Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a battery box body structure and a storage battery, which are simple in structure, low in cost, convenient to install and good in liquid cooling pipeline sealing performance.
To achieve the purpose, the embodiment of the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the first aspect provides a battery box structure, including integrated into one piece's box main part, with the cooperation the apron of box main part, the box main part is provided with the chamber that holds that is used for holding the battery module, at least one side of box main part is provided with the runner, the runner with hold the chamber interval and set up, the apron cooperation the runner forms the liquid cooling pipeline.
As a preferred scheme of the battery box structure, the box body is further provided with a liquid inlet pipe and a liquid outlet pipe which are respectively communicated with the two ends of the flow channel.
As a preferable scheme of the battery box structure, the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe are located on the same side wall of the box body and at one end far away from the flow channel.
As a preferred scheme of the battery box structure, a pipe orifice of the liquid inlet pipe is provided with a liquid inlet joint, and a pipe orifice of the liquid outlet pipe is provided with a liquid outlet joint.
As a preferred scheme of the battery box structure, the liquid inlet joint and the pipe orifice of the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet joint and the pipe orifice of the liquid outlet pipe are respectively provided with corresponding thread structures, and the liquid inlet joint and the pipe orifice of the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet joint and the pipe orifice of the liquid outlet pipe are respectively connected through the thread structures.
As a preferred scheme of the battery box structure, sealing rings are respectively arranged between the liquid inlet joint and the pipe orifice of the liquid inlet pipe and between the liquid outlet joint and the pipe orifice of the liquid outlet pipe.
As a preferable scheme of the battery box structure, the flow channel is in a circuitous shape, a vertical channel is integrally formed in the side wall of the box body main body, and the vertical channel is communicated with the flow channel.
As a preferable scheme of the battery box structure, the cover plate is connected and matched with the flow channel through friction stir welding.
As a preferred scheme of battery box structure, still include the mount pad, the mount pad has set firmly the buckle, the lateral wall that the box main part is close to the one end of runner is provided with sunk structure, sunk structure corresponds the buckle.
In a second aspect, a battery is provided, which includes a battery module and a battery case structure, wherein the battery module is disposed in the accommodating cavity of the battery case.
The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:
through setting up integrated into one piece's box main part, be provided with the chamber that holds that is used for holding the battery module in the box main part, and at least one side in the box main part is provided with the runner that is used for letting in the coolant liquid, and make the runner form the liquid cooling pipeline with the apron cooperation, because the runner sets up with holding the chamber interval, when can be with the liquid cooling pipeline of external liquid cooling device and the laminating of battery module, also keep the relative isolation of battery module and liquid cooling pipeline, prevent that the coolant liquid direct contact battery module and arouse the risk of battery short circuit, the liquid cooling pipeline of avoiding external liquid cooling device occupies the inner space of box main part, can bear more battery modules with littleer volume, thereby improve the energy density of battery. The battery box body structure of the embodiment of the invention is integrally formed and has a simple structure, so that the effects of low cost, high installation efficiency and low installation precision requirement can be achieved.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems solved, technical solutions adopted and technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, removably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a battery box structure 1, including an integrally formed box main body 11 and a cover plate 12 that is engaged with the box main body 11, where the box main body 11 is provided with an accommodating cavity 111 for accommodating a battery module 2, at least one side of the box main body 11 is provided with a flow channel 112, the flow channel 112 and the accommodating cavity 111 are arranged at an interval, and the cover plate 12 is engaged with the flow channel 112 to form a liquid cooling pipeline.
In the embodiment of the invention, the integrally formed box body 11 is arranged, the containing cavity 111 for containing the battery module 2 is arranged on the box body 11, the flow channel 112 for introducing the cooling liquid is arranged on at least one side of the box body 11, the flow channel 112 can be arranged on one side close to the cavity bottom of the containing cavity 111 or one side close to the cavity wall of the containing cavity 111, and the flow channel 112 and the cover plate 12 are matched to form a liquid cooling pipeline, because the flow channel 112 and the containing cavity 111 are arranged at intervals, the liquid cooling pipeline of the externally connected liquid cooling device can be attached to the battery module 2, meanwhile, the relative isolation between the battery module 2 and the liquid cooling pipeline is also kept, the risk of short circuit of the storage battery caused by the direct contact of the cooling liquid with the battery module 2 is prevented, the liquid cooling pipeline of the externally connected liquid cooling device occupies the inner space of the box body 11, and more battery modules 2 can be loaded, thereby improving the energy density of the battery. The battery box body structure 1 of the embodiment of the invention is integrally formed, has a simple structure, and can achieve the effects of low cost, high installation efficiency and low installation precision requirement.
The box body 11 of the embodiment can be formed by die casting, so that the surface of the box body 11 is smoother and has higher size consistency; in addition, the box body 11 may also be sand cast to achieve the effect of reducing the manufacturing cost, and the specific forming manner of the box body 11 is determined according to the actual requirement, and the embodiment is not particularly limited.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the box body 11 may further be provided with a liquid inlet pipe 113 and a liquid outlet pipe 114 respectively connected to two ends of the flow channel 112, so that additional liquid path connection fittings required for the liquid cooling device may be reduced, and the liquid cooling device may be directly connected to the liquid inlet pipe 113 and the liquid outlet pipe 114 of the box body 11.
