CN211017197U - Battery module, battery pack and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application relates to a battery module, a battery pack and a device, the battery module includes: the battery unit arrangement structure comprises a plurality of battery units which are stacked with each other; the cable tie is wound around the outer side of the battery cell arrangement structure and at least comprises a first cable tie and a second cable tie which are made of different materials; wherein at least a portion of the first twist tie is located on a side of the second twist tie adjacent to the battery cell. First ribbon and second ribbon can be the structure of different materials to make the ribbon can have the characteristic of first ribbon and second ribbon, improve the suitability of ribbon, simultaneously, can help improving the connection reliability of ribbon to battery monomer arrangement structure, and can help releasing battery module's bulging force.

Description

Battery module, battery pack and device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of energy storage devices, in particular to a battery module, a battery pack and a device.

Background

The battery module includes a plurality of battery monomer that pile up each other, and when battery module was in groups, each battery monomer was connected through the ribbon, compares with frame construction, and this ribbon has simple structure, advantage that weight is little. In order to guarantee the stability and the intensity of battery module, present ribbon has higher intensity, but this ribbon battery monomer expansion force down the deflection less, can't release the module bulging force.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a battery module, a battery pack and a device, wherein a ribbon of the battery module has higher connection reliability and can release the expansion force of the battery module.

A first aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a battery module, including:

the battery unit arrangement structure comprises a plurality of battery units which are stacked with each other;

the cable tie is wound around the outer side of the battery cell arrangement structure and at least comprises a first cable tie and a second cable tie which are made of different materials;

wherein at least a portion of the first twist tie is located on a side of the second twist tie adjacent to the battery cell;

tensile strength of the first cable tie is greater than tensile strength of the second cable tie, and elastic modulus of the first cable tie is greater than elastic modulus of the second cable tie.

In an embodiment of the application, at least part of the first band is located inside the second band such that the first band is closer to the cell arrangement than the second band. And above-mentioned first ribbon and second ribbon can be the structure of different materials to make the ribbon can have the characteristic of first ribbon and second ribbon, improve the suitability of ribbon, simultaneously, can help improving the connection reliability of ribbon to battery monomer arrangement structure, and can help releasing battery module's bulging force.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an apparatus provided herein;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of a battery pack provided herein in one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the battery module of FIG. 2 in a first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion I of FIG. 4 in one embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion I of FIG. 4 in another embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of the cable ties of FIG. 4 with the first cable tie in a relaxed condition;

FIG. 8 is a top view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion II of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the cable ties of FIG. 4, wherein the first cable tie is in tension;

FIG. 11 is an exploded view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural view of the battery module of FIG. 2 in a second embodiment;

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a top view of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of a portion III of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a schematic illustration of the dimensional relationships of the components of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of a portion IV of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of a portion V of FIG. 16;

FIG. 20 is a schematic structural view of the end plate of FIG. 13;

FIG. 21 is a side view of FIG. 20;

fig. 22 is a top view of fig. 2, with a battery module according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 22;

FIG. 24 is an enlarged view of a portion VI of FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is an enlarged fragmentary view of portion VII of FIG. 24;

FIG. 26 is a schematic structural view of the end plate of FIG. 23;

fig. 27 is a side view of fig. 26.

Reference numerals:

d-means;

an M-cell group;

1-a battery module;

11-battery cell arrangement structure;

111-battery cell;

12-a binding tape;

121-a first tie;

121 a-a first tape;

121 b-a first connection region;

121 c-a bent structure;

122-a second tie;

122 a-a second belt body;

122 b-a second connection region;

123-a third cable tie;

13-an end plate;

131-a first mounting groove;

131 a-a first bottom wall;

131 b-a first upper sidewall;

131 c-a first lower sidewall;

132-a second mounting groove;

132 a-a second bottom wall;

132 b-a second upper sidewall;

132 c-a second lower sidewall;

133-a third mounting groove;

133 a-a third bottom wall;

133 b-a third upper sidewall;

133 c-a third lower sidewall;

134-a fourth mounting groove;

134 a-a fourth bottom wall;

134 b-a fourth upper sidewall;

134 c-a fourth lower sidewall;

135-a mating portion;

135 a-a fifth bottom wall;

136-a body portion;

137-a step part;

138-a locking portion;

138 a-mounting holes;

139-lower end face;

2-a box body;

21-a cavity;

22-mounting the beam.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

Detailed Description

For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present application, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present application are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used in the examples of this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like used in the embodiments of the present application are described in terms of the angles shown in the drawings, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. In addition, in this context, it will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on" or "under" another element, it can be directly on "or" under "the other element or be indirectly on" or "under" the other element via an intermediate element.

