Battery Cell Cooling Module With Integrated Sealing Openings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery temperature regulation devices face challenges in achieving a reliable seal and are often complex and costly to produce.
Innovation Solution
A battery temperature regulation device comprising a main body and additional bodies with coaxial receiving openings, sealed by a sealing element arrangement, allowing for efficient temperature regulation of battery cells through a temperature regulation circulation system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If complex sealing structures are used to achieve reliable seal, then sealing reliability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element is integrated directly into the receiving opening structure, combining the sealing function with the structural function of the receiving opening. This eliminates separate sealing components and reduces overall device complexity while maintaining reliable sealing between the main body and additional bodies.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving opening serves multiple functions: it accommodates battery cells, provides structural support, and incorporates sealing functionality through the integrated sealing element. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the device while ensuring reliable seals.
2Reliability
If complex sealing structures are used to achieve reliable seal, then sealing reliability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the sealing element into the receiving opening structure, the manufacturing process is simplified. The sealing element can be molded as part of the main body or additional bodies, reducing assembly steps and manufacturing costs while ensuring consistent sealing quality across production batches.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing element is pre-integrated into the receiving opening structure during manufacturing, ensuring sealing readiness before assembly. This preliminary integration eliminates the need for separate sealing installation steps and reduces the risk of sealing failures during assembly, lowering overall manufacturing costs.
3Ease of operation
If through openings are used for receiving openings, then battery cell accessibility is improved, but sealing difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element is integrated into the through opening structure, combining the cell access function with sealing functionality. The sealing element is positioned to seal around the battery cell while allowing it to pass through, enabling both easy cell accessibility and reliable sealing between main body and additional bodies.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing element provides localized sealing at the interface between main body and additional bodies around the through opening. This localized sealing approach maintains the through opening's cell accessibility while addressing sealing requirements only where needed, balancing ease of operation with sealing reliability.
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AI summary
A module for regulating a temperature of battery cells, the module comprising a main body, one or more additional bodies that are arranged and/or arrangeable on the main body, at least one temperature regulation medium inlet, at least one temperature regulation medium outlet, a sealing element, and receiving openings for receiving battery cells, wherein the sealing element is capable of sealing around some or around all of the receiving openings at surfaces of the battery cells which are arranged or arrangeable in the receiving openings, the main body and the one or more additional bodies as well as the battery cells which are arranged or arrangeable in the receiving openings constitute a temperature regulation circulation system for a temperature.