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Battery system

US11697504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2018
Grant dateJul 11, 2023
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery system, in particular for an aircraft, having a housing, which is sealed gas-tight, and a cell block, which is formed from a plurality of battery cells connected electrically and mechanically by contact plates. The housing can be connected to a vacuum pump in order to generate vacuum within the housing and a vacuum prevails within the housing, wherein at least one housing side wall of the housing is flexible enough that the housing side wall is tensioned together with the cell block by the vacuum acting within the housing. A vehicle, in particular an aircraft, may be electrified, at least in part, by such a battery system.

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