The embodiment of the present application provides a device D using a battery cell 1 as a power source, a battery pack M and a battery module 1, wherein the device D using a battery cell 111 as a power source comprises a vehicle (as shown in fig. 1), a ship, a small airplane and other mobile equipment, the device D comprises a power source for providing driving force for the device D, and the power source can be configured as the battery module 1 for providing electric energy for the device D. The driving force of the device D may be electric energy, or may include electric energy and other energy sources (e.g., mechanical energy), the power source may be the battery module 1 (or the battery pack M), and the power source may also be the battery module 1 (or the battery pack M) and the engine, etc. Therefore, the device D is within the scope of the present application as long as it can use the battery cell 111 as a power source.

As shown in fig. 2, the battery pack M includes a case 2 and the battery module 1 of the present application, wherein the case 2 has a cavity 21, and the battery module 1 is accommodated in the cavity 21.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the battery module 1 includes a plurality of battery cells 111 and a frame structure for fixing the battery cells 111, wherein the plurality of battery cells 111 are stacked one on another in the length direction X and form a battery cell arrangement structure 11. The frame structure may include end plates 13, and the end plates 13 are located at ends of the cell arrangement structure 11 in the length direction X. Meanwhile, in a specific embodiment, the frame structure may further include side plates (not shown) which are located at both sides of the cell arrangement structure 11 in the width direction Y and are connected to the end plates 13, thereby forming a frame structure; in another embodiment, as shown in fig. 12, the frame structure may not be provided with side plates, and the cells 111 are stacked and then connected by the bands 12, and the end plates 13 and the bands 12 form the frame structure.

When this battery module 1's frame construction includes end plate 13 and ribbon 12, under the ordinary circumstances, this ribbon 12 specifically can be metal material or plastics material, and when ribbon 12 was the metal material, its tensile strength was high, and is higher to the connection reliability of battery monomer arrangement structure 11, however, this metal ribbon 12 is difficult elastic deformation, when organizing battery monomer arrangement structure 11 into battery module 1 in groups, the deflection of ribbon 12 is less, is difficult for realizing the pretension of battery monomer arrangement structure 11. When ribbon 12 is the plastics material, relatively easy elastic deformation, when encircling ribbon 12 in battery monomer arrangement structure 11's periphery, can at first exert pulling force to ribbon 12, make ribbon 12 be in tensile state, accomplish the back of encircleing, under ribbon 12's resilience force effect, can tighten battery monomer arrangement structure 11, thereby realize the pretension, however, this plastics material's ribbon 12's tensile strength is lower, when the battery monomer 111 inflation in battery module 1, under this expansive force effect, ribbon 12 has the risk of being broken, thereby reduce and connect the reliability, influence battery module 1's normal work.

Accordingly, neither the metal strap 12 nor the plastic strap 12 has a high tensile strength and can release the expansion force of the battery cell 111. The embodiment of the application improves the tensile strength of the cable tie 12 by changing the structure of the cable tie and releases the expansion force of the battery lift 111.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the bands 12 may be band-shaped structures and surround the outer side of the battery cell arrangement structure 11, and the bands 12 at least include a first band 121 and a second band 122 which are made of different materials, wherein at least a portion of the first band 121 is located on a side of the second band 122 close to the battery cell 111, that is, at least a portion of the first band 121 is located on an inner side of the second band 122, wherein the inner side refers to a side close to the battery cell arrangement structure 11, and the outer side refers to a side away from the battery cell arrangement structure 11.

Therefore, as shown in fig. 7, in the present embodiment, at least a portion of the first band 121 is located inside the second band 122 such that the first band 121 is closer to the battery cell arrangement structure 11 than the second band 122. And the first ribbon 121 and the second ribbon 122 can be made of different materials, so that the ribbon 12 can have different characteristics, the applicability of the ribbon 12 is improved, the performance of the ribbon 12 is improved, and the connection reliability of the ribbon 12 to the battery cell 111 is improved.

Specifically, the tensile strength of the first cable tie 121 may be greater than that of the second cable tie 122, where the tensile strength (or strength limit) represents the maximum stress value to which the material is subjected before being pulled apart, and therefore, the greater the tensile strength, the greater the carrying capacity of the material, i.e., the material is not easily damaged when subjected to the same external force, and in this embodiment, the first cable tie 121 located at the inner side has a higher strength than the second cable tie 122.