Further, for convenience of installation of the box body 11 and the liquid cooling device, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the liquid inlet pipe 113 and the liquid outlet pipe 114 may be disposed at the same side wall of the box body 11 and at an end far away from the flow channel 112, so that the liquid cooling device can directly connect the liquid inlet pipe 113 and the liquid outlet pipe 114 on one side wall of the box body 11, and at the same time, the liquid inlet pipe 113 and the liquid outlet pipe 114 can achieve the same function as the flow channel 112 on the side wall of the box body 11, so that the box body 11 has one more surface than a conventional cooling surface contacting with the liquid cooling pipe, and the cooling effect is enhanced.
In another embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the pipe orifice of the liquid inlet pipe 113 is provided with a liquid inlet joint 1131, and the pipe orifice of the liquid outlet pipe 114 is provided with a liquid outlet joint 1141, so as to further reduce the additional liquid path connecting fittings required by the liquid cooling device, and avoid the situation that the liquid path connecting fittings are not matched when the liquid cooling device is connected.
In another embodiment, referring to fig. 1, corresponding thread structures may be respectively disposed at the pipe orifices of the liquid inlet joint 1131 and the liquid inlet pipe 113, and the liquid outlet joint 1141 and the liquid outlet pipe 114, and the liquid inlet joint 1131 and the pipe orifice of the liquid inlet pipe 113, and the liquid outlet joint 1141 and the pipe orifice of the liquid outlet pipe 114 are respectively connected by the thread structures, so as to achieve the effects of convenient installation and good sealing performance.
In particular, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, a sealing ring 14 may be further disposed between the inlet joint 1131 and the nozzle of the inlet pipe 113 and between the outlet joint 1141 and the nozzle of the outlet pipe 114, so as to achieve the effects of damping vibration and enhancing sealing performance.
In a preferred embodiment, a vertical channel may be integrally formed in the side wall of the box body 11, the vertical channel may communicate with the flow channel 112 to form a liquid cooling pipeline, so that the cooling liquid may flow in the vertical channel and the flow channel 112, thereby increasing a wall surface that can be introduced into the box body 11, and allowing multiple surfaces of the battery module 2 to contact with multiple surfaces of the box body 11, where the liquid cooling pipeline is disposed, to increase the cooling effect.
In another embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the flow channel 112 may be a winding shape, such as an S shape, an M shape, an arc shape, etc., to increase the length of the flow channel 112 in the box body 11, thereby prolonging the time for the cooling liquid to flow through the flow channel 112, and increasing the amount of heat absorption to enhance the cooling effect, and in addition, the shape of the cover plate 12 corresponds to the winding shape of the flow channel 112, on one hand, the design area of the cover plate 12 is reduced, on the other hand, the cover plate 12 can be made to be more attached to the flow channel 112, so that the winding shape of the flow channel 112 is sealed independently, the cooling liquid is prevented from overflowing to the gap between the cover plate 12 and the flow channel 112, the unidirectional rapid flow of the cooling.
In another embodiment, the cover plate 12 and the flow channel 112 may be joined and mated by friction stir welding, which is a welding method in which a brazing material below the melting point of the welding member and the welding member are heated to the melting temperature of the brazing material at the same time, and then the gap of the solid workpiece is filled with a liquid brazing material to join metals. Because the friction stir welding has small deformation and smooth and beautiful joint, the welding device is suitable for welding precise and complex components made of different materials, compared with fusion welding, the base metal is not melted and only the brazing filler metal is melted during the friction stir welding, and compared with pressure welding, pressure is not applied to a welding part during the friction stir welding, so that the connection strength between the cover plate 12 and the flow passage 112 can be increased while the cover plate 12 and the flow passage 112 are not damaged.
In a preferred embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the battery box structure 1 may further include a mounting seat 13, a buckle 131 is fixedly disposed on the mounting seat 13, and a concave structure 115 is disposed on a side wall of the box body 11 near one end of the flow channel 112, so that the concave structure 115 corresponds to the buckle 131, and the box body 11 can be fixed on the mounting seat 13 through the cooperation of the concave structure 115 and the buckle 131, thereby avoiding a complex bolt assembly fixing manner, and facilitating the disassembly, assembly and maintenance of the storage battery.
Referring to fig. 5, the storage battery of the embodiment of the invention further includes a battery module 2, a case cover 3, and a battery case structure 1, the battery module 2 is disposed in an accommodating cavity 111 of a case body main body 11 of the battery case structure 1, and the case cover 3 covers the case body main body 11 to seal the battery module 2. The battery box structure 1 in this embodiment may have the same structure and achieve the same effect as the battery box structure 1 in the above embodiment, and details are not repeated in this embodiment.
In the description herein, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "right", and the like are used in a descriptive sense or a positional relationship based on the orientation shown in the drawings for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used merely for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have any special meaning.
In the description herein, references to the description of "an embodiment," "an example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be appropriately combined to form other embodiments as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
The technical principle of the present invention is described above in connection with specific embodiments. The description is made for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and should not be construed in any way as limiting the scope of the invention. Based on the explanations herein, those skilled in the art will be able to conceive of other embodiments of the present invention without inventive effort, which would fall within the scope of the present invention.