# US 2025/0096388 A1 · Battery and power consuming device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0096388 A1 - Document ID: US20250096388A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/969,337 - Filed: 2024-12-05 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-30 - Assignees: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited - Applicants: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited - Inventors: Weigang SHI; Wenchao LUO; Zhi WANG; Guangdang WU; Si SHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250096388A1 ## CPC - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/244: Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method - B60K 1/00: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/647: Prismatic or flat cells, e.g. pouch cells - H01M 10/6556: Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange (closed pipes H01M10/6552) - H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) - H01M 50/256: Carrying devices, e.g. belts - H01M 50/264: for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames - H01M 50/289: characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs (spacing elements inside cells other than separators, membranes or diaphragms H01M50/471) - H01M 50/291: characterised by their shape - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - 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 - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The present application provides a battery and a power consuming device. The battery includes: a battery module; and a case having a receiving cavity for receiving the battery module, wherein the case does not extend beyond an upper end face of the battery module in a height direction of the battery. In the technical solution of the present application, the case does not extend beyond the upper end face of the battery module, that is, the case does not completely wrap and enclose the battery module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery, comprising: a battery module; and a case having a receiving cavity for receiving the battery module, wherein the case does not extend beyond an upper end face of the battery module in a height direction of the battery. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery according to claim 1, wherein the case comprises a bottom plate, the bottom plate is configured to support the battery module, and the bottom plate is provided with a securing portion for securing the battery to a power consuming device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein the securing portion does not extend beyond the battery module in a width direction of the bottom plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The battery according to claim 3, wherein the battery module at least partially covers the securing portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein the case further comprises: a plurality of partition beams arranged at intervals on the bottom plate; wherein at least one battery module is arranged between two adjacent partition beams. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, wherein the partition beams do not extend beyond the upper end face of the battery module in the height direction of the battery. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, wherein the securing portion is a through hole or a threaded hole, which penetrates the bottom plate and the partition beam. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The battery according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of partition beams are arranged at intervals in a length direction of the bottom plate, and each of the partition beams extends in the width direction of the bottom plate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein a flow channel for receiving a heat exchange medium is provided inside the bottom plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein the case further comprises: two side plates arranged opposite to each other and connected to the bottom plate, wherein the two side plates and the bottom plate together form the receiving cavity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The battery according to claim 10, wherein the side plates are arranged spaced apart from the battery module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The battery according to claim 10, wherein the two side plates are located on two opposite sides in the width direction of the bottom plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of battery modules are provided, which are arranged side-by-side on the bottom plate in the width direction of the bottom plate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The battery according to claim 13, further comprising: a restraining member arranged on a side of the battery module away from the bottom plate and extending in the length direction of the bottom plate, wherein the restraining member is connected to two adjacent battery modules in the width direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The battery according to claim 14, wherein the restraining member is bonded to the two adjacent battery modules. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The battery according to claim 14, wherein each of the battery modules comprises two end plates arranged at intervals in the length direction of the bottom plate and a plurality of battery cells stacked between the two end plates, and the restraining member has one end connected to one of the two end plates and the other end connected to the other one of the two end plates. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The battery according to claim 2, wherein an edge of the bottom plate is provided with a lifting hole for lifting the battery. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A power consuming device, comprising a battery according to claim 1, the battery being configured to supply electric energy.