Meanwhile, the elastic modulus of the first cable tie 121 is greater than that of the second cable tie 122, wherein, according to hooke's law, the material has a proportional relationship between stress and strain in the elastic deformation stage, wherein the proportional coefficient of the proportional relationship is the elastic modulus, and the elastic modulus is used for measuring the elastic deformation resistance of the material, so that the greater the elastic modulus, the greater the stress required for the elastic deformation of the material is, the greater the rigidity of the material is (the more difficult the elastic deformation is), that is, when the stresses are the same, the greater the elastic modulus is, the smaller the elastic deformation is. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the first band 121 located at the inner side is less likely to be elastically deformed than the second band 122.

In summary, in the tie 12, the first tie 121 located on the inner side has high strength and is not easily elastically deformed, and the second tie 122 located on the outer side has low strength and is easily elastically deformed. Therefore, when the tie 12 including the first tie 121 and the second tie 122 is applied to the battery module 1 in the embodiment of the present application, since the second tie 122 is easily elastically deformed, in the process of grouping the battery cells 111, pre-tightening of the battery module 1 can be realized, and meanwhile, when the battery cells 111 are expanded in the working process of the battery module 1, since the first tie 121 has higher strength, the risk of damage of the tie 12 under the action of the expansion force can be reduced, so that the tie 12 still has higher connection reliability to the expanded battery module 1, and further, the performance of the tie 12 is improved, and the service life of the battery module 1 is prolonged.

More specifically, the first band 121 may be made of a metal material, and the second band 122 may be made of a plastic material, and it can be understood that the tensile strength of the first band 121 made of the metal material is greater than that of the second band 122 made of the plastic material, and meanwhile, the elastic modulus of the first band 121 made of the metal material is greater than that of the second band 122 made of the plastic material.

In this embodiment, when the battery cells 111 are grouped, the pre-tightening of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 is realized by the second ribbon 122 having good elastic deformation capability, so that the connection reliability of the ribbon 12 to the battery cell arrangement structure 11 when the battery cells 111 are grouped is improved, and the grouping efficiency is improved. Meanwhile, when the battery cells 111 are expanded, the damage of the band 12 is prevented by the first band 121 having high strength, and the connection reliability of the band 12 to the battery cell arrangement structure 11 when the battery cells 111 are expanded is improved.

For example, the first strap 121 may be made of metal such as stainless steel, aluminum, and carbon steel, and the second strap 122 may be made of nonmetal such as PET (polyester) plastic.

In one possible design, as shown in fig. 7, at least a portion of the first band 121 abuts against the second band 122 along the height direction Z of the battery module 1, that is, there is a portion where the first band 121 and the second band 122 overlap along the height direction Z, and the two abut against each other at the overlapping position, and when there is relative movement between the first band 121 and the second band 122, the position where the two abut against each other has frictional resistance, so that the tendency of the two to move relative to each other is reduced.

When the battery cells 111 in the battery module 1 are not expanded, the acting force between the bands 12 and the battery cell arrangement structure 11 is small, and along the height direction Z, the gravity of the first band 121 made of a metal material is large, that is, the first band 121 tends to move downward relative to the second band 122.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the first twist tie 121 has a first width W1 and the second twist tie 122 has a second width W2. Taking the first band 121 as an example, the first band 121 has three dimensions of length, width and thickness, and of the first band 121 in the band-shaped structure, the dimension with the largest value represents the length of the first band 121 (i.e. the circumference of the first band 121), the dimension with the smallest value represents the thickness of the first band 121, and the dimension with the smallest value between the largest and the smallest value represents the width of the first band 121. The first width W1 of the first bandage 121 refers to the dimension in the height direction Z of the battery module 1, based on the viewing angles shown in fig. 5 and 6.

In a specific embodiment, W1 ≦ W2, i.e. the width of the first band 121 is less than or equal to the width of the second band 122, and the abutment height of the second band 122 with the first band 121 in the height direction Z is W3, wherein,

that is, the abutting height of the first band 121 and the second band 122 is greater than or equal to half the width of the smaller one.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, in the height direction Z, the first width W1 of the first band 121 is equal to the second width W2 of the second band 122, and in the height direction Z, the first band 121 and the second band 122 are completely overlapped, that is, the first band 121 and the second band 122 are not staggered with each other, so that the height W3 of the abutting joint between the first band 121 and the second band is W1 which is W2, at this time, the abutting area between the first band 121 and the second band 122 is the largest, and when the first band 121 and the second band 122 move relatively, the friction between the two is large, so that the risk of dropping the first band 121 and/or the second band 122 can be reduced.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the first band 121 and the second band 122 are partially overlapped in the height direction Z, i.e. they have mutually offset portions in the height direction Z, when their abutment height W3<W1, and W3<W2, when W1 is not more than W2,

the first twist tie 121 and the second twist tie 122 can be made to have in the height direction ZA larger abutment area, thereby reducing the risk of the first strap 121 and/or the second strap 122 falling off.

