Patent ID: 9660236
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B62J,B62K,B62M,H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery configured to supply electrical power to an electric motor of an electric vehicle, and to be attached to, and detached from, the vehicle, the battery comprising: a housing; a plurality of battery cells disposed inside the housing; a controller disposed inside the housing and configured or programmed to manage the plurality of battery cells; and a heat radiating member that includes a metal and discharges heat of the controller to outside of the battery; wherein the controller is arranged one of forward or rearward of the plurality of battery cells; the housing includes a right housing half body and a left housing half body which define right and left portions of the housing, respectively, and are assembled together in a lateral direction of the vehicle; the right housing half body includes a right surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a lower surface each of which defines a portion of an outer surface of the housing, the right housing half body being unitarily molded into a box-shape opening toward a left side; the left housing half body includes a left surface, a front surface, an upper surface, and a lower surface each of which defines a portion of the outer surface of the housing, the left housing half body being unitarily molded into a box-shape opening toward a right side; the right housing half body and the left housing half body are fixed to each other with a left edge of the right housing half body and a right edge of the left housing half body being in contact with each other; and the heat radiating member and the controller are located on a same side of the plurality of battery cells.