiency while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the number of battery cell assemblies is fixed in the battery pack, then the structural stability is improved, but the ability to optimize performance based on changing requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The battery pack design allows for dynamic adjustment of the number of battery cell assemblies installed in the frame. The frame includes multiple insertion holes that can accommodate different numbers of assemblies, enabling the system to adapt its capacity while maintaining structural stability through the standardized frame and connector design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible capacity adjustment and improved cooling efficiency of battery cell assemblies, allowing for optimized performance based on changing requirements while effectively managing heat generation.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling member forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the second cover
Implementation Method 2
a channel part configured to extend in a front-rear direction and form an inner space
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology relates to a battery cell assembly and a battery pack including the same. More particularly, the disclosed technology relates to a battery cell assembly with improved cooling efficiency and a battery pack that can control the number of battery cell assemblies installed in the battery pack and increase cooling effect of the battery cell assembly.