In one possible design, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, the end plates 13 of the battery module 1 are located at two ends of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 along the length direction X, and the two end plates 13 and the battery cell arrangement structure 11 are fastened by the bands 12. Specifically, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the end plate 13 is provided with a first mounting groove 131, a portion of the first band 121 (referring to a portion in the width direction of the first band 121) and a portion of the second band 122 (referring to a portion in the width direction of the second band 122) are located in the first mounting groove 131 in the height direction Z, and the first band 121 and the second band 122 are at least partially abutted in the first mounting groove 131.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the first installation groove 131 has a first bottom wall 131a along the length direction X, and when a portion of the first band 121 and a portion of the second band 122 are located in the first installation groove 131, the first band 121 located inside abuts against the first bottom wall 131 a. Meanwhile, the first installation groove 131 has a first upper sidewall 131b and a first lower sidewall 131c which are oppositely disposed along the height direction Z, and a portion of the first strap 121 and a portion of the second strap 122 are both located between the first upper sidewall 131b and the first lower sidewall 131c along the height direction Z.

In a specific embodiment, the second band 122 may abut both the first upper sidewall 131b and the second lower sidewall 131c in the height direction Z, at the same time, when the first width W1 of the first band 121 is smaller than the second width W2 of the second band 122, at least one end of the first band 121 in the height direction does not abut the sidewall of the first mounting groove 131, and when the first width W1 of the first band 121 is equal to the second width W2 of the second band 122, the first band 121 may abut both the first upper sidewall 131b and the second lower sidewall 131c in the height direction Z. Alternatively, the first strap 121 and the second strap 122 may not abut against the side wall of the first mounting groove 131.

In this embodiment, by providing the first mounting groove 131 in the end plate 13, the first upper side wall 131b and the second lower side wall 131c of the first mounting groove 131 can restrict the movement of the tie 12 in the height direction Z, and the connection reliability of the tie 12 and the end plate 13 can be improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, in the length direction X of the battery module 1 (i.e., the thickness direction of the end plate 13), the depth of the first installation groove 131 is T3, the thickness of the first band 121 is T1, and the thickness of the second band 122 is T2; wherein T1+ T2 is not less than T3 is not less than T1+ T2+1 mm.

In this embodiment, the depth T3 of the first mounting groove 131 is greater than the sum of the thicknesses of the first band 121 and the second band 122, so that after the band 12 is disposed, the size of the battery module 1 along the length direction X is not increased by the band 12, which is beneficial to the spatial arrangement of the battery module 1, and meanwhile, the depth of the first mounting groove 131 is not too large (not greater than T1+ T2+1mm), so that the problem that the strength of the position where the first mounting groove 131 is disposed of the end plate 13 is too low due to the too large depth of the first mounting groove 131 is avoided, and the service life of the end plate 13 is prolonged.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 9, the first band 121 located at the inner side may further include a bending structure 121c, so that the bending structure 121c can be deformed when the first band 121 is stressed.

In this embodiment, the first ribbon 121 is located inside (closer to the battery cell 111 than the second ribbon 122), and both the tensile strength and the elastic modulus of the first ribbon are large (for example, a metal ribbon), when the battery cell 111 of the battery module 1 expands, under the action of the expansion force, the bending structure 121c of the first ribbon 121 can deform, so that the first ribbon 121 can release the expansion force of the battery cell 111, the safety and the service life of the battery module 1 are improved, and the first ribbon 121 can also adapt to the deformed battery cell arrangement structure 11, so that the ribbon 12 can be suitable for the battery modules 1 with different sizes.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, 8 and 11, the first band 121 may have a ring-shaped wavy structure, that is, the first band 121 may include a plurality of bending structures 121c, and at least two bending structures 121c are bent in opposite directions, and each bending structure 121c has an arc-shaped structure, and the adjacent bending structures 121c are in arc transition, so as to form the first band 121 having a wavy structure, and in this embodiment, the wavy structure of the first band 121 may be formed by punching in a machining process.

