US 12,237,528 B2
Battery housing comprising a spacer
Alexander Günther, Olpe (DE); Maria Schmitt, Attendorn (DE); and Dominik Ax, Finnentrop (DE)
Assigned to Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH, Attendorn (DE)
Appl. No. 17/636,955
Filed by Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH, Attendorn (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074951
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048053, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 124 060.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 9, 2019; and application No. 10 2019 124 061.1 (DE), filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0278415 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/291 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/291 (2021.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery housing for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a base part having a base plate and a cover part having a cover plate, wherein the base part and the cover part delimit an accommodation volume for accommodating at least one battery module, and wherein the two base and cover plates are spaced apart by at least one spacer which is arranged inside the accommodation volume and supported on both the base and cover plates,
wherein the spacer is supported with an end face thereof on at least one plate of the two base and cover plates, and the plate has an opening in a region of this support,
wherein the end face of the spacer extends circumferentially over an edge of the opening projecting radially inwards in a plane of the support of the end face on the plate,
wherein the spacer has an internal thread introduced into the end face and the spacer is fastened on the plate using a screw connection, the screw connection engaging in the internal thread and acting against an outside of the plate, and
wherein a seal is arranged between the end face of the spacer and an inside of the plate.