# US 10,483,601 B2 · Battery pack with enclosed heater

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- Number: US 10,483,601 B2
- Document ID: US10483601B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/634,682
- Filed: 2017-06-27
- Published: 2018-01-04
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-06-30
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Takashi Murata; Masaki Hanada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483601B2

## CPC

- H01M 10/615: Heating or keeping warm
- H01M 10/625: Vehicles
- H01M 10/6571: Resistive heaters (arrangements for heating the battery by its resistance to the internal current H01M10/637)
- H01M 10/658: by thermal insulation or shielding
- H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence)
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A battery pack includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells arrayed in one direction, a housing case housing the cell stack, and a heater configured to increase temperature of the battery cells. The heater is arranged on top of a bottom part of the housing case inside the housing case such that the heater is separated from a cell bottom part of the battery cell vertically downwardly, and a space between the bottom part of the housing case and the cell bottom part of the battery cell is a closed space in a section in a direction orthogonal to an array direction of the plurality of battery cells.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A battery pack comprising:
a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells arrayed in one direction;
a housing case housing the cell stack; and
a heater configured to increase temperature of the battery cells, wherein
the heater being arranged on top of a bottom part of the housing case inside the housing case such that the heater is separated from a cell bottom part of the battery cell vertically downwardly,
a space between the bottom part of the housing case and the cell bottom part of the battery cell being a closed space in a section in a direction orthogonal to an array direction of the plurality of battery cells,
a recessed heater installing part is provided in the bottom part of the housing case, the recessed heater installing part includes a heater installing member that includes a base part on which the heater is arranged and a pair of bottom plate parts extending from a lower surface on both sides of the base part in a direction parallel to the array direction of the battery cells, and upper surfaces of the bottom plate parts facing the closed space are positioned lower than an upper surface of the base part on which the heater is arranged,
in the section in the direction orthogonal to the array direction of the battery cells, stack support parts on both sides of the recessed heater installing part support the cell stack in a state of being in contact with the cell bottom part of the battery cell such that the closed space is defined, and
an elastic body is interposed in a contact part between the stack support part and the cell bottom part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein
the heater is arranged on the upper surface of the base part through a thermal insulation member such that the heater is not to be in contact with the housing case.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The battery pack according to claim 2, wherein
the thermal insulation member is an insulating resin sheet including a projection configured to define an air layer.