In this embodiment, the first band 121 has a wave-shaped structure, which means that the first band 121 has a wave shape when the battery cells 111 are not significantly expanded (the first band 121 is not significantly deformed), or the first band 121 is formed into a wave-shaped structure by machining (when the first band 121 is not wound around the battery cell arrangement structure 11). When this first ribbon 121 encircles battery monomer arrangement structure 11, battery monomer 111 inflation, and this bulging force makes battery monomer arrangement structure 11's deflection less, this battery monomer arrangement structure 11 warp the back, at first acts on the second ribbon 122 that is located the outside for this second ribbon 122 takes place elastic stretch, thereby can release this less bulging force, and can improve ribbon 12 to the connection reliability of inflation back battery monomer arrangement structure 11, at this moment, first ribbon 121 is in the relaxed state.

When the expansion force of the battery cells 111 causes the deformation amount of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 to be larger, in addition to the second band 122 having higher elastic deformation capability, the first band 121 of the wave-shaped structure can also be deformed, so that at least part of the wave-shaped structure is straightened, and the first band 121 is in a fastened state, wherein in this state, the deformation of the first band 121 refers to the change of the shape of the first band 121 (the wave shape is straightened into a rectangle) and does not refer to the deformation of the material of the first band 121, and of course, when the expansion force is larger, the material of the first band 121 can also be deformed to a certain extent, and at this time, the first band 121 is completely straightened into a rectangle, as shown in fig. 10. Meanwhile, since the first tie 121 has high tensile strength, the risk that the tie 12 is broken by the expansion force can be reduced while the large expansion force is released, and in the deformation process of the first tie 121, the size of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 is increased, and the second tie 122 can be elastically deformed so as to adapt to the battery cell arrangement structure 11 and apply pre-tightening force to the battery cell arrangement structure 11.

In another embodiment, the length of the first band 121 is greater than the circumference of the battery cell arrangement 11, and the length of the first band 121 is greater than the length of the second band 122. as mentioned above, the length of the first band 121 in a loop configuration refers to the circumference of the first band 121. When the second band 122 surrounds the outer side of the first band 121, the second band 122 with a smaller length can apply a squeezing force to the first band 121 with a larger length, so that the first band 121 forms one or more bending structures 121c, and when the first band 121 is stressed, each bending structure 121c can be deformed.

In this embodiment, both the first band 121 and the second band 122 can be formed into a rectangular structure that can surround the outside of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 when being processed, and the perimeter of the first band 121 is larger than the perimeter of the second band 122, and when the two bands surround the outside of the battery cell arrangement structure 11, the second band 122 that is located on the outside and has a smaller perimeter can apply an extrusion force to the first band 121 that is located on the inside and has a larger perimeter, so that the bending structure 121c is formed in the first band 121.

In this embodiment, the first band 121 and the second band 122 surround the outer side of the battery cell arrangement structure 11, and when the expansion force of the battery cells 111 makes the deformation amount of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 larger, the bending structure 121c formed by pressing in the first band 121 can also deform, where the deformation of the bending structure 121c also refers to the change of shape, that is, under the effect of the expansion force, the bending structure 121c is gradually stretched into a linear structure until the first band 121 including the plurality of bending structures 121c is straightened into a rectangular structure, and certainly, when the expansion force continues to increase, the material of the first band 121 may also deform to some extent.

Therefore, the first band 121 only needs to include the deformable bending structure 121c, and the specific forming manner of the bending structure 121c is not limited.

In one possible design, as shown in fig. 11, the first band 121 and the second band 122 are annular structures that can surround the cell arrangement 11, and are formed into annular structures by band structures. Specifically, the first band 121 is formed by a first band 121a, two end portions of the first band 121a are connected to form the first band 121, and a first connection area 121b is formed at the connection portion, wherein the two connection positions of the first band 121a are required to be connected to form the first band 121 and then can surround the battery cell arrangement structure 11. Similarly, the second band 122 is formed by a second band body 122a, and two end portions of the second band body 122a are connected to form the second band 122, and a second connection region 122b is formed at the connection position, wherein the two connection positions of the second band body 122a are required to be connected to form the second band 122 and then to surround the battery cell arrangement structure 11.

In this embodiment, after the force is applied, the first cable tie 121 is easily broken at the first connecting area 121b, and the second cable tie 122 is easily broken at the second connecting area 122b, that is, the two connecting areas are weak areas of the two cable ties.

