	US 12,469,903 B2
	Battery cell pack for electric vehicle
Simone Vizzini, Gothenburg (SE); and Klas Persson, Kungälv (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,077.
Claims priority of application No. 21202986 (EP), filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124905 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 10/658 (2014.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/317 (2021.01); H01M 50/342 (2021.01); H01M 50/375 (2021.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC H01M 10/658 (2015.04) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/317 (2021.01); H01M 50/3425 (2021.01); H01M 50/375 (2021.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A battery cell pack, comprising:

a battery cell comprising first and second terminals and a gas vent on a bottom side of the battery cell, wherein the bottom side faces downwards in a mounting position of the battery cell pack;

a frame on the bottom side of the battery cell, the frame comprising:

a frame plate comprising first and second openings aligned with the first and second terminals and a third opening aligned with the gas vent; and

first and second intermediate frame walls extending perpendicular to the frame plate; and

a thermal protection plate placed conformally between the intermediate frame walls;

wherein the intermediate frame walls contact the thermal protection plate to form a channel along a length of the bottom side of the battery cell between the terminals.