BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Abstract

Provided are a battery pack and an electric vehicle. The battery pack includes a case, a cooling plate assembly and an energy storage unit. The cooling plate assembly and the energy storage unit are arranged inside the case, and the cooling plate assembly at least includes a first cooling plate. The first cooling plate is fixed on the case, and the first cooling plate divides the case, in a Z-direction, into a first accommodating space which is located above the first cooling plate, and a second accommodating space which is located below the first cooling plate. The energy storage unit at least includes a first energy storage unit which is arranged inside the first accommodating space and fixed on the first cooling plate, and a second energy storage unit which is arranged inside the second accommodating space.

Claims

1. A battery pack comprising a case, a cooling plate assembly and an energy storage unit; wherein the cooling plate assembly and the energy storage unit are arranged inside the case, the cooling plate assembly at least comprises a first cooling plate, the first cooling plate is fixed on the case, the first cooling plate divides the case, in a Z-direction, into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space, the second accommodation space is located below the first cooling plate, the first accommodation space is located above the first cooling plate; the energy storage unit at least comprises a first energy storage unit and a second energy storage unit, the second energy storage unit is arranged in the second accommodation space, the first energy storage unit is arranged in the first accommodation space, the first energy storage unit is fixedly arranged on the first cooling plate.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the first energy storage unit is in thermal contact with the first cooling plate.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the cooling plate assembly further comprises a second cooling plate, the second cooling plate is arranged between a bottom surface of the case and the second energy storage unit, and the second cooling plate is in thermal contact with the second energy storage unit.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein at least one second supporting member is provided on the second energy storage unit, the second supporting member protrudes above an upper surface of the second energy storage unit, and the first cooling plate is connected with the second supporting member.

5. The battery pack according to claim 4, wherein the first energy storage unit comprises at least two first battery groups arranged parallel to each other, two adjacent first battery groups are connected with each other, and the at least one second supporting member is arranged corresponding to a junction of the two adjacent first battery groups in the Z-direction.

6. The battery pack according to claim 5, wherein the first battery group comprises at least two first battery modules arranged parallel to each other, two adjacent first battery modules are connected with each other, and the at least one second supporting member is arranged corresponding to a junction of the two adjacent first battery modules in the Z-direction.

7. The battery pack according to claim 4, wherein the first energy storage unit comprises at least two first battery groups arranged parallel to each other, the first battery group comprises at least two first battery modules arranged parallel to each other, two adjacent first battery modules are connected with each other, and the at least one second supporting member is arranged corresponding to a junction of the two adjacent first battery modules in the Z-direction.

8. The battery pack according to claim 1, further comprising a battery management system mounting plate arranged inside the case, and the battery management system mounting plate being arranged above the first energy storage unit.

9. The battery pack according to claim 8, wherein a first supporting member is provided on the first energy storage unit, and the battery management system mounting plate is fixedly connected with the first supporting member.

10. The battery pack according to claim 9, wherein the first supporting member protrudes above an upper surface of the first energy storage unit.

11. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 1.

12. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 6.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a battery pack provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0017] FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of the first energy storage unit provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0018] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the first connecting member and the first supporting member provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0019] FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of the second energy storage unit provided by the embodiment of the present application;

[0020] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the second connecting member and the second supporting member provided by the embodiment of the present application.

[0021] As shown in FIGS. 1-5: 100—case, 110—upper case, 120—lower case, 200—cooling plate assembly, 210—first cooling plate, 220—second cooling plate, 300—energy storage unit, 310—first energy storage unit, 311—first supporting member, 312—first battery group, 3121—first battery module, 313—first connecting member, 320—second energy storage unit, 321—second supporting member, 322—second battery group, 3221—second battery module, 323—second connecting member, 400—battery management system mounting plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0022] In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application clear and easy to understand, specific embodiments of the present application are described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the drawings of the present application adopt a simplified form and use an imprecise proportion, and are only used as the purpose for facilitating to clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application.

[0023] This embodiment provides a battery pack, as shown in FIG. 1, including a case 100, a cooling plate assembly 200, an energy storage unit 300, and a battery management system mounting plate 400. The cooling plate assembly 200 and the energy storage unit 300 are arranged inside the case 100.

[0024] As shown in FIG. 1, the case 100 includes a lower case 120 and an upper case 110 covered on the lower case 120. The cooling plate assembly 200 includes a first cooling plate 210 and a second cooling plate 220. The first cooling plate 210 is arranged inside the case 100 and divides the case 100 into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space in the Z-direction. The two ends of the first cooling plate 210 in the X-direction are fixedly connected with the inner wall of the lower case 120. The second accommodation space is located below the first cooling plate 210, and the first accommodation space is located above the first cooling plate 210. The energy storage unit 300 includes a first energy storage unit 310 and a second energy storage unit 320. The second energy storage unit 320 is arranged in the second accommodation space, and the second cooling plate 220 is arranged between the bottom surface of the lower case 120 and the second energy storage unit 320. The second cooling plate 220 is fixedly connected with the bottom surface of the lower case 120, and the second cooling plate 220 is in thermal contact with the second energy storage unit 320. The first energy storage unit 310 is arranged in the first accommodation space and fixedly connected with the first cooling plate 210, and the first energy storage unit 310 is in thermal contact with the first cooling plate 210. The battery management system mounting plate 400 is arranged above the first energy storage unit 310. The battery management system mounting plate 400 is fixedly connected with the first energy storage unit 310.

[0025] As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the first energy storage unit 310 includes a plurality of first connecting members 313 distributed in the Y-direction and two first battery groups 312 arranged parallel to each other in the X-direction. The two first battery groups 312 are fixedly connected to each other through the first connecting members 313. The two ends of each first battery group 312 in the X-direction are fixedly connected with the first cooling plate 210 by bolts. Each first battery group 312 includes four first battery modules 3121 arranged parallel to each other in the Y-direction, and every two adjacent first battery modules 3121 are fixedly connected to each other. The junction of the two first battery groups 312 and the two ends of the first energy storage unit 310 in the X-direction are provided with first supporting members 311. The first supporting members 311 at the junction of the two first battery groups 312 are integrally formed with the corresponding first connecting members 313. The first supporting members 311 protrude above the upper surface of the first battery groups 312, and the battery management system mounting plate 400 is fixedly connected with the first supporting members 311.

[0026] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4-5, the second energy storage unit 320 includes a plurality of second connecting members 323 distributed in the Y-direction and two second battery groups 322 arranged parallel to each other in the X-direction. The two second battery groups 322 are fixedly connected to each other through the second connecting members 323. The two ends of each second battery group 322 in the X-direction are fixedly connected with the bottom surface of the case 100 by bolts. Each second battery group 322 includes four second battery modules 3221 arranged parallel to each other in the Y-direction, and every two adjacent second battery modules 3221 are fixedly connected to each other. The plurality of second connecting members 323 are each provided with a second supporting member 321 thereon, the second supporting members 321 protrude above the upper surface of the second battery groups 322, and the first cooling plate 210 is connected with the second supporting members 321. The plurality of first supporting members 321 are arranged corresponding to the junction of the two first battery groups 312 in the Z-direction, and the plurality of first supporting members 321 are arranged respectively corresponding to the junctions of the four second battery modules 3121 in the Z-direction. In this embodiment, the second supporting member 321 is integrally formed with the second connecting member 323.

[0027] The embodiment further provides an electric vehicle including the above battery pack.