A UV curable dielectric coating is described. The curable coating can include one of more acrylate monomers, a urethane prepolymer, a crosslinker, at least one adhesion promoter, a photoinitiator, and optionally one or more fillers and/or additives. The coating can be used to insulate battery cells and battery packs, such as those used in electric vehicles. The coatings can be easily applied and quickly cured. The cured coatings can have high adhesion strength, even after exposure to wet conditions.

A secondary battery may include a cell body member accommodating an electrode assembly therein, including three sealing sides and provided adjacently to a cooling plate member; and the cell body member, in contact with a heat conductive member on a lower surface thereof includes a surface area-increasing groove formed to be concave in the lower surface thereof and the lower surface is a region in which a sealing portion is not formed, the heat conductive member is provided in at least a portion between the cell body member and the cooling plate member to form a heat path for transferring heat from the cell body member to the cooling plate member, the surface area-increasing groove includes a curved-region in a cross section in a thickness direction of the cell body member, and the curved-region is in contact with the heat conductive member.

A secondary battery may include a cell body member accommodating an electrode assembly therein, including three sealing sides and provided adjacently to a cooling plate member; and the cell body member, in contact with a heat conductive member on a lower surface thereof includes a surface area-increasing groove formed to be concave in the lower surface thereof and the lower surface is a region in which a sealing portion is not formed, the heat conductive member is provided in at least a portion between the cell body member and the cooling plate member to form a heat path for transferring heat from the cell body member to the cooling plate member, the surface area-increasing groove includes a curved-region in a cross section in a thickness direction of the cell body member, and the curved-region is in contact with the heat conductive member.

A battery pack includes: a battery pack frame that includes a plurality of accommodating portions accommodating one battery cell laminate; a plurality of battery cell laminates that are accommodated in the respective plurality of accommodating portions; a coolant filled in the accommodating portion; and a heat exchanger that directly liquefies a vaporized coolant by communicating with the plurality of accommodating portions.

A battery pack includes: a battery pack frame that includes a plurality of accommodating portions accommodating one battery cell laminate; a plurality of battery cell laminates that are accommodated in the respective plurality of accommodating portions; a coolant filled in the accommodating portion; and a heat exchanger that directly liquefies a vaporized coolant by communicating with the plurality of accommodating portions.

A battery pack includes: a plurality of stacked battery cells; a holding member that holds the plurality of battery cells; an adhesive member that is interposed between each of the battery cells and the holding member and that adheres each of the battery cells and the holding member; and a heat conduction member that has an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of the adhesive member and that is interposed between each of the battery cells and the holding member.

Electrochemical device for storing electrical energy in rectangular geometric cells, narrow stack geometry, according to the above claims wherein for being built from a sturdy housing (4) in the form of a straight rectangular parallelepiped and where hollow metal rods (5) run on the metal substrate (14) of the base (1) and through the through holes (16) of the base (16) and through the through holes (16) of it run hollow metal rods (5) and on each one of them, the positive electrode is inserted followed by a separating element and so on, while the other hollow metal bar (5) is inserted the negative electrode, followed by a separating element and so on forming a “stack” of electrodes (6) which would fit into the base (1) forming the central structure of the device, with the hollow metal rods (5) serving as current collectors. The rectangular narrow stack geometry electrode (6) allows to carry out the pre-metallisation stage necessary to create the SEI, and the subsequent cycle stage in the same device, without reopening it.

Electrochemical device for storing electrical energy in rectangular geometric cells, narrow stack geometry, according to the above claims wherein for being built from a sturdy housing (4) in the form of a straight rectangular parallelepiped and where hollow metal rods (5) run on the metal substrate (14) of the base (1) and through the through holes (16) of the base (16) and through the through holes (16) of it run hollow metal rods (5) and on each one of them, the positive electrode is inserted followed by a separating element and so on, while the other hollow metal bar (5) is inserted the negative electrode, followed by a separating element and so on forming a “stack” of electrodes (6) which would fit into the base (1) forming the central structure of the device, with the hollow metal rods (5) serving as current collectors. The rectangular narrow stack geometry electrode (6) allows to carry out the pre-metallisation stage necessary to create the SEI, and the subsequent cycle stage in the same device, without reopening it.

A battery system includes battery cells arranged and adhered to a carrier. One or more side walls are bonded with adhesive to the battery cells to provide support, and a current collector assembly is also adhered on one axial side of the battery cells. One or more dividers may be included to maintain electrically isolation between the parallel connected battery cell groups. The other axial side of the battery cells is adhered to a cooling plate. A similar structure is bonded with adhesive to the other side of the cooling plate to form a compact battery system. Shear walls, busbars, terminal busbars, and an isolation bracket with a mounted Electronic Control Unit are bonded with adhesive to the assembly to form the battery system. Each adhesive, or type of adhesive, may exhibit specified criteria and requirements such as strength, thermal conductivity, electronic conductivity, curing requirements, or a combination thereof.

A battery system includes battery cells arranged and adhered to a carrier. One or more side walls are bonded with adhesive to the battery cells to provide support, and a current collector assembly is also adhered on one axial side of the battery cells. One or more dividers may be included to maintain electrically isolation between the parallel connected battery cell groups. The other axial side of the battery cells is adhered to a cooling plate. A similar structure is bonded with adhesive to the other side of the cooling plate to form a compact battery system. Shear walls, busbars, terminal busbars, and an isolation bracket with a mounted Electronic Control Unit are bonded with adhesive to the assembly to form the battery system. Each adhesive, or type of adhesive, may exhibit specified criteria and requirements such as strength, thermal conductivity, electronic conductivity, curing requirements, or a combination thereof.