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Battery cooling device and associated operating method

US10562366B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Matthias Seitz · Oberkochen, DE
Herbert Hofmann · Wiesbaden, DE
Stefan Hirsch · Stuttgart, DE
Caroline Janzen · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2015
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A battery cooling device may include a refrigeration circuit configured to communicate a refrigerant in a flow direction. The refrigeration circuit may include a plurality of refrigerant paths configured to be flowed through in parallel by the refrigerant along the flow direction. The plurality of refrigerant paths may respectively include at least one of a cooling element and a cooling element section. The at least one of the cooling element and the cooling element section may be fluidically incorporated into the respective refrigerant paths and be thermally coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to at least one battery. A plurality of valve devices may be arranged in the respective refrigerant paths and be configured to control a throughflow of the refrigerant.

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