As shown in fig. 11, the first connecting area 121b and the second connecting area 122b of the first cable tie 121 are offset from each other, i.e. the weak areas of the two cable ties are offset from each other, so that the risk of the connecting areas of the two cable ties being disconnected under the action of the expansion force is reduced, and the service life and the connection reliability of the cable tie 12 are improved.

Specifically, one of the first connection region 121b and the second connection region 122b is located at an end of the cell arrangement structure 11 in the length direction X, and the other is located at an end of the cell arrangement structure 11 in the width direction Y, so as to achieve the offset of the two connection regions, wherein as shown in fig. 11, the first connection region 121b of the first band 121 is located at an end of the cell arrangement structure 11 in the width direction Y, and the second connection region 122b of the second band 122 is located at an end of the cell arrangement structure 11 in the length direction X.

In the above embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, one end of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 is fixedly connected to the case 2 along the height direction Z, and the first band 121 and the second band 122 surround the other end of the battery cell arrangement structure 11.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the bottom of the battery cell arrangement structure 11 and the bottom of the box 2 are fixedly connected, and they may be specifically adhered by structural adhesive, or may be connected by other means, therefore, the first band 121 and the second band 122 surround the upper end of the battery cell arrangement structure 11, i.e. the end away from the box 2, and the specific positions of the first band 121 and the second band 122 in cooperation with the battery cell arrangement structure 11 may be set according to practical situations, as long as the battery modules 1 can be grouped and fixed by the fixed connection with the box 2, and the first band 121 and the second band 122.

In addition, for the battery module 1, only an upper layer of the binding band may be included, the upper layer of the binding band includes the first binding band 121 and the second binding band 122 in the above embodiments, and an upper layer of the binding band may further include the first binding band 121 and the second binding band 122 in the above embodiments, and a lower layer of the binding band may be disposed at an end near the bottom of the case 2, and the reliability of the connection between the binding band 12 and the battery cell arrangement structure 11 may be improved by the upper layer of the binding band and the lower layer of the binding band.

On the other hand, since the end plates 13 of the battery module 1 cannot satisfy structural strength when the thickness is small, the end plates 13 are generally flat plate-shaped structures having a constant thickness so as to satisfy the strength requirement of the battery module 1, but when the thickness of the end plates 13 is large, the energy density of the battery module 1 is affected.

In order to solve the technical problem, as shown in fig. 20 and 21, the end plate 13 of the battery module 1 may include a first fitting portion 136 and a second fitting portion 135, wherein the second fitting portion 135 is located below the first fitting portion 136 in the height direction Z of the battery module 1, and the thickness of the second fitting portion 135 is smaller than that of the first fitting portion 136. Meanwhile, the battery module 1 is fixed in the case 2 of the battery pack M, and the battery module 1 may be fitted and fixedly connected with the case 2 through the second fitting portion 135.

In this embodiment, the thicknesses of the first fitting portion 136 and the second fitting portion 135 of the end plate 13 are different, so that the end plate 13 has a structure in which the thicknesses of the end plate 13 are not completely the same, thereby ensuring that the end plate 13 has high strength, reducing the weight of the end plate 13, and improving the energy density of the battery module 1. In addition, when the thicknesses of the end plates 13 are not completely the same at all locations, the end plates 13 can be easily fitted to other components in the case 2 when the battery module 1 is mounted to the case 2, thereby improving the assembly efficiency.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the mounting beam 22 is disposed in the cavity 21 of the box 2, and the mounting beam 22 is located at an end of the cell arrangement structure 11 along the length direction X of the battery module 1, so that the mounting beam 22 can limit the movement of the cell arrangement structure 11 along the length direction X, thereby improving the mounting reliability of the battery module 1 in the battery pack 2. Meanwhile, when the battery module 1 is mounted between the two mounting beams 22, the end plates 13 are respectively adjacent to the two mounting beams 22 and are engaged with the mounting beams 22.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 22, the mounting beam 22 is engaged with the second engaging portion 135 of the corresponding end plate 13, and the second engaging portion 135 has a fifth bottom wall 135a along the length direction X, wherein the fifth bottom wall 135a faces the corresponding mounting beam 22 and has a predetermined gap t along the length direction X with the mounting beam 22. t ranges from t <0.5 mm.

