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Battery pack containing phase change material

US10128550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONSORTIUM DE RECHERCHE BRP—UNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE S.E.N.C. · CA

Inventors

Normand Lebreux · Sherbrooke, CA
Eric Menard · Bellac, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/70
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery pack for a vehicle is presented. The battery pack comprises a plurality of bricks, each brick of the plurality of bricks comprising a phase change material block, a side of the phase change material block defining a plurality of channels, and a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell being disposed at least in part in the phase change material block; and at least one connector for electrically connecting a first one of the plurality of bricks to a second one of the plurality of bricks, the at least one connector being disposed at least partially in one of the plurality of channels.

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