Battery module including structure for heat exchange and fire prevention
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsJae Hyuk Kang, Jung Been You, Jae Uk Ryu, Ho June Chi, Jin Young Choi
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Abstract
A battery module including a case having an accommodation space accommodating a battery; and a cooling and fire extinguishing module disposed on the case and configured to cool heat generated in the accommodation space and extinguish a fire occurring in the accommodation space, is provided. The cooling and fire extinguishing module includes a first space, through which a refrigerant moves, or in which the refrigerant is accommodated, and a second space which is separated from the first space and formed more adjacent to the accommodation space than the first space, and stores an extinguishing fluid.
Claims13
A battery module comprising:
- a case having an accommodation space accommodating a battery;
- and
- a cooling and fire extinguishing module disposed on the case and configured to cool heat generated in the accommodation space and extinguish a fire occurring in the accommodation space,
- wherein the cooling and fire extinguishing module comprises a first space through which a refrigerant moves, or in which the refrigerant is accommodated;
- and
- a second space which is separate from the first space and stores an extinguishing fluid,
- wherein the first space, the second space, and the accommodation space are arranged one on top of another with the second space more adjacent to the accommodation space than the first space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.