Fixation of a battery module in a battery module compartment of an energy storage system

US10516146B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TIVENI MERGECO, INC. · US

Inventors

• Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Andreas Track · Sachsenheim, DE
• Alexander Eichhorn · Eppingen, DE
• Ralf Maisch · Abstatt, DE
• Jörg Damaske · Freiberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 24, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, an expansion component (e.g., expanding foam element, inflatable pad, a pneumatic or hydraulic mechanism, etc.) is arranged inside of a battery module compartment (e.g., on a bottom interior surface of the battery module compartment). A battery module is inserted into the battery module component and is fixated, or secured, within the battery module compartment at least in part based upon the expanding component which starts to expand or continues to expand after the insertion. In a further embodiment, the battery module may be removed from the battery module compartment after a contraction function (e.g., collapse of the foam element, deflation of the inflatable pad, etc.) of the expansion component is initiated.