17th Symposium - The Working Prozess of the Internal Combustion Engine
Requirements for battery enclosures – Design considerations and practical examples
Authors
Jobst Kerspe, TEB Dr. Kerspe;
Michael Fischer, König Metall–GVI
Year
2019
Summary
Requirements for battery housings in e-vehicles are extensive: regulatory requirements; functional requirements; consideration of the installation conditions, transformation of forces and torques into the vehicle structure as well as wishes and demands of the end customer for trouble-free operation under a wide variety of climatic conditions.
Space and weights are scarce resources in electric vehicles; this means lightweight construction and multifunctionality are stringent requirements for all functional units. The
multifunctional battery housing – the B: HOUSE® in GVI® technology – offers new and highly efficient solutions.
This concept allows effective passive and active thermal management, vibration and crash-proof housing and fixation of the battery cells / modules, fire protection in all directions, EMC safety, environmental protection, lightweight construction – which means resource saving and weight-optimization in one functional unit.
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