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Battery module including a heat pipe positioned in proximity to a terminal component at a positive or negative terminal of the battery module

US10431802B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

InEVit LLC · US

Inventors

Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Andreas Track · Sachsenheim, DE
Alexander Eichhorn · Eppingen, DE
Ralf Maisch · Abstatt, DE
Jörg Damaske · Freiberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2017
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2037

Classification

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

Abstract

An embodiment is directed to a battery module, including a plurality of battery cell groups that are connected in series with each other, each of the plurality of battery cell groups including a plurality of battery cells that are connected to each other in parallel, a first terminal component at a first terminal of the battery module, the first terminal corresponding to either a positive terminal of the battery module or a negative terminal of the battery module, and a first heat pipe positioned in proximity to the first terminal component and configured to transfer heat away from the first terminal component.

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