An energy storage system, comprising: an energy storage module adapted to supply electrical energy to a hybrid vehicle, the energy storage module including a primary enclosure; a battery array located within the primary enclosure, the battery array having a plurality of battery cells; a high-voltage junction box mounted to the primary enclosure, the high voltage junction box including at least one internal terminal electrically connected to the battery array by a plurality of internal high-voltage conductors, the high-voltage junction box also having at least one external terminal configured to electrically connect to at least one external high voltage conductor; and a plug-in bussed electrical center formed of electrically insulative material and mounted in the high-voltage junction box, the plug-in bussed electrical center also having: one or more high-voltage contactors; at least one internal terminal connector rigidly extending away from the plug-in bussed electrical center and configured to electrically connect to the corresponding at least one internal terminal in the high voltage junction box; and at least one external terminal connector rigidly extending away from the plug-in bussed electrical center and configured to electrically connect to the corresponding at least one external terminal in the high-voltage junction box; wherein the plug-in bussed electrical center is configured to electrically connect one or more of the internal terminal connectors with one or more of the external terminal connectors using the one or more high-voltage contactors.
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
2016-02-18
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / H01M Verfahren oder Mittel, z.B. Batterien, für die direkte Umwandlung von chemischer in elektrische Energie , PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY |