Presented are thermomechanical fuses for mitigating heat propagation across electrochemical devices, methods for making and methods for using such fuses, and traction battery packs with load-bearing, sacrificial thermomechanical fuses to help prevent thermal runaway conditions. A battery assembly includes an electrically insulating battery housing with multiple battery cells disposed inside the battery housing. These battery cells are electrically interconnected, in series or parallel, and stacked in side-by-side facing relation to form adjacent, mutually parallel stacks of battery cells. Thermomechanical fuses thermally connect neighboring stacks of the battery cells. Each thermomechanical fuse is formed, in whole or in part, from a dielectric material that undergoes deterioration or deformation at a predefined critical temperature; in so doing, the thermomechanical fuse thermally disconnects a first stack of cells from a neighboring second stack of cells.

Provided is: a thermally conductive silicone gel composition which has a high thermal conductivity, and is less likely to flow out and slip off/drop off from a surface on which the gel composition is placed, even when the composition that has not been cured is placed on a sloped surface or in a vertical direction, and has excellent gap-filling ability with respect to a heat dissipation part, etc., and excellent repairability if desired; a thermally conductive member comprising the thermally conductive silicone gel composition; and a heat dissipation structure using the same. The thermally conductive silicone gel composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; (C) a catalyst for a hydrosilylation reaction; (D) a thermally conductive filler; (E) a silane-coupling agent; and (F) a specific organopolysiloxane having a hydrolyzable silyl group at one end thereof. The gel composition has certain viscosity properties as disclosed herein.

Provided is: a thermally conductive silicone gel composition which has a high thermal conductivity, and is less likely to flow out and slip off/drop off from a surface on which the gel composition is placed, even when the composition that has not been cured is placed on a sloped surface or in a vertical direction, and has excellent gap-filling ability with respect to a heat dissipation part, etc., and excellent repairability if desired; a thermally conductive member comprising the thermally conductive silicone gel composition; and a heat dissipation structure using the same. The thermally conductive silicone gel composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; (C) a catalyst for a hydrosilylation reaction; (D) a thermally conductive filler; (E) a silane-coupling agent; and (F) a specific organopolysiloxane having a hydrolyzable silyl group at one end thereof. The gel composition has certain viscosity properties as disclosed herein.

The invention relates to a rechargeable battery (1) comprising several cylindrical cells (2) for storing electrical energy and at least one cooling device (4) for cooling or controlling the temperature of the cells (2), wherein the cooling device (4) has at least one coolant channel (5), at least one coolant inlet (6) and at least one coolant outlet (7), and has at least one single-layer or multi-layer film (8) which is at least partially arranged between the cells (2).

The invention relates to a rechargeable battery (1) comprising several cylindrical cells (2) for storing electrical energy and at least one cooling device (4) for cooling or controlling the temperature of the cells (2), wherein the cooling device (4) has at least one coolant channel (5), at least one coolant inlet (6) and at least one coolant outlet (7), and has at least one single-layer or multi-layer film (8) which is at least partially arranged between the cells (2).

The present disclosure provides a battery pack housing, a battery pack, and an electric vehicle. The battery pack housing includes a housing body and at least one structural beam disposed in the housing body. The at least one structural beam divides the internal space of the housing body into a number of accommodation cavities. The housing body includes a top plate and a bottom plate arranged opposite to each other in a first direction, the first direction is a height direction of the battery pack housing, and the structural beam is located between and attached to the top plate and the bottom plate. The battery pack housing comprises a mounting part for connecting mounting portion for a fixed connection with an external load. The battery pack housing disclosed in the present disclosure has relatively high strength and stiffness as well as high space utilization.

A battery rack effectively prevents the spread of a fire or heat to adjacent battery packs when the fire or thermal runaway occurs in any of a plurality of battery packs. To achieve the above-described object, the battery rack includes a plurality of battery packs; and a rack case having a receiving space with an open structure in which the plurality of battery packs is vertically mounted at intervals and placed in vertical communication with one another, wherein a stopper is provided in the receiving space and disposed between the plurality of battery packs, spaced apart from the plurality of battery packs, and is configured to suppress volume expansion of the battery pack when the volume of the battery pack expands.

A battery rack effectively prevents the spread of a fire or heat to adjacent battery packs when the fire or thermal runaway occurs in any of a plurality of battery packs. To achieve the above-described object, the battery rack includes a plurality of battery packs; and a rack case having a receiving space with an open structure in which the plurality of battery packs is vertically mounted at intervals and placed in vertical communication with one another, wherein a stopper is provided in the receiving space and disposed between the plurality of battery packs, spaced apart from the plurality of battery packs, and is configured to suppress volume expansion of the battery pack when the volume of the battery pack expands.

The battery rack includes a plurality of battery packs vertically arranged, each battery pack including a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in a direction, and a pack housing having an internal space to receive the plurality of secondary batteries and configured to be supplied with a fire extinguishing liquid when an internal temperature equals or rises above a predetermined temperature, and a rack case having a receiving space to receive the plurality of battery packs, and including a plurality of rack plates, each having a mounting surface on which the battery pack is mounted, the mounting surface sloping at a predetermined angle with declining height as it goes in any one direction, and an extension portion having an end of any one direction extending further outward than the lower battery pack.

The battery rack includes a plurality of battery packs vertically arranged, each battery pack including a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in a direction, and a pack housing having an internal space to receive the plurality of secondary batteries and configured to be supplied with a fire extinguishing liquid when an internal temperature equals or rises above a predetermined temperature, and a rack case having a receiving space to receive the plurality of battery packs, and including a plurality of rack plates, each having a mounting surface on which the battery pack is mounted, the mounting surface sloping at a predetermined angle with declining height as it goes in any one direction, and an extension portion having an end of any one direction extending further outward than the lower battery pack.