In this embodiment, the second engagement portion 135 enables the end plate 13 to be engaged with the mounting beams 22, and the battery module 1 can be mounted between the two mounting beams 22 by changing the thickness of the second engagement portion 135, and can be fitted into the space between the mounting beams 22. In addition, when the fifth bottom wall 135a of the second matching part 135 and the mounting beam 22 have a preset gap t along the length direction X, the battery module 1 can be conveniently mounted between the two mounting beams 22, and meanwhile, when the battery cells 111 of the battery module 1 expand along the length direction X, the preset gap t can provide a distance for the end plate 13 to move along the length direction X in the expansion process, so that the risk of fracture of the first matching part 136 and the second matching part 135 with different thicknesses due to the expansion difference is reduced, and the service life of the end plate 13 is prolonged.

In addition, after the battery cells 111 in the battery module 1 expand, the end plate 13 moves in the direction of the mounting beam 22 along the length direction X, so that the bottom wall 135a of the second matching portion 135 abuts against the mounting beam 22, the second matching portion 135 is subjected to the reverse acting force of the mounting beam 22, and the mounting beam 22 can limit the end plate 13 along the length direction X, meanwhile, when the battery cells 111 continue to expand, due to the limiting effect of the mounting beam 22, the second matching portion 135 does not expand and deform any more, and the first matching portion 136 located above the second matching portion 135 can continue to expand and deform, so that the deformation amount of the end plate 13 gradually decreases from top to bottom along the direction from top to bottom, therefore, the end plate 13 is configured to have a structure with a large upper (first matching portion 136) thickness and a small lower (second matching portion 135) thickness, so that the rigidity of the end plate 13 at the first matching portion 136 is large, the rigidity at the second fitting portion 135 is small.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 17, the thickness of the first fitting portion 136 is t1, and the thickness of the second fitting portion 135 is t2, t1> t2>1/3t 1.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 17, in the height direction Z, the end plate 13 has a first height L1, and the second fitting portion 135 has a second height L2, L2 < 1/3L 1.

In one possible design, as shown in fig. 24 and 27, a step 137 is formed between the first fitting portion 136 and the second fitting portion 135, and the mounting beam 22 abuts against the step 137 in the height direction Z.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 24 and 25, the battery pack M may include a third strap 123, the third strap 123 surrounding an upper portion of the cell arrangement 11 away from the mounting beam 22 in the height direction Z.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 25 to 27, the end plate 13 is provided with a fourth mounting groove 134, and a part of the third band 123 (referring to a width direction part of the third band 123) is located in the fourth mounting groove 134 along the height direction Z. In this embodiment, the fourth mounting groove 134 has a fourth bottom wall 134a along the length direction X, and when a portion of the third band 123 is located in the fourth mounting groove 134, the third band 123 abuts against the fourth bottom wall 134a along the length direction X. Meanwhile, the fourth mounting groove 134 has a fourth upper sidewall 134b and a fourth lower sidewall 134c disposed opposite to each other in the height direction Z, and the third strap 123 is located between the fourth upper sidewall 134b and the fourth lower sidewall 134c in the height direction Z.

Wherein, as shown in fig. 25, the third bandage 123 has a sixth thickness T6, the depth of the fourth installation groove 134 is T7, 0< T7-T6<0.5 mm.

In another possible design, as shown in the exemplary embodiment in fig. 12 and 13, the battery pack M comprises a first cable tie 121 and a second cable tie 122, wherein the first cable tie 121 and the second cable tie 122 are arranged around the outside of the cell arrangement 11, wherein the tensile strength of the first cable tie 121 is greater than the tensile strength of the second cable tie 122, and the modulus of elasticity of the first cable tie 121 is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the second cable tie 122, i.e. the strength of the first cable tie 121 is greater than the strength of the second cable tie 122, and the deformability of the second cable tie 122 is greater than the deformability of the first cable tie 121. Based on this, the first cable tie 121 and the second cable tie 122 are arranged along the height direction Z of the battery module 1, and the second cable tie 122 is close to one end of the battery module 1 fixedly connected with the box body 2, that is, the first cable tie 121 is far away from one end of the battery module 1 fixedly connected with the box body 2, wherein the battery module 1 and the box body 2 can be specifically adhered by structural adhesive, or the battery module 1 can be locked to the box body 2 by bolts.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 20 and 21, the end plate 13 is provided with a second mounting groove 132 and a third mounting groove 133, the second mounting groove 132 being located above the third mounting groove 133 in the height direction Z of the battery module 1, wherein a portion of the first band 121 (which refers to a portion in the width direction of the first band 121) is located in the second mounting groove 132. Meanwhile, a portion of the second band 122 (which means a portion in the width direction of the second band 122) is positioned in the third mounting groove 133.

