US 12,125,999 B2
Trapezoidal battery modules
Sunoj Cherian George, Woking (GB); James Douglas McLaggan, Woking (GB); and Elie Talj, Woking (GB)
Assigned to McLaren Automotive Limited, Woking (GB)
Appl. No. 17/277,251
Filed by McLaren Automotive Limited, Woking (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052609
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058696, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1815187 (GB), filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0037717 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6557 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/643 (2014.01); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6557 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/643 (2015.04); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a housing defining an internal cell cavity; and
cells located in the cell cavity;
the housing comprising:
a top exterior wall;
a bottom exterior wall substantially parallel with the top exterior wall; and
an end structure extending between the top exterior wall and the bottom exterior wall and between two other walls, wherein the end structure defines an end of the housing in a first direction,
is inclined with respect to the top exterior wall and the bottom exterior wall such that the cell cavity extends in the first direction beyond the furthest extent of the top exterior wall; and
is configured such that the battery module can nest with a similar battery module that has been rotated about an axis transverse to the first direction with the end structure of the battery module overlapping the end structure of the similar battery module in a direction perpendicular to the top exterior wall of the battery module; and
a back wall extending between and joining the top and bottom exterior walls and the two other walls, the back wall comprising an inlet opening and an outlet opening, said inlet opening being configured for supplying coolant to the battery module and said outlet opening being configured for draining coolant from the battery module.