US 11,894,569 B2
Fixing assembly for battery module and battery pack
Tingting Wu, Fujian (CN); Junmin Feng, Fujian (CN); and Wancai Zhang, Fujian (CN)
Assigned to Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong (CN); and Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Fujian (CN)
Filed by Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong (CN); and Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Fujian (CN)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,370.
Application 17/967,370 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/080275, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202021522969.2 (CN), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036936 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/593 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/595 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/264 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/593 (2021.01); H01M 50/595 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing assembly for a battery module, comprising:
an end plate, the end plate being configured to abut against an outer sidewall of the battery module and provided with a limiting member protruding from a surface of the end plate, wherein the battery module comprises a plurality of battery cells;
a fixing member, wherein the fixing member and the end plate are disposed in a split manner, the fixing member comprises a main body and at least one connecting portion connected with the main body, each of the at least one connecting portion is configured to connect and be attached to two adjacent battery modules in a plurality of battery modules, and the main body abuts against the surface of the end plate provided with the limiting member, such that the main body, the limiting member, and the end plate cooperatively define a positioning region; and
a first band, the first band being configured to abut against the surface of the end plate provided with the limiting member to bind the plurality of battery cells of the battery module, and the first band abutting against the positioning region, such that both the fixing member and the limiting member abut against the first band.