As shown in fig. 18 and 19, along the length direction X, the depth of the second mounting groove 132 is T4, and the depth of the third mounting groove 133 is T5; the thickness of the first cable tie 121 is T1, the thickness of the second cable tie 122 is T2, 0< T4-T1<0.5mm, 0< T5-T2<0.5 mm.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 17, the second mounting groove 132 has a first center line O1 along the height direction Z, and the first center line O1 has a first distance H1 from the lower end surface 139 of the end plate 13 along the height direction Z, and similarly, the third mounting groove 133 has a second center line O2 along the height direction Z, and the second center line O2 has a second distance H2 from the lower end surface 139 along the height direction Z, and at the same time, the end plate 13 has a first height L1 along the height direction Z, wherein H1> 2/3L 1, 3/4L 1> H2> 1/4L 1.

In addition, as in the embodiment shown in fig. 16 and 17, the end plate 13 further includes a first fitting portion 136 and a second fitting portion 135, wherein the second fitting groove 132 and the third fitting groove 133 are provided to the first fitting portion 136, and the second fitting portion 135 is located below the third fitting groove 133 in the height direction Z. At this time, the battery module 1 and the case 2 may be adhered to each other and may be connected to the mounting beam 22 through the end plate 13, and the battery cell arrangement structure 11 of the battery module 1 is grouped by the first bands 121 and the second bands 122.

Claims (13)

1. A battery module (1), characterized in that the battery module (1) comprises:

a battery cell arrangement structure (11) including a plurality of battery cells (111) stacked on each other;

a band (12), wherein the band (12) surrounds the outer side of the battery cell arrangement structure (11) and at least comprises a first band (121) and a second band (122) which are made of different materials;

wherein at least part of the first cable tie (121) is located on a side of the second cable tie (122) adjacent to the battery cell (111);

the tensile strength of the first cable tie (121) is greater than the tensile strength of the second cable tie (122), and the modulus of elasticity of the first cable tie (121) is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the second cable tie (122).

2. The battery module (1) of claim 1, wherein the first twist tie (121) comprises a metal twist tie and the second twist tie (122) comprises a plastic twist tie.

3. The battery module (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that at least a part of the first cable tie (121) abuts the second cable tie (122) in a height direction (Z) of the battery module (1).

4. The battery module (1) according to claim 3, wherein the first cable tie (121) comprises a bent structure (121c) such that the bent structure (121c) is deformable when the first cable tie (121) is subjected to a force.

5. The battery module (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the first bandage (121) is an annular wave structure.

6. The battery module (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the first cable tie (121) has a length greater than the circumference of the cell arrangement (11) and the first cable tie (121) has a length greater than the length of the second cable tie (122);

the second bandage (122) surrounds the outer side of the first bandage (121), so that the first bandage (121) is squeezed by the second bandage (122) to form the bending structure (121 c).

7. The battery module (1) of claim 3, wherein the first strap (121) has a first width W1, the second strap (122) has a second width W2, W1 ≦ W2;

the abutting height of the second cable tie (122) and the first cable tie (121) along the height direction (Z) is W3,

8. the battery module (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the first bands (121) are connected by a first band (121a) forming a loop of the first bands (121) and the connection forms a first connection region (121 b);

the second bands (122) are connected by a second band body (122a) to form a ring-shaped second band (122), and the connection position forms a second connection area (122 b);

the first connection region (121b) and the second connection region (122b) are offset from each other.

9. The battery module (1) according to any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein the battery module (1) further comprises end plates (13), the end plates (13) being located at ends of the cell arrangement structure (11) in a thickness direction (X) of the end plates (13);

the end plate (13) is provided with a first mounting groove (131), and a portion of the first strap (121) and a portion of the second strap (122) are located in the first mounting groove (131).

10. The battery module (1) according to claim 9, wherein in the thickness direction (X) of the end plate (13), the depth of the first mounting groove (131) is T3, the thickness of the first band (121) is T1, and the thickness of the second band (122) is T2;

wherein T1+ T2 is not less than T3 is not less than T1+ T2+1 mm.

11. A battery pack (M), characterized in that the battery pack (M) comprises a case (2) and a battery module (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, the battery module (1) being fixed in the case (2).

12. A battery pack (M) according to claim 11, wherein one end of the cell arrangement (11) is fixedly connected to the housing (2) in the height direction (Z), and the first strap (121) and the second strap (122) encircle the other end of the cell arrangement (11).

13. A device (D) using a battery cell (111) as a power source, characterized in that it comprises:

a power source for providing a driving force for the device (D); and the combination of (a) and (b),

the battery module (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10 configured to provide electrical energy to the power source.

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