Battery housing for a lithium-ion battery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMoritz Klaus Springer, Krystian Dylong, Rainer Kiehn, Harald Stoffels
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Abstract
A battery housing for a lithium-ion battery of a motor vehicle for arrangement in the engine compartment of the motor vehicle includes at least one structural mechanically stable outer shell having a number of walls corresponding to the shape of the battery, at least one layer of solid thermal insulation material for protecting the battery from thermal effects from the area of the internal combustion engine, at least one first slot, which can be connected to air lines leading to the surroundings, and at least one second slot, which can be connected to lines associated with at least one cooling system of the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine disposed within an engine compartment;
- a traction motor coupled to a battery;
- and
- a housing disposed within the engine compartment and containing the battery, the housing comprising a shell having solid thermal insulation surrounding the battery and forming first and second slots between the battery and the shell, the first slot being configured for connecting to ambient, and the second slot being configured for connecting to a vehicle cooling system.
A battery housing configured to contain a traction battery within an engine compartment of a hybrid vehicle, the battery housing comprising:
- a metal shell;
- and
- solid thermal insulation configured to envelop the traction battery and spaced from the metal shell and the traction battery to define first and second slots, respectively, wherein at least one of the first and second slots is configured for connection to external airflow.
A battery assembly comprising:
- a traction battery disposed within a battery housing configured to contain the traction battery, the battery housing having a structural shell with solid thermal insulation spaced from the structural shell and spaced from the traction battery to define first and second slots, respectively, and a third slot enveloped by the second slot.
The battery assembly of claim 19 wherein at least one of the first, second, and third slots is configured for connection to ambient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.